Safety, Immune and Tumor Response to a Multi-component Immune Based Therapy (MKC1106-MT) for Patients With Melanoma

Inclusion Criteria:

Histologically confirmed diagnosis of regional or distant metastatic melanoma (stage IIIB, IIIC, or IV) confined to skin, subcutaneous tissue, or lymph nodes that is refractory to standard of care, or for which no curative standard therapy exists (Note: Subjects who are therapy-naïve will also be eligible.)
Measurable disease by the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours (RECIST) 1.1 criteria
ECOG performance status of 0 or 1
Life expectancy > or = 3 months
18 years of age or older at screening evaluation
Subjects must be able to provide informed consent for participation in the clinical trial before any protocol-specific clinical trial procedure is performed
Positive for HLA-A2 and, more precisely, for expression of A*0201 as assessed by DNA typing
Tumor material from prior biopsy/surgical resection available for analysis of expression of melanoma specific antigens
Adequate coagulation function as evidenced by prothrombin time (PT) and partial thromboplastin time (PTT) values within the normal range
Adequate bone marrow reserve as evidenced by Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) > or = 1,000/mL; platelet count > or = 75,000/mL
Subjects must have recovered to at least baseline or Grade 1 toxicity from the effects of any prior surgery, radiotherapy, or other therapies including but not limited to chemotherapy
Women of childbearing potential as well as fertile men and their partners must agree to use an effective method of contraception or to abstain from sexual intercourse during the clinical trial and for 90 days following the last dose of the investigational drug.
Subjects who have received local radiation therapy (less than one-fourth of bone marrow) are eligible.

Exclusion Criteria:

Subjects with visceral metastasis (Note: Subjects with stable CNS metastasis or fully treated CNS metastatic disease [eg, radiation therapy] are eligible.)
Active infection requiring treatment
Systemic inflammatory disease requiring chronic maintenance or suppressive therapy
Positive antibody test result for HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C
History of allogeneic transplant
Medical, sociological, or psychological conditions that may compromise compliance or participation or that may interfere with the interpretation of the results
History of receiving immunosuppressive drugs within 1 month before dosing
Subjects who are lactating, pregnant, or planning to become pregnant within 3 months of completing treatment
Subjects who received an investigational drug within the 4 weeks before dosing
Prior systemic radiation therapy (more than one-fourth of bone marrow)