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
- melanoma10040900
- 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
Name Time Method <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
Name Time Method <p>not applicable</p><br>