Study of Nivolumab (BMS-936558) Compared With Dacarbazine in Untreated, Unresectable, or Metastatic Melanoma

NCT ID: NCT01721772

Last Updated: 2022-07-12

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

418 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-01-18

Study Completion Date

2021-05-14

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to compare the clinical benefit, as measured by overall survival, of nivolumab with that of. dacarbazine in patients with previously untreated, unresectable, or metastatic melanoma

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Melanoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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Nivolumab, 3 mg/kg

Participants received nivolumab, 3 mg/kg, solution administered Intravenously (IV) every 2 weeks until disease progression, discontinuation due to toxicity, withdrawal of consent, or study completion. Eligible participants may switch to nivolumab at 480mg every 4 weeks until documented disease progression, discontinuation, withdrawal of consent or the study ends.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

BMS-936558 (Nivolumab)

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Placebo matching Dacarbazine

Intervention Type DRUG

Dacarbazine, 1000 mg/m^2

Participants received dacarbazine, 1000 mg/m\^2, solution administered IV every 3 weeks until disease progression, discontinuation due to toxicity, withdrawal of consent, or study completion. Eligible participants may cross-over to nivolumab open label treatment, either 3 mg/kg every 2 weeks or 480mg every 4 weeks until documented disease progression, discontinuation, withdrawal of consent or the study ends.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Placebo matching BMS-936558 (Nivolumab)

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Dacarbazine

Intervention Type DRUG

Interventions

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BMS-936558 (Nivolumab)

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Placebo matching BMS-936558 (Nivolumab)

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Dacarbazine

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo matching Dacarbazine

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Men and women ≥18 years of age
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status of 0 or 1
* Untreated and histologically confirmed unresectable Stage III or Stage IV melanoma, as per the staging system of the American Joint Committee on Cancer
* Measurable disease as per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors 1.1
* Tumor tissue from an unresectable or metastatic site of disease must be provided for biomarker analyses
* Known BRAF wild-type, as per regionally acceptable V600 mutational status testing. BRAF mutant patients and those with indeterminate or unknown BRAF status are not permitted to randomize

Exclusion Criteria

* Active brain metastases or leptomeningeal metastases
* Ocular melanoma
* Any active, known, or suspected autoimmune disease
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Bristol-Myers Squibb

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Bristol-Myers Squibb

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Locations

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Fundacion Cidea

Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina

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Instituto Medico Especialazado Alexander Fleming

Buenos Aires, , Argentina

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Instituto Oncologico De Cordoba

Córdoba, , Argentina

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Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

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Coffs Harbour Health Campus

Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia

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Local Institution - 0006

North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

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Greenslopes Private Hospital

Greenslopes, Queensland, Australia

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Southport, Queensland, Australia

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Princess Alexandra Hospital

Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia

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Royal Adelaide Hospital

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Cabrini Hospital

Malvern, Victoria, Australia

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Tom Baker Cancer Centre

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Local Institution - 0039

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Qe Ii Health Science Centre

Halfax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Princess Margaret Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Viña del Mar, Región de Valparaíso, Chile

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Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile

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Santiago, , Chile

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Aarhus Universitetshospital

Aarhus, , Denmark

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Herlev Hospital

Herlev, , Denmark

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Odense University Hospital

Odense, , Denmark

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Helsinki, , Finland

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Hopital Saint Andre

Bordeaux, , France

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Chu Grenoble - Hopital Albert Michallon

Grenoble, , France

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Chru De Lille - Hopital Claude Huriez

Lille, , France

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Hopital St Eloi

Montpellier, , France

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Hopital Saint Louis

Paris, , France

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Villejuif, , France

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Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany

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Cologne, , Germany

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Essen, , Germany

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Gera, , Germany

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Göttingen, , Germany

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Heidelberg, , Germany

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Kiel, , Germany

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Magdeburg, , Germany

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Mainz, , Germany

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Nuremberg, , Germany

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Recklinghausen, , Germany

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Tübingen, , Germany

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Laiko Hospital

Athens, , Greece

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Metropolitan Hospital

Neo Faliro, , Greece

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Haifa, , Israel

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Jerusalem, , Israel

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Tel Litwinsky, , Israel

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Bari, , Italy

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Bergamo, , Italy

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Genova, , Italy

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Meldola (fc), , Italy

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Milan, , Italy

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Milan, , Italy

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Napoli, , Italy

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Padua, , Italy

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Roma, , Italy

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Siena, , Italy

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Leon, Guanajato, Guanajuato, Mexico

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Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

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Tlalpan, Mexico City, Mexico

