Pembrolizumab, Ipilimumab, and Aspirin in Treating Patients with Melanoma That Is Metastatic or Cannot Be Removed by Surgery

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients must have histologically confirmed melanoma that is metastatic or unresectable and for which standard curative or palliative measures do not exist or are no longer effective
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1
• Leukocytes >= 3,000/mcL
• Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL
• Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
• Total bilirubin within normal institutional limits
• Total bilirubin =< 1.5 X institutional upper limit
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) =< 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
• Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
• Creatinine =< 1.5 X upper limit of normal (ULN)
• Women of childbearing potential should have a negative urine or serum pregnancy within 72 hours prior to receiving the first dose of study drug; if the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required
• Women of childbearing potential must be willing to use an adequate method of contraception, for the course of the study through 120 days after the last dose of study medication; Note: Abstinence is acceptable if this is the usual lifestyle and preferred contraception for the subject
• Men of childbearing potential must agree to use an adequate method of contraception, starting with the first dose of study therapy through 120 days after the last dose of study therapy; Note: Abstinence is acceptable if this is the usual lifestyle and preferred contraception for the subject
• Ability to understand a written informed consent document, and the willingness to sign it

Exclusion Criteria

• Any mental or physical condition or disease or past medical history that mitigates against following the protocol
• History of active autoimmune diseases such as but not limited to Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, Sjogren’s syndrome, requiring active immune suppression; patient may have hay fever or controlled asthma
• Any solid organ transplant or bone marrow transplant
• Any other disseminated malignancy; exceptions include: localized prostate cancer, basal or squamous cell skin cancer, localized cervical cancer, and localized breast cancer
• Uncontrolled central nervous system (CNS) metastasis; patients with CNS metastasis can be eligible if definitively treated with radiotherapy or surgery
• Any coexistent medical condition interfering with drug absorption
• History of gastritis or malabsorption syndrome or aspirin intolerance or allergy
• Has received live vaccine or live attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study drug. Administration of killed vaccines is allowed
• History of multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) or Guillain-Barre syndrome
• Is pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the trial, starting with the screening visit through 120 days after the last dose of trial treatment