Patient pathway
Search trials before the next treatment line
A pathway for searching registries before a treatment decision closes doors.
What this situation means
- Trial timing can matter because prior treatments, waiting periods, and disease sites may affect whether a trial fits.
What not to assume
- A trial listing match does not mean the trial fits.
Information to gather
- Cancer subtype
- mutation report
- prior treatments
- current country/location
- performance status questions for the team
Bring to the surgeon
- Would a biopsy be needed for trial screening?
Bring to the oncologist
- Which trials should we search before starting the next treatment?
- Which terms should we use?
Bring to the trial team
- Does the trial listing actually match this case?
- Is the site recruiting now?
Related database records
source-backed record
Tunlametinib / HL-085
Approved in some placessource-backed record
Belvarafenib + cobimetinib ± nivolumab
Clinical trialsource-backed record
Trametinib + hydroxychloroquine
Clinical trialsource-backed record
Lifileucel tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy
Approved in some placesRelated treatment pages
clinical-trial
Clinical trials in melanoma
Trial listings can show studies that mention a cancer, mutation, drug, or treatment history, but a listing match does not mean a study fits.
clinical-trial
Clinical trials in melanoma
Trial listings can show studies that mention a cancer, mutation, drug, or treatment history, but a listing match does not mean a study fits.
immunotherapy
Lifileucel / TIL therapy
TIL therapy is different from ordinary checkpoint immunotherapy. A tumor sample is used to grow a patient's own immune cells outside the body, then the cells are given back through a specialized treatment program.
Related trial leads
Phase 1/2 · completed
NCT03973151
Primary early clinical trial record for HL-085/tunlametinib in NRAS-mutant advanced melanoma.
Phase 3 · recruiting
NCT06008106
Phase III comparator trial after prior immunotherapy; useful for duration-of-response and trial-timing questions.
Phase 1 · unknown
NCT04835805
A sourced NRAS melanoma trial lead after anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy that may explain a remembered MEK/RAF plus PD-1 trial concept.
Phase 1/2 · completed
NCT03979651
NRAS melanoma research lead involving MEK inhibition and autophagy inhibition.
Related cohort threads
lived experience only
Trial search terms that helped you find better conversations
Share search phrases, registry links, and questions that made trial conversations clearer.
Sources with the medical details
- Tunlametinib Capsules approved with conditions for marketing by China NMPA. Accessed 2026-05-20.
- First-in-human phase I dose-escalation and dose-expansion trial of HL-085 in advanced melanoma harboring NRAS mutations. Accessed 2026-05-20.
- NCT03973151: Study of HL-085 in NRAS Mutant Advanced Melanoma. Accessed 2026-05-20.
- NCT06008106: Comparing Tunlametinib Capsules and Combination Chemotherapy in Advanced NRAS-mutant Melanoma. Accessed 2026-05-20.
- NCT04835805: Belvarafenib alone or with cobimetinib or cobimetinib plus nivolumab in NRAS-mutant advanced melanoma. Accessed 2026-05-20.
- NCT03979651: Trametinib plus hydroxychloroquine in metastatic or unresectable NRAS melanoma. Accessed 2026-05-20.
- FDA grants accelerated approval to lifileucel for unresectable or metastatic melanoma. Accessed 2026-05-20.
- Drugs Approved for Melanoma. Accessed 2026-05-20.