Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors (MK-3475-158/KEYNOTE-158)

Sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (Industry)
Overall Status
Recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT02628067
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

In this study, participants with multiple types of advanced (unresectable and/or metastatic) solid tumors who have progressed on standard of care therapy will be treated with pembrolizumab (MK-3475).

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Anticipated Enrollment :
1609 participants
Allocation:
Non-Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Treatment
Official Title:
A Clinical Trial of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Evaluating Predictive Biomarkers in Subjects With Advanced Solid Tumors (KEYNOTE 158)
Actual Study Start Date :
Dec 18, 2015
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Jun 18, 2026
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Jun 18, 2026

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Pembrolizumab 200 mg

Participants receive pembrolizumab 200 mg intravenously on Day 1 of each 3-week cycle for up to 35 administrations (up to approximately 2 years of treatment).

Biological: pembrolizumab
intravenous infusion
Other Names:
  • MK-3475
  • SCH 900475
  • KEYTRUDA®
  • Experimental: Pembrolizumab 400 mg

    Participants with any advanced solid tumor that has failed at least one line of therapy and is Tumor- Mutational Burden-High (TMB-H), excluding participants with mismatch repair deficient (dMMR/MSI-H) tumors. The dosing regimen for this cohort will be 400 mg every 6 weeks (Q6W) for up to 18 administrations (up to approximately 2 years of treatment).

    Biological: pembrolizumab
    intravenous infusion
    Other Names:
  • MK-3475
  • SCH 900475
  • KEYTRUDA®
  • Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. Objective Response Rate (ORR) [Up to approximately 2 years]

      ORR is defined as the percentage of participants who have a Complete Response (CR: Disappearance of all target lesions) or a Partial Response (PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions) per RECIST 1.1 modified to follow a maximum of 10 target lesions and a maximum of 5 target lesions per organ at any time during the trial. Responses will be determined by independent central radiologic review, with confirmatory assessment as required per RECIST 1.1. Participants with unknown or missing response information will be treated as non-responders. The percentage of participants who experience a CR or PR based on modified RECIST 1.1 will be presented.

    Secondary Outcome Measures

    1. Duration of Response (DOR) [Up to approximately 2 years]

      DOR, defined in the subset of participants with a CR or PR, based on RECIST 1.1 as assessed by independent central radiologic review, as the time from first documented evidence of CR or PR until the first documented sign of disease progression or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first. A Complete Response (CR: Disappearance of all target lesions) or a Partial Response (PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions) per RECIST 1.1 modified to follow a maximum of 10 target lesions and a maximum of 5 target lesions per organ. Participants who are alive, have not progressed, have not initiated new anti-cancer treatment, and have not been determined to be lost to follow-up are considered ongoing responders at the time of analysis.

    2. Progression Free Survival (PFS) [Up to approximately 2 years]

      PFS is defined as the time from allocation to the first documented disease progression according to RECIST 1.1 as assessed by independent central radiologic review, or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first. Per RECIST 1.1, PD is defined as ≥20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions. In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of ≥5 mm. Note: The appearance of one or more new lesions is also considered PD. If a participant does not have a documented date of progression or death, PFS will be censored at the date of the last adequate assessment.

    3. Overall Survival (OS) [Up to approximately 2 years]

      OS was defined as the time from randomization to death due to any cause. OS is presented. Censoring will be performed using the date of last known contact for those who are alive at the time of analysis.

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    18 Years and Older
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    No
    Inclusion Criteria:
    • Histologically or cytologically-documented, advanced solid tumor of one of the following types:

    • Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

    • Biliary Adenocarcinoma (gallbladder or biliary tree (intrahepatic or extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma) except Ampulla of Vater cancers)

    • Neuroendocrine Tumors (well- and moderately-differentiated) of the lung, appendix, small intestine, colon, rectum, or pancreas

    • Endometrial Carcinoma (sarcomas and mesenchymal tumors are excluded)

    • Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma

    • Vulvar Squamous Cell Carcinoma

    • Small Cell Lung Carcinoma

    • Mesothelioma

    • Thyroid Carcinoma

    • Salivary Gland Carcinoma (sarcomas and mesenchymal tumors are excluded)

    • Any advanced solid tumor, with the exception of colorectal carcinoma (CRC), which is Microsatellite Instability (MSI)-High (MSI-H) OR

    • Any advanced solid tumor (including Colorectal Carcinoma [CRC]) which is Mismatch Repair Deficient (dMMR)/MSI-H in participants from mainland China who are of Chinese descent. (CRC participants will have a histologically proven locally advanced unresectable or metastatic CRC which is dMMR/MSI-H that has received 2 prior lines of therapy.) OR

    • Any advanced solid tumor that has failed at least one line of therapy and is TMB-H (≥10 mut/Mb, F1CDx assay), excluding dMMR/MSI-H tumors.

