Efficacy and Safety of Talimogene Laherparepvec Neoadjuvant Treatment Plus Surgery Versus Surgery Alone for Melanoma

Inclusion Criteria:

* Histologically confirmed diagnosis of stage IIIB, IIIC or IVM1a melanoma eligible for complete surgical resection.
* Prior systemic, regional and radiation anticancer therapies for melanoma must have been completed at least 3 months prior to randomization.
* Subject must have measurable disease and must be a candidate for intralesional therapy with at least one injectable cutaneous, subcutaneous, or nodal melanoma lesion (≥ 10 mm in longest diameter) or with multiple injectable lesions that in aggregate have a longest diameter of ≥ 10 mm.
* Subject must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 and must have a serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) ≤ 1.0 X upper limit of normal and adequate hematologic, hepatic, renal, and coagulation organ function- Other criteria may apply

Exclusion Criteria:

* Subject must not have primary ocular or mucosal melanoma, or history or evidence of melanoma associated with immunodeficiency states (eg, hereditary immune deficiency, organ transplant, or leukemia).
* Subject must not have history or evidence of symptomatic autoimmune pneumonitis, glomerulonephritis, vasculitis, or other symptomatic autoimmune disease.
* Subject must not have evidence of clinically significant immunosuppression or active herpetic skin lesions or prior complications of herpes simplex type 1 (HSV-1) infection (eg, herpetic keratitis or encephalitis) and must not require intermittent or chronic systemic treatment with an antiherpetic drug (eg, acyclovir), other than intermittent topical use.
* Subject known to have acute or chronic active hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or human immunodeficiency virus infection will also be excluded.
* Subject must not have been treated previously with talimogene laherparepvec or tumor vaccine.

Other criteria may apply