Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients must have: 1. Pathologically proven stage III melanoma with one or more macroscopic lymph node metastases (measurable according to RECIST v. 1.1) amenable to biopsy and/or surgery OR: 2. Patients considered to have stage III or stage IV disease amenable to serial biopsies as determined by the treating physician. Note: patients with in-transit metastasis may be eligible after surgical consultation if not surgical candidates. 3. Patients must have disease amenable to and must be willing to undergo protocol-directed repeat biopsies and blood draws. 2. Age \> 18 years 3. ECOG performance status 0 or 1 4. Patients must have normal organ and marrow function Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents 2. Patients with a known active autoimmune disease 3. Prior treatment with CTLA-4 or PD1/PD-L1 pathway targeted systemic treatment 4. Concurrent medical condition requiring the use of immunosuppressive medications, or immunosuppressive doses of systemic corticosteroids 5. Patients with ongoing diarrhea (\> 4 bowel movements/day) unresolved despite medical and best supportive care in the two weeks preceding therapy