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Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

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Oslo, , Norway

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Gdansk, , Poland

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Lodz, , Poland

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Warsaw, , Poland

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Donostia / San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa, Spain

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Barcelona, , Spain

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Madrid, , Spain

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Madrid, , Spain

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Seville, , Spain

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Valencia, , Spain

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Gothenberg, , Sweden

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Lund, , Sweden

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Umeå, , Sweden

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Countries

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Argentina Australia Canada Chile Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Israel Italy Mexico Norway Poland Spain Sweden

References

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Long GV, Larkin J, Schadendorf D, Grob JJ, Lao CD, Marquez-Rodas I, Wagstaff J, Lebbe C, Pigozzo J, Robert C, Ascierto PA, Atkinson V, Postow MA, Atkins MB, Sznol M, Callahan MK, Topalian SL, Sosman JA, Kotapati S, Thakkar PK, Ritchings C, Pe Benito M, Re S, Soleymani S, Hodi FS. Pooled Long-Term Outcomes With Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab or Nivolumab Alone in Patients With Advanced Melanoma. J Clin Oncol. 2025 Mar 10;43(8):938-948. doi: 10.1200/JCO.24.00400. Epub 2024 Nov 6.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 39504507 (View on PubMed)

Robert C, Long GV, Brady B, Dutriaux C, Di Giacomo AM, Mortier L, Rutkowski P, Hassel JC, McNeil CM, Kalinka EA, Lebbe C, Charles J, Hernberg MM, Savage KJ, Chiarion-Sileni V, Mihalcioiu C, Mauch C, Arance A, Cognetti F, Ny L, Schmidt H, Schadendorf D, Gogas H, Zoco J, Re S, Ascierto PA, Atkinson V. Five-Year Outcomes With Nivolumab in Patients With Wild-Type BRAF Advanced Melanoma. J Clin Oncol. 2020 Nov 20;38(33):3937-3946. doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.00995. Epub 2020 Sep 30.

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PMID: 32997575 (View on PubMed)

Ascierto PA, Long GV, Robert C, Brady B, Dutriaux C, Di Giacomo AM, Mortier L, Hassel JC, Rutkowski P, McNeil C, Kalinka-Warzocha E, Savage KJ, Hernberg MM, Lebbe C, Charles J, Mihalcioiu C, Chiarion-Sileni V, Mauch C, Cognetti F, Ny L, Arance A, Svane IM, Schadendorf D, Gogas H, Saci A, Jiang J, Rizzo J, Atkinson V. Survival Outcomes in Patients With Previously Untreated BRAF Wild-Type Advanced Melanoma Treated With Nivolumab Therapy: Three-Year Follow-up of a Randomized Phase 3 Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2019 Feb 1;5(2):187-194. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.4514.

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PMID: 30422243 (View on PubMed)

Long GV, Tykodi SS, Schneider JG, Garbe C, Gravis G, Rashford M, Agrawal S, Grigoryeva E, Bello A, Roy A, Rollin L, Zhao X. Assessment of nivolumab exposure and clinical safety of 480 mg every 4 weeks flat-dosing schedule in patients with cancer. Ann Oncol. 2018 Nov 1;29(11):2208-2213. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdy408.

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PMID: 30215677 (View on PubMed)

Long GV, Weber JS, Larkin J, Atkinson V, Grob JJ, Schadendorf D, Dummer R, Robert C, Marquez-Rodas I, McNeil C, Schmidt H, Briscoe K, Baurain JF, Hodi FS, Wolchok JD. Nivolumab for Patients With Advanced Melanoma Treated Beyond Progression: Analysis of 2 Phase 3 Clinical Trials. JAMA Oncol. 2017 Nov 1;3(11):1511-1519. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.1588.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28662232 (View on PubMed)

Robert C, Long GV, Brady B, Dutriaux C, Maio M, Mortier L, Hassel JC, Rutkowski P, McNeil C, Kalinka-Warzocha E, Savage KJ, Hernberg MM, Lebbe C, Charles J, Mihalcioiu C, Chiarion-Sileni V, Mauch C, Cognetti F, Arance A, Schmidt H, Schadendorf D, Gogas H, Lundgren-Eriksson L, Horak C, Sharkey B, Waxman IM, Atkinson V, Ascierto PA. Nivolumab in previously untreated melanoma without BRAF mutation. N Engl J Med. 2015 Jan 22;372(4):320-30. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1412082. Epub 2014 Nov 16.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25399552 (View on PubMed)

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Other Identifiers

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2012-003718-16

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CA209-066

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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