General information
  • Disease category Melanoma (BASEC)
  • Study Phase Phase 3 (ICTRP)
  • Recruitment status recruitment completed (BASEC/ICTRP)
  • Trial sites
    Lausanne
    (BASEC)
  • Contact Prof. Olivier Michielin olivier.michielin@chuv.ch (BASEC)
  • Data Source(s) BASEC: Import from 26.08.2025 ICTRP: Import from 06.09.2025
  • Last update 06.09.2025 02:00
HumRes47366 | SNCTP000003924 | BASEC2019-02223 | NCT04099251

Study evaluating the efficacy of nivolumab compared to a placebo in preventing recurrent melanoma after complete resection of a stage IIB/C melanoma (CheckMate76K)

  • Disease category Melanoma (BASEC)
  • Study Phase Phase 3 (ICTRP)
  • Recruitment status recruitment completed (BASEC/ICTRP)
  • Trial sites
    Lausanne
    (BASEC)
  • Contact Prof. Olivier Michielin olivier.michielin@chuv.ch (BASEC)
  • Data Source(s) BASEC: Import from 26.08.2025 ICTRP: Import from 06.09.2025
  • Last update 06.09.2025 02:00

Summary description of the study

The objective of this study is to determine the efficacy of adjuvant immunotherapy with nivolumab compared to a placebo in adult participants who have undergone complete resection of a stage IIB/C melanoma with no evidence of disease (NED) and who are at high risk of recurrence.

(BASEC)

Intervention under investigation

Experimental arm: nivolumab; indicated dose

Comparator arm: placebo; indicated dose of the placebo equivalent

(BASEC)

Disease under investigation

Melanoma

(BASEC)

Criteria for participation in trial
Minimum age: 18 years Maximum age: - Criteria: inclusion criteria: • Had a negative sentinel lymph node biopsy • The participant has not been previously treated for melanoma • ECOG 0 or 1 • Participants must have received a diagnosis of histologically confirmed stage IIB/C cutaneous melanoma that has been resected Other inclusion criteria defined in the protocol are applicable. (BASEC)

Exclusion criteria
History of ocular or mucosal melanoma. • Pregnant or breastfeeding women • Participants with proven or suspected autoimmune disease • Known history of allergy or hypersensitivity to components of the study drug. • Prior treatment with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, anti-CD137, anti-CTLA-4 antibody, or with agents targeting IL-2 pathways, T-cell stimulators, or checkpoint pathways Other exclusion criteria defined in the protocol are applicable. (BASEC)

Trial sites

Lausanne

(BASEC)

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States (ICTRP)

Sponsor

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Route 206, Province Line Road Princeon NJ, 08543 United Stets of America Sponsor´s representative in Switzeland Carmen Lilla Bristol-Myers Squibb SA Hinterbergstrasse 16 6312 Steinhausen Switzerland

(BASEC)

Contact

Contact Person Switzerland

Prof. Olivier Michielin

+41 (0) 79 556 18 20

olivier.michielin@chuv.ch

Department of Oncology, Rue de Bugnon 46, 1011, Lausanne

(BASEC)

General Information

Bristol-Myers Squibb

(ICTRP)

Scientific Information

Bristol-Myers Squibb

(ICTRP)

Name of the authorising ethics committee (for multicentre studies, only the lead committee)

Ethics Committee Vaud

(BASEC)

Date of authorisation

09.06.2020

(BASEC)


ICTRP Trial ID
NCT04099251 (ICTRP)

Official title (approved by ethics committee)
A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind Study of Adjuvant Immunotherapy with Nivolumab versus Placebo after Complete Resection of Stage IIB/C Melanoma. (BASEC)

Academic title
A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind Study of Adjuvant Immunotherapy With Nivolumab Versus Placebo After Complete Resection of Stage IIB/C Melanoma (ICTRP)

Public title
Effectiveness Study of Nivolumab Compared to Placebo in Prevention of Recurrent Melanoma After Complete Resection of Stage IIB/C Melanoma (ICTRP)

Disease under investigation
Melanoma (ICTRP)

Intervention under investigation
Biological: NivolumabOther: Placebo (ICTRP)

Type of trial
Interventional (ICTRP)

Trial design
Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator). (ICTRP)

Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Had a negative sentinel lymph node biopsy

- Participant has not been previously treated for melanoma

- ECOG 0 or 1

- Participants must have been diagnosed with histologically confirmed, Resected, Stage
IIB/C cutaneous melanoma

Exclusion Criteria:

- History of ocular or mucosal melanoma.

- Pregnant or nursing women

- Participants with active known or suspected autoimmune disease

- Known history of allergy or hypersensitivity to study drug components

- Prior treatment with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, anti-CD137, anti-CTLA-4
antibody, or agents that target IL-2 pathways, T-cell stimulators, or checkpoint
pathways

Other protocol defined inclusion/exclusion criteria apply. (ICTRP)

not available

Primary and secondary end points
Recurrence Free Survival (RFS) (ICTRP)

Distant Metastasis-Free Survival (DMFS);Duration of Treatment on Next Line Therapy Per Investigator Assessment;Progression-Free Survival Through Next-Line Therapy;Number of Participants Experiencing Adverse Events (AEs);Number of Participants Experiencing Adverse Events Leading to Discontinuation;Number of Participants Experiencing Select Adverse Events;Number of Participants Experiencing Serious Adverse Events (SAEs);Number of Participants Experiencing Death;Number of Participants Experiencing Grade 3 or 4 Laboratory Abnormalities in Selected Hematology Parameters;Number of Participants Experiencing Laboratory Abnormalities in Selected Liver Parameters;Overall Survival (OS) (ICTRP)

Registration date
not available

Incorporation of the first participant
not available

Secondary sponsors
not available

Additional contacts
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Bristol-Myers Squibb (ICTRP)

Secondary trial IDs
2019-001230-34, U1111-1229-8927, CA209-76K (ICTRP)

Results-Individual Participant Data (IPD)
not available

Further information on the trial
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04099251 (ICTRP)

Results of the trial

Results summary

not available

Link to the results in the primary register

not available