biostudies-literatureWeber JSNCI NIH HHS324-333https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9444873biostudies-literatureUnknown32(5)Checkpoint immunotherapies (CPIs) have improved outcomes for metastatic melanoma patients, with objective response rates to combination ipilimumab and nivolumab of ~58%. Preclinical data suggest that histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibition enhances antitumor immune activity and may augment CPI. In a phase Ib open-label pilot trial (NCT03565406), patients with therapy-naive metastatic melanoma were treated with the class I/IV HDAC inhibitor mocetinostat orally three times a week in combination with nivolumab and ipilimumab every 3 weeks for 12 weeks followed by 12-week maintenance cycles of nivolumab every 2 weeks and mocetinostat at the same dose and schedule as induction. The endpoints of the trial were safety, definition of a recommended phase 2 dose, preliminary assessment of response, anMelanoma researchClinical and immune correlate results from a phase 1b study of the histone deacetylase inhibitor mocetinostat with ipilimumab and nivolumab in unresectable stage III/IV melanoma.PMC9444873R00 CA230201K99 CA230201Levinson BAWeber JSPavlick ACWoods DMLaino ASfalseClinical and immune correlate results from a phase 1b study of the histone deacetylase inhibitor mocetinostat with ipilimumab and nivolumab in unresectable stage III/IV melanoma.Checkpoint immunotherapies (CPIs) have improved outcomes for metastatic melanoma patients, with objective response rates to combination ipilimumab and nivolumab of ~58%. Preclinical data suggest that histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibition enhances antitumor immune activity and may augment CPI. In a phase Ib open-label pilot trial (NCT03565406), patients with therapy-naive metastatic melanoma were treated with the class I/IV HDAC inhibitor mocetinostat orally three times a week in combination with nivolumab and ipilimumab every 3 weeks for 12 weeks followed by 12-week maintenance cycles of nivolumab every 2 weeks and mocetinostat at the same dose and schedule as induction. The endpoints of the trial were safety, definition of a recommended phase 2 dose, preliminary assessment of response, an2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Oct2026-05-29T08:04:47.373Z2025-04-05T15:24:11.493ZS-EPMC94448733567823310.1097/CMR.000000000000081810.1097/cmr.0000000000000818