Melanoma & Skin Cancer | Specialty

The OncLive Melanoma & Skin Cancer condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on various types of skin cancers, including melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and more. This section features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on unmet needs, treatment advances, and ongoing research in melanoma and other skin cancers.

Pembrolizumab Elicits Long-Term Survival Benefit in Advanced Melanoma

August 17th 2023

Pembrolizumab demonstrated long-term survival benefit compared with ipilimumab in patients with unresectable stage III/IV melanoma who received up to 1 prior systemic therapy.

NK T-Cell Agonist Under Investigation in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Melanoma and NSCLC

August 16th 2023

The natural killer T-cell agonist IMM60 may overcome resistance to PD-1 inhibitors when combined with immunotherapy in patients with melanoma and non–small cell lung cancer.

Addition of Navitoclax to Dabrafenib/Trametinib Aims to Improve Efficacy of Targeted Therapy in BRAF+ Metastatic Melanoma

August 15th 2023

Zeynep Eroglu, MD, explains the rationale for adding navitoclax to dabrafenib plus trametinib in the treatment of patients with BRAF V600–mutant metastatic melanoma, highlights the methodologies and results of the CTEP-P9466 trial, and describes the implications of this research for this patient population.

FDA Approves HEPZATO KIT for Unresectable Hepatic-Dominant Metastatic Uveal Melanoma

August 15th 2023

The FDA has approved HEPZATO KIT (melphalan/Hepatic Delivery System) for use in the treatment of select patients with unresectable hepatic-dominant metastatic uveal melanoma.

Cancer Vaccine IFx-Hu2.0 Confers Immune Priming Effect in Previously Treated MCC and CSCC

August 11th 2023

The novel personalized cancer vaccine IFx-Hu2.0 was found to be safe and well tolerated with weekly dosing in patients with checkpoint inhibitor–resistant cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and Merkel cell carcinoma, according to data from an ongoing phase 1b trial.

MDNA11 Generates Activity, Safety in Advanced Solid Tumors

August 9th 2023

Treatment with the long-acting interleukin-2 superkine led to durable tumor control and no dose-limiting toxicities in patients with advanced solid tumors, according to data from the dose-escalation portion of the phase 1/2 ABILITY-1 trial.

Dr Buchbinder on Treatment Decisions After Severe irAEs With Nivolumab/Ipilimumab in Melanoma

July 29th 2023

Elizabeth Buchbinder, MD, discusses the rationale for investigating nivolumab maintenance therapy in patients with melanoma who experienced severe immune-related adverse effects due to combination therapy with nivolumab and ipilimumab, and details the findings of this investigation.

Long-Term Data Show Improved CR Rates for Cosibelimab in Advanced CSCC

July 28th 2023

Long-term data demonstrated that treatment with cosibelimab improved complete response rates over time in patients with locally advanced or metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in a phase 1 trial.

Dr Weiss on the Ongoing Investigation of Tebentafusp With or Without Pembrolizumab in Non-Uveal Melanoma

July 27th 2023

Sarah Weiss, MD, discusses the ongoing phase 2/3 TEBE-AM trial of tebentafusp with or without pembrolizumab in a subset of pretreated patients with non-uveal melanoma.

mRNA-4157 Plus Pembrolizumab Under Further Investigation in Phase 3 Trial in High-Risk Melanoma

July 26th 2023

The combination of mRNA-4157 and pembrolizumab will be further evaluated as an adjuvant treatment option for patients with resected, high-risk, stage IIB to IV melanoma in the phase 3 V940-001 trial.

Fianlimab Plus Cemiplimab Produces Durable Responses in Advanced Melanoma

July 24th 2023

Omid Hamid, MD, discusses the key efficacy and safety findings for the combination of fianlimab plus cemiplimab in patients with advanced melanoma.

Dr Sullivan on the Reduction of ctDNA With Tebentafusp in Metastatic Uveal Melanoma

July 21st 2023

Ryan J. Sullivan, MD, discusses the early reduction of circulating tumor DNA in patients with metastatic uveal melanoma treated with tebentafusp and shares how these reductions could correlate with longer overall survival in patients with a best response of stable disease.

Adjuvant Nivolumab Receives CHMP Recommendation for Completely Resected Stage IIB/C Melanoma

July 21st 2023

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended approval of nivolumab monotherapy for the adjuvant treatment of patients at least 12 years of age with completely resected stage IIB or IIC melanoma.

Luke Breaks Down Key Clinical Trial Updates From the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

July 17th 2023

Jason Luke, MD, FACP, discusses key takeaways from the KEYNOTE-716 and KEYNOTE-942 trials and other key updates from across the melanoma landscape presented at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting.

DecisionDx-Melanoma 31-Gene Expression Profile Test Stratifies Patients With Cutaneous Melanoma

July 17th 2023

The DecisionDx-Melanoma 31-gene expression profile test displayed the capability to stratify patients with cutaneous melanoma by risk of death from the disease and receival of the 31-GEP test may result in a survival benefit compared with untested patients.

Dr Gastman on Exploratory Biomarker Analysis of the Checkmate76K Trial in Stage IIB/C Melanoma

July 12th 2023

Brian Gastman, MD, discusses results from a biomarkers analysis of patients with stage IIB/C melanoma in the phase 3 CheckMate76K trial.

PRT811 Showcases Early Signals of Efficacy in IDH-Mutant Glioma and Uveal Melanoma

July 10th 2023

Varun Monga, MBBS, discusses the mechanism of action of PRT811, key efficacy and safety findings from a phase 1 trial investigating the agent, and potential future directions with this agent in uveal melanoma and IDH-mutant high-grade glioma.

Dr DePalo on First-Line Therapies in Unresectable Melanoma In-Transit Metastases

July 5th 2023

Danielle K. DePalo, MD, discusses findings from a study comparing first-line isolated limb infusion/perfusion vs immune checkpoint inhibitors and intratumoral therapy in patients with surgically unresectable melanoma in-transit metastases.

Adjuvant Pembrolizumab Continues to Provide Survival Benefit in Stage IIB/C Melanoma

June 30th 2023

Pembrolizumab led to sustained improvements in recurrence-free survival and distant metastasis–free survival vs placebo as adjuvant therapy in patients with resected stage IIB or IIC melanoma

Development of FHD-286 Monotherapy Will Not Continue in Metastatic Uveal Melanoma

June 29th 2023

Although the highly potent, selective, allosteric, oral, small molecule BRG1/BRM inhibitor FHD-286 elicited signs of clinical activity and safety as monotherapy in patients with metastatic uveal melanoma in the dose-escalation portion of a phase 1 trial, further development in this indication will not be pursued.