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MelanomaPhase 1NCT07838974

Adding Anakinra and Tocilizumab to Nivolumab and Ipilimumab for the Treatment of Melanoma Patients 50 Years of Age or Older

A Phase 1 study testing Anakinra, Biospecimen Collection and Computed Tomography in people with Melanoma, run by University of Southern California at 1 site in United States.

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Trial summary

This phase I trial studies the side effects of adding anakinra and tocilizumab to standard treatment with nivolumab and ipilimumab and to see how well it works in treating melanoma patients who are 50 years of age or older. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 50 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Melanoma
What is being tested?
Anakinra, Biospecimen Collection and Computed Tomography
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
40 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
1 Nov 2026to 1 Nov 2030
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 50 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Age ≥ 50 years old
  • Patients with melanoma, who are going to be treated with ipilimumab 1mg/Kg and nivolumab 3mg/Kg as a standard of care (SOC)
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0 or 1
  • Platelets ≥ 50 000/µL
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 8.0 g/dL
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1500/μL
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  • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) ≤ 3.0 X institutional ULN (up to 5 X institutional ULN if patient has liver metastases)
  • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase [SGPT]) ≤ 3.0 X institutional ULN (up to 5 X institutional ULN if patient has liver metastases)
  • Creatinine < 2.0 ULN
  • Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry, for the duration of study participation, and for 90 days following completion of therapy. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately
  • Willingness to adhere to the study visit schedule and the prohibitions and restrictions specified in this protocol

Who cannot join

  • Patients must not be receiving other concomitant biologic therapy, targeted therapy, chemotherapy, other anti-cancer therapy or any other investigational agents while on this protocol
  • Immunosuppressive systemic corticosteroids equivalent to prednisone 10 mg or greater in the 14 days prior to the first cycle
  • Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment in the past 2 years (i.e. use of disease modifying agents or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (e.g. thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc) is not considered a form of systemic treatment
  • Uncontrolled, intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, clinically significant cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness / social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
  • Positive pregnancy test, active pregnancy or nursing / breast-feeding, due to the potential for congenital abnormalities and the potential of this regimen to harm nursing infants
  • History of solid organ or bone marrow transplantation
  • Any condition which in the investigator's opinion deems the participant an unsuitable candidate to receive study drug

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

United States1 site
  • USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90033

    Fumito Ito, 323-442-8140, Fumito.ito@med.usc.edu

    Fumito Ito

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About this study

Official title: Targeting Inflammaging-Associated Cytokine Signaling to Improve Efficacy and Reduce Immune-Related Toxicities of Anti-PD-1/CTLA-4 Therapy

This phase I trial studies the side effects of adding anakinra and tocilizumab to standard treatment with nivolumab and ipilimumab and to see how well it works in treating melanoma patients who are 50 years of age or older. Anakinra and tocilizumab are used to decrease the body's immune response and lower side effects. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab and ipilimumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Researchers think that anakinra and tocilizumab may reduce the side effects experienced from standard treatment with nivolumab and ipilimumab while also preserving their anti-cancer effects. Adding anakinra and tocilizumab to standard treatment with nivolumab and ipilimumab may be safe, tolerable, and/or effective in treating melanoma patients who are 50 years of age or older.

Read the detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To establish the tolerated dose of the combination of anakinra and tocilizumab that can be used in conjunction with nivolumab and ipilimumab for further evaluation in patients 50 years of age or older at the start of treatment.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To evaluate the safety of the combination based on Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version (v) 6.0.

II. To evaluate the incidence of discontinuation of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy due to grade 3 or higher immune-related adverse events (irAEs).

III. To evaluate objective response rate per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) (v1.1) by investigator assessment (objective response rate [ORR] will be reported separately for patients treated neoadjuvant therapy versus [vs.] others).

IV. To evaluate overall survival (OS). V. To assess progression-free survival (PFS).

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To evaluate change in serum cytokine/chemokine profile. II. To profile peripheral blood (PB) immune subsets.

OUTLINE: This is a dose de-escalation study of anakinra in combination with tocilizumab, nivolumab, and ipilimumab.

Patients receive anakinra subcutaneously (SC) once daily (QD) on days 1-21 of each cycle, once every other day of each cycle, or once every 3 days of each cycle. Patients also receive tocilizumab intravenously (IV), nivolumab IV, and ipilimumab IV on day 1 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 21 days for up to 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Additionally, patients undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) or positron emission tomography (PET)/CT during screening and as clinically indicated as well as blood sample collection throughout the study.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 1 week and then every 6 months for up to 2 years.

