Complementary Vaccination With Dendritic Cells Pulsed With Autologous Tumor Lysate in Resected Stage III and IV Melanoma Patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Signed Written Informed Consent: patients must be willing and able to give written informed consent, that have to be given before starting of screening procedure.
2. Availability of autologous tumor tissue fulfilling acceptance criteria prescribed by the "Product Specification File".
3. Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed melanoma (all type of melanomas);
4. Patients must be disease free after surgical removal of a metastatic lesions (stage IV or metachronous stage III)
5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0-1
6. Negative screening tests for HIV, Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis C virus and syphilis not older than 30 days before performing any of the Good Manufacturing Practice-regulated activities required (leukapheresis, collection of tumor biopsies to be used for tumor lysate/homogenate preparation);
7. Men and women aged ≥ 18 years.
8. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must be using an adequate method of contraception to avoid pregnancy throughout the study and for up 8 weeks after the study, in order to minimize the risk of pregnancy;
9. Patients must have normal organ and marrow function according to clinical practice.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients who have positive tests to Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis C virus HIV, or syphilis (specific blood testing must be performed within 30 days before any Good Manufacturing Practice-regulated activity (leukapheresis and collection of tumor biopsies to be used for tumor lysate preparation).
2. Patients who have had prior lines of systemic chemotherapy, immunotherapy or biological therapy for metastatic melanoma.
3. Participation in another clinical trial with any investigational agents within 30 days prior to study screening.
4. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements (on physician's judgment).
5. Other known malignant neoplastic diseases in the patient's medical history with a disease-free interval of less than 3 years (except for previously treated basal cell carcinoma and in situ carcinoma of the uterine cervix);
6. Any contraindication to undergo leukapheresis as evaluated by transfusionist (e.g. severe anemia, thrombocytopenia, oral anticoagulant therapy) or to undergo surgery