Hepzato Kit and Opdualag for Metastatic Melanoma and Liver Metastasis
A Phase 1b/2 Trial Evaluating the Safety, Tolerability, and Preliminary Efficacy of Melphalan Percutaneous Hepatic Perfusion Therapy (HEPZATO KIT™) With Nivolumab and Relatlimab (Opdualag) in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma and Liver Metastasis
- Metastatic Melanoma
- Liver Metastases
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Enrolment target
- 15
- Started
- October 2026
- Main results due
- December 2030
- Study sites
- 1
- Registry updated
- 29 September 2026
Can you take part?
- Aged 18 years and over.
- Open to any sex.
- You need the condition being studied — healthy volunteers are not accepted.
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Read the full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Histologically or cytologically confirmed metastatic melanoma with liver metastasis (LM). Liver biopsy positive for presence of melanoma metastases is required. * 0-1 line of prior systemic therapy in the unresectable/metastatic setting - prior adjuvant anti-programmed cell death-1 (anti-PD-1) or BRAF/MEK targeted therapy is considered 1 line of prior systemic therapy if less than 6 months from the last treatment. * Evaluable/measurable disease according to RECIST v1.1. * Demonstrate adequate organ function; all screening labs to be obtained within 28 days prior to registration. * Patients must weigh greater than or equal to 35 kilograms (due to possible size limitations with respect to percutaneous catheterization of the femoral artery and vein using the Delcath Hepatic Delivery System). Exclusion Criteria: * Prior treatment with HEPZATO KIT™ or nivolumab and relatlimab (Opdualag™) * Radiotherapy is permitted within 30 days prior to C1D1 as long as radiation is given with palliative intent and towards a non-target lesion. * History of hypersensitivity or treatment discontinuation due to grade 3+ immune-related adverse events (irAEs) from prior anti-PD-(L)1 therapy. Patients who are able to successfully resume immune checkpoint therapy without recurrence of grade 3 irAEs are eligible to participate. * Symptomatic or uncontrolled brain metastases, leptomeningeal disease, or spinal cord compression not definitively treated with surgery or radiation. * Prednisone use greater than or equal to 10 mg/d or equivalent * Organ transplant recipients
What this study is about
In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.
This study is being done to see if combining HEPZATO KIT™ with nivolumab and relatlimab (Opdualag™) in patients with metastatic melanoma with liver metastasis is safe, tolerable, and will have a synergistic effect leading to improved clinical outcomes compared to the historic cohort of patients with liver metastasis treated with combination immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.
Study sites(1)
UW Hospital and Clinics
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Recruiting
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT07281924. Trialion does not run this study, is not paid to refer anyone to it, and cannot enrol you. Eligibility is always decided by the research team at the site.
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