Melanoma & Skin Cancer | Specialty

The OncLive Melanoma & Skin Cancer condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on various types of skin cancers, including melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and more. This section features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on unmet needs, treatment advances, and ongoing research in melanoma and other skin cancers.

Patients with RCC, Melanoma Taking ICIs Can Safely Receive COVID-19 Vaccination

November 15th 2021

The COVID-19 vaccine was safe and well tolerated in patients who received immune checkpoint inhibitors for renal cell carcinoma or melanoma.

FDA Clears IND to Expand ABILITY Trial Examining MDNA11 in Solid Tumors to the United States

November 9th 2021

The FDA has greenlit an investigation new drug application to expand the ongoing phase 1/2 ABILITY trial, which is evaluating the beta-only IL-2 superagonist MDNA11 in patients with solid tumors, to clinical trial sites in the United States.

Sullivan Unpacks Breakthroughs, Challenges in the Treatment of Advanced Melanoma

November 8th 2021

The addition of immune checkpoint inhibitors and targeted therapies has paved the way for advances in the adjuvant and met-astatic setting with recent data from clinical trials demonstrating significant improvements in overall survival for patients with advanced melanoma.

New Strategies Are Needed for Patients With NRAS-Mutant Melanoma

November 3rd 2021

Although there has been dramatic progress in the treatment landscape for metastatic melanoma over the past decade, many patients whose tumors harbor NRAS mutations have not shared in the improved outcomes.

Adjuvant Pembrolizumab Maintains RFS Benefit in Resected High-Risk Stage II Melanoma

November 1st 2021

Adjuvant pembrolizumab continued to showcase improved relapse-free survival over placebo in patients with resected high-risk stage II melanoma with 6 months of additional follow-up.

Dr. Schadendorf on Expected Toxicities With Encorafenib/Binimetinib/Pembrolizumab in BRAF V600E/K-Mutated Melanoma

October 28th 2021

Dirk Schadendorf, MD, discusses expected toxicities with the combination of encorafenib, binimetinib, and pembrolizumab in BRAF V600E/K-mutated melanoma.

Cemiplimab Expands Treatment Portfolio for Patients with Basal Cell Carcinoma

October 27th 2021

Alexander J. Stratigos, MD, PhD, discussed the effect cemiplimab will have on the treatment landscape of patients with advanced BCC.

FDA Grants Fast Track Status to Cancer Vaccine UV1 for Advanced Malignant Melanoma

October 25th 2021

The FDA has granted a fast track designation to the universal cancer vaccine UV1 for use in combination with checkpoint inhibitors in patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma, either as an add-on therapy to pembrolizumab or to ipilimumab.

ctDNA Reduction Is Potentially Predictive of OS Vs RECIST in Metastatic Uveal Melanoma

October 4th 2021

A linear correlation between magnitude of circulating tumor DNA reduction and improved overall survival was observed in patients with metastatic uveal melanoma who were treated with tebentafusp, suggesting that ctDNA may be a better surrogate end point for OS compared with RECIST response criteria.

Relatlimab/Nivolumab Application for Frontline Advanced Melanoma Validated by EMA

October 1st 2021

The European Medicines Agency has validated its marketing authorization application for the fixed-dose combination of relatlimab and nivolumab in the frontline treatment of adult and pediatric patients with advanced melanoma.

Dr. Hamid on the Integration of TIL-Based Therapy Into Melanoma

September 30th 2021

Omid Hamid, MD, discusses the integration of tumor infiltrating lymphocyte–based therapy into the melanoma armamentarium.

Relatlimab/Nivolumab Improves PFS Without Added Toxicity in Metastatic Melanoma, Underscoring Frontline SOC Potential

September 30th 2021

Hussein A. Tawbi, MD, PhD, discusses the safety and efficacy achieved with relatlimab plus nivolumab in the RELATIVITY-047 trial and sheds light on the clinical significance of the data in the melanoma treatment paradigm.

FDA Grants Priority Review to Relatlimab/Nivolumab for Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma

September 20th 2021

The FDA has granted priority review to a biologics license application for the fixed-dose combination of relatlimab plus nivolumab for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients aged 12 years and older and weighing at least 40 kg who have unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

Dr. Luke on the Results of the Phase 3 KEYNOTE-716 Trial in Melanoma

September 19th 2021

Jason J. Luke, MD, FACP, discusses the results of the phase 3 KEYNOTE-716 trial in high-risk stage II melanoma.

ctDNA a Viable Surrogate for OS in Previously Treated Metastatic Uveal Melanoma

September 19th 2021

Circulating tumor DNA was a better predictor for survival than RECIST 1.1 for patients with previously treated, HLA-A*02:01-positive metastatic uveal melanoma assigned to tebentafusp.

Adjuvant Pembrolizumab Induces RFS Benefit in Resected High-Risk Stage II Melanoma

September 18th 2021

Adjuvant pembrolizumab led to a significant reduction in the risk of disease recurrence or death compared with placebo in patients with resected, high-risk stage II melanoma.

Dr. Janku on the Efficacy of Ripretinib in KIT-Mutated Melanoma

September 17th 2021

Filip Janku, MD, PhD, discusses the results form a phase 1 study of ripretinib, a broad-spectrum KIT and PDGFRA inhibitor, in patients with KIT-mutated or KIT-amplified melanoma.

The Hamilton of Medicine

September 3rd 2021

Most physician-scientists are intense, motivated and focused, but Keith T. Flaherty, MD, takes it to another level.

UV1 Vaccine Plus Pembrolizumab Shows Strong Safety, Early Activity in Metastatic Melanoma

September 2nd 2021

The universal cancer vaccine UV1 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in combination with pembrolizumab elicited encouraging initial signs of clinical response with favorable safety and tolerability when used in the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma, meeting the primary end point of an ongoing phase 1 trial.

Topical Remetinostat Demonstrates Efficacy, Tolerability in Basal Cell Carcinoma

September 1st 2021

The topical HDAC inhibitor remetinostat demonstrated favorable tolerability and clinically significant efficacy in reducing disease burden in patients with basal cell carcinoma, according to results from a phase 2 trial.