Conditions
Melanoma
Being tested
Anakinra, Biospecimen Collection, Computed Tomography, Electronic Health Record Review, Ipilimumab
Medical subject headings
Melanoma

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • AnakinraBiological

    Also called Kinaret, Kineret, rIL-1ra, rIL1RN

    Given SC

  • Biospecimen CollectionProcedure or surgery

    Also called Biological Sample Collection, Biospecimen Collected, Sample Collection, Specimen Collection

    Undergo blood sample collection

  • Computed TomographyProcedure or surgery

    Also called CAT, CAT Scan, Computed Axial Tomography, Computerized Axial Tomography

    Undergo CT or PET/CT

  • Electronic Health Record ReviewOther

    Ancillary studies

  • IpilimumabBiological

    Also called Anti-Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte-Associated Antigen-4 Monoclonal Antibody, BMS 734016, BMS-734016, BMS734016

    Given IV

  • Magnetic Resonance ImagingProcedure or surgery

    Also called Magnetic Resonance, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Magnetic resonance imaging (procedure), Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan

    Undergo MRI

  • NivolumabBiological

    Also called ABP 206, BCD-263, BMS 936558, BMS-936558

    Given IV

  • Positron Emission TomographyProcedure or surgery

    Also called Medical Imaging, Positron Emission Tomography, PET, PET Scan, Positron emission tomography (procedure)

    Undergo PET/CT

  • TocilizumabBiological

    Also called Actemra, Avtozma, IL-6 receptor monoclonal antibodies: tocilizumab, Immunoglobulin G1, Anti-(Human Interleukin 6 Receptor) (Human-Mouse Monoclonal MRA Heavy Chain), Disulfide with Human-Mouse Monoclonal MRA Kappa-Chain, Dimer

    Given IV

Study groups in NCT07838974
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Treatment (anakinra, tocilizumab, nivolumab, ipilimumab)ExperimentalPatients receive anakinra SC QD on days 1-21 of each cycle, once every other day of each cycle, or once every 3 days of each cycle. Patients also receive tocilizumab IV, nivolumab IV, and ipilimumab IV on day 1 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 21 days for up to 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Additionally, patients undergo MRI and CT or PET/CT during screening and as clinically indicated as well as blood sample collection throughout the study.
Receives: Biological: Anakinra; Procedure: Biospecimen Collection; Procedure: Computed Tomography; Other: Electronic Health Record Review; Biological: Ipilimumab; Procedure: Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Biological: Nivolumab; Procedure: Positron Emission Tomography; Biological: Tocilizumab

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Tolerated dose of the combination of anakinra and tocilizumab that can be used in conjunction with nivolumab and ipilimumab in patients 50 years or older

    Measured: Up to 12 weeks

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. Incidence of discontinuation of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy due to grade 3 or higher immune-related adverse events

    This analysis will be conducted for each dose level examined separately. The estimand for this objective will be the number of patients with the objective's outcome measure coded as yes divided by the number of patients evaluable for this objective. Exact confidence interval of this proportion will also be calculated.

    Measured: Up to 12 weeks

  2. Objective response rate

    Will evaluate objective response rate per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) (version 1.1) by investigator assessment. This analysis will be conducted for each dose level examined separately. The estimand for this objective will be the number of patients demonstrating each RECIST category divided by the number of patients evaluable for this objective. The best response rate will be estimated by the number of patients who demonstrate partial response or complete response divided by the number of patients evaluable for this objective.

    Measured: Up to 2 years

  3. Overall survival

    The probability of remaining alive as a function of time since enrollment will be calculated by the method of Kaplan and Meier (Kaplan EL and Meier P. Nonparametric estimation from incomplete observations. J Amer Statist Assoc, 457-481, 1958). The one year and two-year estimates will be reported for each dose group separately and for the aggregated evaluable population. There is no plan to conduct statistical comparisons between the dose groups.

    Measured: From first dose of treatment to death due to any cause, assessed up to 2 years

  4. Progression free survival (PFS)

    The probability of remaining PFS-event free as a function of time since enrollment will be calculated by the method of Kaplan and Meier (Kaplan EL and Meier P. Nonparametric estimation from incomplete observations. J Amer Statist Assoc, 457-481, 1958). The one year and two-year estimates will be reported for each dose group separately and for the aggregated evaluable population. There is no plan to conduct statistical comparisons between the dose groups.

    Measured: From start of treatment to time of progression or death whichever comes first, assessed up to 2 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted24 Sep 2026
  2. Study start1 Nov 2026 (estimated)
  3. Primary completion1 Nov 2029 (estimated)
  4. Study completion1 Nov 2030 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
40 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07838974
Sponsor's protocol ID
10M-26-3
Other IDs
NCI-2026-06741, HS-26-00490, 10M-26-3, P30CA014089
Status last verified
Sep 2026
First submitted
18 Sep 2026
Last updated
24 Sep 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Anakinra, Biospecimen Collection and Computed Tomography in people with Melanoma, run by University of Southern California at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 12 inclusion and 7 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 24 Sep 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Each site lists its own contact: choose the nearest one under Trial locations. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Tolerated dose of the combination of anakinra and tocilizumab that can be used in conjunction with nivolumab and ipilimumab in patients 50 years or older (time frame: Up to 12 weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 24 Sep 2026.

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