Efficacy and Safety of Talimogene Laherparepvec Neoadjuvant Treatment Plus Surgery Versus Surgery Alone for Melanoma

Summary

This is a phase 2, multicenter, randomized, open-label study to estimate the efficacy of talimogene laherparepvec as a neoadjuvant treatment followed by surgery compared to surgery alone in subjects with completely resectable stage IIIB, IIIC, or IVM1a melanoma.

Timeline

Start

2015-02-03

Primary completion

2019-04-30

Completion

2022-04-28

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

registry p = 0.070; Hazard Ratio (HR) 0.75 (80% CI 0.58 to 0.96) NCT02211131 ↗

Publications

• Background Dummer R, Gyorki DE, Hyngstrom J, Berger AC, Conry R, Demidov L, Sharma A, Treichel SA, Radcliffe H, Gorski KS, Anderson A, Chan E, Faries M, Ross MI. Neoadjuvant talimogene laherparepvec plus surgery versus surgery alone for resectable stage IIIB-IVM1a melanoma: a randomized, open-label, phase 2 trial. Nat Med. 2021 Oct;27(10):1789-1796. doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01510-7. Epub 2021 Oct 4.
• Gorry C, McCullagh L, O'Donnell H, Barrett S, Schmitz S, Barry M, Curtin K, Beausang E, Barry R, Coyne I. Neoadjuvant treatment for stage III and IV cutaneous melanoma. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023 Jan 17;1(1):CD012974. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012974.pub2.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.