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Releasing the brakes on CD8+ T cells in the melanoma sentinel lymph node by pre-operative local administration of low-dose anti-CTLA-4 (tremelimumab)

Completed
Conditions
melanoma
10040900
Registration Number
NL-OMON39041
Lead Sponsor
Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
17
Inclusion Criteria

Stage II melanoma
WHO 0-1 performance

Exclusion Criteria

no auto-immune disease
no immune deficiency

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>1) To determine clinical safety and tolerability of local i.d. administration<br /><br>of a single dose of tremelimumab in Stage II melanoma patients scheduled to<br /><br>undergo a SLN procedure.<br /><br>2) To ascertain the immunological effects of local i.d. injection of<br /><br>tremelimumab on the frequency and functionality of tumor-specific T cells and<br /><br>Tregs -in the SLN and in blood- and on the number and activation state of DC<br /><br>subsets in the SLN. </p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>not applicable</p><br>
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