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Age >= 18 years |
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Disease characteristics |
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Newly diagnosed, recurrent, or previously treated in-transit metastatic melanoma (ITM) confined to a single limb with or without regional lymph node involvement |
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For patients with ITM, one of the following must be true |
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A visible superficial ITM, non-nodal lesion with longest diameter >= 1.0 cm in diameter as assessed using a ruler (e.g., skin nodules) NOTE: Documentation by color photography, including a ruler is required OR |
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A malignant regional lymph node with short axis > 1.0 cm as assessed by computed tomography (CT) scan (CT scan slice thickness recommended to be no greater than 5 mm) OR |
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A non-visible, non-nodal soft tissue mass of the involved extremity with longest diameter >= 1.0 cm as measured with CT scan, CT component of a positron emission tomography (PET)/CT, or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) |
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Newly diagnosed, recurrent or previously treated metastatic melanoma of the lymph |
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nodes in lymphatic beds accessible to limb-lymphatic infusion (Example: lower |
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limb lymphatic accessible femoral, inguinal pelvic and/or retroperitoneal |
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lymph node metastases; upper limb: axillary, infraclavicular and/or subclavian |
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lymph node metastases) |
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For patients with lymph node metastases only (non ITM) the following must be |
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true |
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At least one tumor involved lymph nodes must be >= 15 mm as assessed by CT, PET or MRI (target lesion by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors [RECIST]) |
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Hemoglobin >= 8.0 g/dL (obtained =< 15 days prior to registration) |
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Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1500/mm^3 (obtained =< 15 days prior to registration) |
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Platelet count >= 75,000/mm^3 (obtained =< 15 days prior to registration) |
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Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (obtained =< 15 days prior to registration) |
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Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate transaminase (AST) =< 3.0 x ULN (obtained =< 15 days prior to registration) |
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Serum creatinine =< 2.0 × ULN (obtained =< 15 days prior to registration) |
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Calculated creatinine clearance >= 40 ml/min using the Cockcroft-Gault formula (obtained =< 15 days prior to registration) |
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Prothrombin time (PT)/international normalized ratio (INR)/partial thromboplastin time (PTT, aPTT) PT/INR/aPTT =< 1.5 × ULN or if patient is receiving anticoagulant therapy INR or aPTT is within target range of therapy (Within 15 days prior to registration) |
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Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0 or 1 |
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Negative pregnancy test done =< 7 days prior to registration, for persons of childbearing potential only |
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Persons able to become pregnant or able to father a child must be willing to use an adequate method of contraception while on treatment and for 180 days (6 months) after last treatment dose on this study |
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Provide written informed consent |
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Rochester only: Willingness to provide mandatory blood specimens for correlative research |
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Willingness to provide mandatory tissue specimens for correlative research |
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Willing to return to enrolling institution for 3-month follow-up (during the Active Monitoring Phase of the study) |
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Any of the following because this study involves an investigational agent whose genotoxic, mutagenic, and teratogenic effects on the developing fetus and newborn are
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unknown
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Pregnant persons
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Nursing persons
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Persons of childbearing potential who are unwilling to employ adequate contraception
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Persons expecting to conceive or father children during the study or within 180 days (6 months) after the last treatment on this study
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Metastatic melanoma beyond in-transit metastases (ITM) and regional lymph nodes (LNs)
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that cannot be accessed by intralymphatic infusion by DoseConnect (example
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visceral or active central nervous system [CNS] metastatic disease)
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ITM involving the hands and feet (not accessible to DoseConnect infusion)
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ITM NOT involving a limb (i.e., head, neck, or trunk)
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Prior radiation of ITM that are being evaluated as measurable lesions
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Any of the following prior therapies
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Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)
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Solid organ transplantation
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Co-morbid systemic illnesses or other severe concurrent disease which, in the judgment
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of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this
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study or interfere significantly with the proper assessment of safety and
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toxicity of the prescribed regimens
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Immunocompromised patients and patients known to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive and currently receiving antiretroviral therapy
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NOTE: Patients known to be HIV positive, but without clinical evidence of an immunocompromised state, are eligible for this trial
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Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment < 2 years prior to
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registration, documented history of severe autoimmune disease, or a syndrome
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that requires systemic steroids or immunosuppressive agents with use of
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disease modifying agents, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressive drugs
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NOTE: Exceptions are allowed for the following conditions
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Vitiligo
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Resolved childhood asthma/atopy
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Intermittent use of bronchodilators or inhaled steroids
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Daily steroids at dose of =< 10mg of prednisone (or equivalent)
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Local steroid injections
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Stable hypothyroidism on replacement therapy
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Stable diabetes mellitus on therapy (with or without insulin)
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Sjogren's syndrome
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Replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) which is not considered a form of systemic treatment and is allowed
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Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to
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Ongoing or active infection requiring systemic therapy
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Interstitial lung disease
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Serious, chronic gastrointestinal conditions associated with diarrhea (e.g., Crohn's disease or others)
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Known history of hepatitis B (i.e., known positive hepatitis B virus [HBV] surface antigen [HBsAg] reactive)
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Known active hepatitis C (i.e., positive for hepatitis C virus [HCV] ribonucleic acid [RNA] detected by polymerase chain reaction [PCR])
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Known active tuberculosis (TB)
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Symptomatic congestive heart failure
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Unstable angina pectoris
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Unstable cardiac arrhythmia or
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Psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements (e.g., known substance abuse)
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Receiving any other investigational agent which would be considered as a treatment for the primary neoplasm
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History of severe hypersensitivity reactions to other monoclonal antibodies or known hypersensitivity to the study intervention or its excipients, indocyanine green (ICG) dye or iodine
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Prior history of Grade 4 immune related adverse event (irAE) with prior immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy or failure to recover (< Grade 1) from immune-related adverse event(s) from prior ICI therapy
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Failure to recover from any adverse events related to any of the following therapies received prior to registration
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Chemotherapy
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Immunotherapy
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Targeted therapies (e.g., dabrafenib)
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Other investigational agents
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Radiation therapy
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Minor surgical or interventional procedure (NOTE: Biopsy of same limb for diagnosis is allowed)
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Major surgical procedure
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Previously untreated metastatic melanoma (visceral or CNS). NOTE: Patients with previously treated systemic and CNS melanoma who have been free of disease at systemic sites for >= 12 weeks are eligible for treatment in this study
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