Clinical trial · Interventional
A Study of Fotemustine(FTM) Vs FTM and Ipilimumab (IPI) or IPI and Nivolumab in Melanoma Brain Metastasis
A Randomized, Phase III Study of Fotemustine Versus the Combination of Fotemustine and Ipilimumab or the Combination of Ipilimumab and Nivolumab in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma With Brain Metastasis
NCT02460068CI-TRIAL-00018102NIBIT-M2unknownPhase 3ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
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- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
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- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
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- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This Phase 3, open-label, triple arm study aims to evaluate the overall survival (OS) of fotemustine versus the combination of ipilimumab and fotemustine or the combination of Ipilimumab and nivolumab in patients with metastatic melanoma with brain metastasis.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brain Metastases | Brain Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fotemustine | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Fotemustine and Ipilimumab | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Ipilimumab and nivolumab | Drug | Ipilimumab/Nivolumab Regimen | ALIAS |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- fotemustine
- description
- fotemustine alone
- interventionNames
- Drug: Fotemustine
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- fotemustine and ipilimumab
- description
- fotemustine in combination with ipilimumab
- interventionNames
- Drug: Fotemustine and Ipilimumab
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- ipilimumab and nivolumab
- description
- ipilimumab in combination with nivolumab
- interventionNames
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Willing and able to give written informed consent. * Histologic diagnosis of malignant melanoma; * Stage IV melanoma; * No prior therapy for advanced (unresectable Stage III or Stage IV) disease; * No previous systemic corticosteroid therapy within 7 days; * Prior adjuvant treatment with IFN or other immunotherapy allowed with exception of anti-CTLA-4; * Presence of asymptomatic brain metastases: patients must have measurable metastases in the brain, defined as lesions that can be accurately measured in 2 dimensions as ≥ 0.5 cm (maximum 2 cm) in the brain MRI with contrast; * Pts who have been previously treated with brain stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT), whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) and/or surgery, must have developed new measurable brain lesions; * Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks; * ECOG performance status of 0 or 1 (see Appendix 2); * Normal laboratory tests were required. * Subjects must have known BRAF V600E mutation status or consent to BRAF V600E mutation testing per local institutional standard. * Negative screening tests for HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C. * Men and women, of and over 18 years old.Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must use appropriate method(s) of contraception. WOCBP should use an adequate method to avoid pregnancy for 23 weeks (30 days plus the time required for nivolumab to undergo five half-lives) after the last dose of investigational drug Exclusion Criteria: * Any malignancy from which the patient has been disease-free for less than 5 years, with the exception of adequately treated and cured basal or squamous cell skin cancer, superficial bladder cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix; * Primary ocular or mucosal melanoma. Medical History and Concurrent Diseases: * Symptomatic brain metastases requiring immediate local intervention (radiotherapy (RT) and/or surgery); * Autoimmune disease * Any underlying medical condition, which in the opinion of the investigator, will make the administration of study drug hazardous or obscure the interpretation of adverse events, such as a condition associated with frequent diarrhea. Prohibited Treatments and/or Therapies: * Concomitant therapy with any anti-cancer agent; immunosuppressive agents; any non-oncology vaccine therapy used for prevention of infectious diseases (for up to 1 month prior to or after any dose of study drug); surgery or radiotherapy ; other investigational anti-cancer therapies; or chronic use of systemic corticosteroids * Previous treatment with other investigational products, including cancer immunotherapy, within 30 days; * Prior treatment with anti-CTLA-4 and/or , anti-PD1/PD-L1 or fotemustine. Sex and Reproductive Status: * WOCBP who are unwilling or unable to use an acceptable method to avoid pregnancy for the entire study period and for up to 8 weeks after the study; * Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding; * Women with a positive pregnancy test on enrollment or prior to investigational product administration; * Sexually active fertile men not using effective birth control if their partners are WOCBP. Other Exclusion Criteria: * Prisoners or subjects who are involuntarily incarcerated; * Subjects who are compulsorily detained for treatment of either a psychiatric or physical illness.
References
Publications (5)
- BACKGROUNDAvril MF, Aamdal S, Grob JJ, Hauschild A, Mohr P, Bonerandi JJ, Weichenthal M, Neuber K, Bieber T, Gilde K, Guillem Porta V, Fra J, Bonneterre J, Saiag P, Kamanabrou D, Pehamberger H, Sufliarsky J, Gonzalez Larriba JL, Scherrer A, Menu Y. Fotemustine compared with dacarbazine in patients with disseminated malignant melanoma: a phase III study. J Clin Oncol. 2004 Mar 15;22(6):1118-25. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2004.04.165. PMID 15020614
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- BACKGROUNDDi Giacomo AM, Ascierto PA, Pilla L, Santinami M, Ferrucci PF, Giannarelli D, Marasco A, Rivoltini L, Simeone E, Nicoletti SV, Fonsatti E, Annesi D, Queirolo P, Testori A, Ridolfi R, Parmiani G, Maio M. Ipilimumab and fotemustine in patients with advanced melanoma (NIBIT-M1): an open-label, single-arm phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2012 Sep;13(9):879-86. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70324-8. Epub 2012 Aug 13. PMID 22894884
- BACKGROUNDDi Giacomo AM, Ascierto PA, Queirolo P, Pilla L, Ridolfi R, Santinami M, Testori A, Simeone E, Guidoboni M, Maurichi A, Orgiano L, Spadola G, Del Vecchio M, Danielli R, Calabro L, Annesi D, Giannarelli D, Maccalli C, Fonsatti E, Parmiani G, Maio M. Three-year follow-up of advanced melanoma patients who received ipilimumab plus fotemustine in the Italian Network for Tumor Biotherapy (NIBIT)-M1 phase II study. Ann Oncol. 2015 Apr;26(4):798-803. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdu577. Epub 2014 Dec 23. PMID 25538176
- BACKGROUNDWolchok JD, Kluger H, Callahan MK, Postow MA, Rizvi NA, Lesokhin AM, Segal NH, Ariyan CE, Gordon RA, Reed K, Burke MM, Caldwell A, Kronenberg SA, Agunwamba BU, Zhang X, Lowy I, Inzunza HD, Feely W, Horak CE, Hong Q, Korman AJ, Wigginton JM, Gupta A, Sznol M. Nivolumab plus ipilimumab in advanced melanoma. N Engl J Med. 2013 Jul 11;369(2):122-33. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1302369. Epub 2013 Jun 2.