Clinical trial · Interventional
Efficacy and Safety Study of Talimogene Laherparepvec Compared to Granulocyte Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) in Melanoma
A Randomized Phase 3 Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Treatment With OncoVEX^GM-CSF Compared to Subcutaneously Administered GM-CSF in Melanoma Patients With Unresectable Stage IIIb, IIIc and IV Disease
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of treatment with talimogene laherparepvec compared to subcutaneously administered GM-CSF in patients with unresectable Stage IIIb, IIIc and Stage IV melanoma. The efficacy endpoints of the study aim to demonstrate overall clinical benefit for patients treated with talimogene laherparepvec as compared to GM-CSF.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melanoma | Melanoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| GM-CSF | Biological | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Talimogene laherparepvec | Biological | Talimogene Laherparepvec | ALIAS |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- GM-CSF
- description
- Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) was administered at a dose of 125 μg/m²/day subcutaneously for 14 days, followed by a 14-day rest period for 24 weeks. Participants could continue treatment until clinically relevant disease progression, intolerability, withdrawal of consent, complete remission, or lack of response by 12 months, for a maximum of 18 months.
- interventionNames
- Biological: GM-CSF
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Talimogene Laherparepvec
- description
- Participants received talimogene laherparepvec on Days 1 and 15 of each 28-day cycle for 24 weeks. The initial dose of talimogene laherparepvec was at a concentration of 10⁶ plaque forming units (PFU)/mL, injected into 1 or more skin, subcutaneous or nodal tumors. Subsequent doses began at least 3 weeks after the first dose and consisted of talimogene laherparepvec at a concentration of 10⁸ PFU/mL. Participants could continue treatment until clinically relevant disease progression, intolerability, withdrawal of consent, complete remission, lack of response by 12 months, or disappearance of all injectable lesions, for a maximum of 18 months.
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Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Males or females age ≥ 18 years * Stage IIIb, IIIc or stage IV disease that is not surgically resectable * Injectable disease (i.e. suitable for direct injection or through the use of ultrasound guidance) * At least 1 injectable cutaneous, subcutaneous or nodal melanoma lesion \>= 10 mm in longest diameter or, multiple injectable melanoma lesions which in aggregate have a longest diameter of \>= 10 mm * Serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels less than 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 * Prolongation in International Normalized Ratio (INR), Prothrombin Time (PT), and Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT) when the result is from therapeutic anticoagulation treatment are permitted for patients whose injectable lesions are cutaneous and/or subcutaneous such that direct pressure could be applied in the event of excessive bleeding Exclusion Criteria: * Clinically active cerebral or any bone metastases. Patients with up to 3 (neurological performance status of 0) cerebral metastases may be enrolled, provided that all lesions have been adequately treated with stereotactic radiation therapy, craniotomy, gammaknife therapy, with no evidence of progression, and have not required steroids, for at least two (2) months prior to randomization * Greater than 3 visceral metastases (this does not include lung metastases or nodal metastases associated with visceral organs). For patients with \< 3 visceral metastases, no lesion \> 3 cm, and liver lesions must meet Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria for stable disease for at least 1 month prior to randomization
References
Publications (3)
- RESULTAndtbacka RH, Kaufman HL, Collichio F, Amatruda T, Senzer N, Chesney J, Delman KA, Spitler LE, Puzanov I, Agarwala SS, Milhem M, Cranmer L, Curti B, Lewis K, Ross M, Guthrie T, Linette GP, Daniels GA, Harrington K, Middleton MR, Miller WH Jr, Zager JS, Ye Y, Yao B, Li A, Doleman S, VanderWalde A, Gansert J, Coffin RS. Talimogene Laherparepvec Improves Durable Response Rate in Patients With Advanced Melanoma. J Clin Oncol. 2015 Sep 1;33(25):2780-8. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2014.58.3377. Epub 2015 May 26. PMID 26014293
- DERIVEDAndtbacka RHI, Collichio F, Harrington KJ, Middleton MR, Downey G, Ӧhrling K, Kaufman HL. Final analyses of OPTiM: a randomized phase III trial of talimogene laherparepvec versus granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in unresectable stage III-IV melanoma. J Immunother Cancer. 2019 Jun 6;7(1):145. doi: 10.1186/s40425-019-0623-z. PMID 31171039
- DERIVEDKaufman HL, Andtbacka RHI, Collichio FA, Wolf M, Zhao Z, Shilkrut M, Puzanov I, Ross M. Durable response rate as an endpoint in cancer immunotherapy: insights from oncolytic virus clinical trials. J Immunother Cancer. 2017 Sep 19;5(1):72. doi: 10.1186/s40425-017-0276-8. PMID 28923101