Study to Evaluate Impact® as Support to Anti PD1 or Anti PD1 Based Regimen Treatment in Patients With Inoperable Locally Advanced or Metastatic Melanoma (MELA-IMPACT)

An Interventional, Not Pharmacological Study to Evaluate Impact® as Support to Anti PD1 or Anti PD1 Based Regimen Treatment in Patients With Inoperable Locally Advanced or Metastatic Melanoma

This is a monocentric, prospective study evaluating the effectiveness in reducing immune-related adverse events, and translational study conducted on 20 patients with inoperable locally advanced or metastatic melanoma.

The patients will be treated with Oral Impact® administered at the dose of two bricks/day for 21 days + one brick/day for 14 days, starting exactly one week before Anti PD-1 treatment (nivolumab) or anti PD1 based regimen therapy (Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab or Nivolumab plus Relatlimab) as per clinical practice.

The comparison will be done with historical literature data on patients matched by age, sex, disease stage, and therapy dosage, not treated with Impact.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Locally Advanced Melanoma; Melanoma Metastatic
• Intervention / Treatment: Dietary supplement: Oral Impact®

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 20
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Paolo A. Ascierto; Phone Number: +39 08117775088; Email: p.ascierto@istitutotumori.na.it; melaimpact@cr-technology.com

Study Locations

• Italy
  • Napoli, Italy, 80131
    • Recruiting
    • Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS - Fondazione "G. Pascale"
    • Contact: Paolo A. Ascierto; Phone Number: +39 081 17775088; Email: p.ascierto@istitutotumori.na.it

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age ≥ 18 years;
2. Histologically confirmed stage III (unresectable) or stage IV Cutaneous Melanoma;
3. PD-L1 evaluation and as per standard clinical practice, patients with PD-L1 < 1% will be treated with anti PD1 based regimen and patients with PD-L1>1% will be treated with anti-PD1 in monotherapy;
4. Anti-PD1 (Nivolumab) or anti PD1 based regimen (Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab or Nivolumab plus Relatlimab) planned as per standard clinical practice and decision by the treating oncologist; ;
5. Measurable disease by computed tomography (CT) or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) per RECIST 1.1 criteria;
6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0 or 1;

7. Screening laboratory values must meet the following criteria before starting the treatment:

   1. WBCs ≥2000/μL
   2. Neutrophils ≥1500/μL
   3. Platelets ≥100 x 10³/μL
   4. Hemoglobin ≥9.0 g/dL
   5. Serum creatinine of ≤1.5 times the upper normal limits or creatinine clearance >40 mL/minute
   6. AST ≤ 3 times the upper normal limits
   7. ALT ≤ 3 times the upper normal limits
   8. Total bilirubin ≤1.5 times the upper normal limits (except patients with Gilbert Syndrome who must have total bilirubin <3.0 mg/dL)
8. Prior palliative radiotherapy must have been completed at least 2 weeks prior to study drug administration;
9. Patients of reproductive potential, must use adequate contraception methods;
10. Signed written consent form;

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Active brain metastases;
2. Patients with previous malignancies unless a complete remission was achieved at least 2 years prior to study entry;
3. Patients with prior systemic anticancer therapy for unresectable or metastatic melanoma;
4. Any serious or uncontrolled medical disorder or active infection that, in the opinion of the investigator, may increase the risk associated with study participation, study drug administration, or would impair the ability of the patient to receive protocol therapy;
5. Presence of active, known, or suspected autoimmune disease;
6. Subjects with a condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days of treatment;
7. Participation in any interventional drug or medical device study within 30 days prior to treatment start;
8. Patients with active hepatitis B (defined as having a positive hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] test at screening) or active C hepatitis or active HIV;
9. History of severe hypersensitivity reactions to other monoclonal antibodies;
10. Pregnant and breast-feeding women;
11. Patients of reproductive who refuse to use effective methods of contraception.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Oral Impact®: single arm; The patients will be treated with Oral Impact® administered at the dose of two bricks/day for 21 days + one brick/day for 14 days, starting exactly one week before Anti PD-1 treatment (nivolumab) or anti PD1 based regimen therapy (Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab or Nivolumab plus Relatlimab)as per clinical practice, administered up to two years.	Dietary supplement: Oral Impact®; One Arm: 2 Impact brick/d for 21 days + 1 brick/d for 14 days, starting exactly one week before Anti PD-1 treatment in patients with inoperable locally advanced or metastatic melanoma Treatment duration: 35 days

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
the role of immunonutrition with Oral Impact® in reducing G3 - G4 irAEs frequency and severity grade of anti-PD1 therapy (Nivolumab) or anti-PD1 based regimen in patients with inoperable locally advanced or metastatic melanoma.	up to 12 months from EoT

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Prognostic bio-markers evaluation	Evaluation of peripheral blood biomarkers, metagenomic sequencing of gut microbiota, gene profile analysis, and, if archived tissues are available, tumor tissue biomarkers.	from day -7 up to EoT

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Fondazione Melanoma Onlus

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 1, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): July 1, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 1, 2027

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 11, 2025
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 11, 2025
• First Posted (Actual): March 17, 2025

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): September 17, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 11, 2025
• Last Verified: September 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Skin Diseases; Neuroectodermal Tumors; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal; Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue; Neuroendocrine Tumors; Nevi and Melanomas; Skin Neoplasms; Melanoma
• Other Study ID Numbers: MELA-IMPACT

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No