Status:

RECRUITING

Neoadjuvant Immune Checkpoint Blockade + a Prebiotic Food-enriched Dietary Intervention to Optimize Immune Response in Melanoma: NEO-PreFED

Lead Sponsor:

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Conditions:

Melanoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

To Determine the feasibility, compliance and adherence to PreFED intervention in resectable melanoma patients initiating neoadjuvant Ipi/Nivo.

Detailed Description

Primary Objectives: Determine the feasibility, compliance and adherence to PreFED intervention in patients with resectable melanoma initiating neoadjuvant combination ICB therapy. Secondary Objectiv...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age ≥ 18 years old.
  • Body mass index (BMI) 18.5-45 kg/m2
  • English-speaking
  • ECOG performance status of 0 or 1
  • Histologically confirmed resectable stage IIIB-D or oligometastatic Stage IV cutaneous melanoma or locally invasive/advanced mucosal melanoma as determined by multidisciplinary review
  • Planned initiation of standard-of-care neoadjuvant Ipilimumab + Nivolumab or Nivolumab + Relatlimab
  • Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1
  • WOCP must have negative UPT within 1 week of beginning dietary intervention.
  • Self-reported willingness to eat the provided foods (with some tailoring to their food preferences)
  • Self-reported willingness to comply with scheduled visits, undergo venipuncture, provide stool samples.
  • Archival tissue specimen or planned to undergo tumor biopsy as part of standard of care treatment.

Exclusion

  • Uveal melanoma
  • History of inflammatory bowel disease, total colectomy, or bariatric surgery
  • Currently taking steroids \> Prednisone 10 mg/day or equivalent
  • Medical contraindications to the Intervention Diet as determined by the treating physician.
  • Self-reported major dietary restrictions, including but not limited to relevant food allergies, celiac disease, or diets such as vegan, ketogenic, extended fasting.
  • Insulin-dependent diabetes or conditions requiring bile-acid sequestrants
  • Unable or unwilling to undergo study procedures.
  • IV antibiotic use in the past month or oral antibiotic use in past 2 weeks
  • Regularly taking supplements containing prebiotics, fiber and/or probiotics, and unable/unwilling to discontinue for the purpose of the study
  • Current smoker or heavy drinker (defined as \>14 drinks per week) or current illicit drug use
  • Currently pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or lactating
  • Concurrent malignancy requiring systemic therapy other than hormonal therapy
  • Cognitively impaired adults

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 16 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

September 1 2030

Estimated Enrollment :

35 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06548789

Start Date

September 16 2024

End Date

September 1 2030

Last Update

October 30 2025

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MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030