🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-04-21

Rigosertib Plus Pembrolizumab in Treating Patients With Unresectable/Metastatic Melanoma Refractory to PD-1 Inhibitors (NCT05764395)

A Phase II Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Rigosertib (ON 01910) Plus Pembrolizumab in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma Refractory to Immune Checkpoint Blockade

🔵 Active, Not Recruiting Phase2 💊 Investigational Drug / Biologic Sponsor: Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

This phase II clinical trial tests how well rigosertib plus pembrolizumab workings in treating patients with melanoma which cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable) or that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic), and that has not responded to previous treatment with PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitors (refractory). Rigosertib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and may change the immune system to make immunotherapy more effective. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving rigosertib in combination with pembrolizumab may be more effective in treating patients with unresectable metastatic melanoma that has not responded to previous treatment with PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitors than giving either drug alone.

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (31 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (22 items).

Location: Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee

Age range: 18 Years

🧪 Interventions in This Study

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Has a diagnosis of primary uveal or mucosal melanoma.
  • A WOCBP who has a positive urine pregnancy test within 72 hours of the first dose of study intervention. If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required. In the event that 72 hours have elapsed between the screening pregnancy test and the first dose of study treatment, another pregnancy test (urine or serum) must be performed and must be negative in order for subject to start receiving study medication. Pregnancy testing will be obtained every three months while on study treatment; patients will be withdrawn from the study if pregnancy occurs.
  • Has received prior systemic anti-cancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 weeks (for immunotherapeutic agents) or within 2 weeks (for targeted therapeutics) prior to the first dose of study drug. If a subject has experienced adverse events (AE) from prior treatment, he/she must have recovered from all AEs to \< grade 1 or baseline. Patients with \< grade 2 neuropathy may be eligible. Patients with endocrine-related AEs \< 2 requiring treatment or physiologic steroid replacement may be eligible.
  • Has received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of the first dose of study drug. Participants must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicities, not require corticosteroids, and not have had radiation pneumonitis. A 1-week washout is permitted for palliative radiation (=\< 2 weeks of radiotherapy) to non-central nervous system (CNS) disease.
  • If participant has had recent major surgery, the participant must has recovered adequately from the procedure and/or any complications from the surgery prior to the first dose of study drug.
  • Has received a live vaccine or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study drug. Administration of killed vaccines is allowed.
  • Is currently participating in or has participated in a study of an investigational agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug. Participants who have entered the follow-up phase of an investigational study may participate as long as it has been 4 weeks after the last dose of the previous investigational agent.
  • Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study drug.
  • Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 2 years. Participants with non-melanoma skin cancer (eg, basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin) or carcinoma in situ (eg, breast carcinoma, cervical cancer in situ) that have undergone potentially curative therapy are not excluded.
  • Subjects with untreated active central nervous system (CNS) metastases, active brain metastases or leptomeningeal metastatic foci. For the subjects with brain metastases, if they have received treatment and have no evidence of progressive disease on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at least 4 weeks after completion of the treatment and within 30 days prior to the first dose, they are eligible to participate in the study.
  • Has a history of severe hypersensitivity (\>= grade 3), specifically infusion reaction or anaphylaxis to pembrolizumab and/or any of its excipients.

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (1 Sites)

  • Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.

💡 How to Participate

  1. Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
  2. Review the official NIH record below to find the coordinating site.
  3. Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
  4. Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.
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