Trial purpose
Cancer treatment
Tumor type
Skin
Age
18+
Trial acronym
CheckMate 067
Clinical summary
Summary
Experimental: Arm A: Nivolumab+Placebo for Ipilimumab+Placebo for Nivolumab
Nivolumab 3 mg/kg solution intravenously every 2 weeks plus Placebo matching with Ipilimumab 0 mg/kg solution intravenously on weeks 1, 4 and Placebo matching with Nivolumab on weeks 4 for cycles 1 and 2, until documented disease progression, discontinuation due to toxicity, withdrawal of consent or the study ends
Experimental: Arm B: Nivolumab+Ipilimumab+Placebo for Nivolumab
Nivolumab 1 mg/kg solution intravenously combined with Ipilimumab 3 mg/kg solution intravenously every 3 weeks for 4 doses then Nivolumab 3 mg/kg solution intravenously every 2 weeks plus Placebo matching with Nivolumab on weeks 3 and 5 for cycles 1 and 2, until documented disease progression, discontinuation due to toxicity, withdrawal of consent or the study ends
Experimental: Arm C: Ipilimumab+Placebo for Nivolumab
Ipilimumab 3 mg/kg solution intravenously every 3 weeks for a total of 4 doses plus Placebo matching with Nivolumab 0 mg/kg solution intravenously on weeks 3 and 5 for cycles 1 and 2, until documented disease progression, discontinuation due to toxicity, withdrawal of consent or the study ends (Placebo matching with Nivolumab is no longer required)
Conditions
This trial is treating people with stage III (unresectable) or stave IV melanoma that haven't had treatment
Eligibility
Inclusion
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Histologically confirmed stage III (unresectable) or stage IV melanoma
* Treatment naïve patients
* Measurable disease by computed tomography (CT) or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) per RECIST 1.1 criteria
* Tumor tissue from an unresectable or metastatic site of disease for biomarker analyses
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0 or 1
Exclusion
Exclusion Criteria:
* Active brain metastases or leptomeningeal metastases
* Ocular melanoma
* Subjects with active, known or suspected autoimmune disease
* Subjects with a condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (\>10 mg daily prednisone equivalents) or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days of treatment
* Prior treatment with an anti-Programmed Death receptor-1 (PD-1), anti-Programmed Death-1 ligand-1 (PD-L1), anti-PD-L2, or anti-cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated antigen-4 (anti-CTLA-4) antibody
Inclusion
- Your cancer has not spread to other parts of the body (localised).
- You have been diagnosed with cancer, but have not received any treatment.
Exclusion
- You have been diagnosed with a prior or secondary type of cancer.
- You have certain types of non-cancer medical conditions.
- You have had certain treatments, surgical procedures or drugs.
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Trial Identifiers
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Trial sponsor
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Scientific Title
A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind Study of Nivolumab Monotherapy or Nivolumab Combined With Ipilimumab Versus Ipilimumab Monotherapy in Subjects With Previously Untreated Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma
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