Disease: Advanced or Metastatic melanoma, (2023-510417-25-00)
Disease info:
A solid tumour is an abnormal mass of tissue that usually does not contain cysts or liquid areas. Solid tumours may be benign (not cancer), or malignant (cancer). Solid tumour types are named according to the type of cell they originate from. Examples of solid tumours include melanomas, sarcomas, carcinomas and lymphomas.
This trial is specifically targeting patients with advanced or metastatic (progressive) melanoma. Melanoma is a rare form of skin cancer.
Frequency:
The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2025, about 104,960 new melanoma cases will be diagnosed in the United States, and approximately 8,430 people are expected to die from the disease.
This is a phase 1 trial to investigate CRISPR-Cas9 edited tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) expressing PDL-1 knockdown in advanced or metastatic melanoma.