    Note: For participants to be eligible for enrollment they must have failed at least one line of standard of care systemic therapy (ie, not treatment naïve), with the exception of CRC participants who must have failed at least 2 lines of standard of care systemic therapy, as per CRC specific eligibility criteria. Participants must not have melanoma or NSCLC.

    • Progression of tumor or intolerance to therapies known to provide clinical benefit. There is no limit to the number of prior treatment regimens

    • Can supply tumor tissue for study analyses (dependent on tumor type)

    • Radiologically-measurable disease

    • Performance status of 0 or 1 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Scale within 3 days prior to first dose of pembrolizumab

    • Life expectancy of at least 3 months

    • Adequate organ function

    • Female participants of childbearing potential must be willing to use adequate contraception during the intervention period and for at least the time needed to eliminate each study intervention after the last dose of study intervention. and agrees not to donate eggs (ova, oocytes) to others or freeze/store for her own use for the purpose of reproduction during this period. The length of time required to continue contraception for each study intervention is as follows: MK-3475 (120 days)

    Exclusion Criteria:
    • Currently participating and receiving study therapy or has participated in a study of an investigational agent and received study therapy or used an investigational device within 4 weeks of the first dose of study treatment

    • Diagnosis of immunodeficiency or receiving systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study treatment

    • Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years

    • Prior anti-cancer monoclonal antibody (mAb) within 4 weeks prior to study Day 1 or not recovered from an adverse event caused by mAbs administered more than 4 weeks earlier

    • Prior chemotherapy, targeted small molecule therapy, or radiation therapy within 2 weeks of study Day 1 or not recovered from adverse events caused by a previously administered agent

    • Known additional malignancy within 2 years prior to enrollment with the exception of curatively treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin and/or curatively resected in situ cancers

    • Known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis

    • Has known glioblastoma multiforme of the brain stem

    • Has a history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids or has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease.

    • Active infection requiring systemic therapy

    • Known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with the participant's ability to cooperate with the requirements of the study

    • Pregnant, breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study, starting with the screening visit through 120 days after the last dose of study treatment

    • Previously participated in any other pembrolizumab (MK-3475) study, or received prior therapy with an anti-programmed cell death (PD)-1, anti-PD-Ligand 1 (anti-PD-L1), anti-PD-Ligand 2 (anti-PD-L2), or any other immunomodulating mAb or drug specifically targeting T-cell co-stimulation or checkpoint pathways

    • Known history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

    • Known active Hepatitis B or C

    • Received live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study treatment

    • Has severe hypersensitivity (≥Grade 3) to pembrolizumab and/or any of its excipients

    • Known history of active tuberculosis (TB, Bacillus tuberculosis)

    • Has had an allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant.

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 Call for Information (Investigational Site 0202) Los Angeles California United States 90033
    2 Call for Information (Investigational Site 0017) Los Angeles California United States 90048
    3 Call for Information (Investigational Site 0015) Orlando Florida United States 32806
    4 Call for Information (Investigational Site 0010) Boston Massachusetts United States 02215
    5 Call for Information (Investigational Site 0008) New Brunswick New Jersey United States 08903
    6 Merck Sharp & Dohme North Ryde Australia
    7 MSD Brasil Sao Paulo Brazil
    8 Merck Canada Kirkland Quebec Canada H9H 4M7
    9 Merck Sharp & Dohme (China) Ltd. Beijing China
    10 MDS Colombia SAS Bogota Colombia
    11 Merck Sharp & Dohme Glostrup Denmark
    12 MSD France Paris France
    13 MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH Haar Germany
    14 Merck Sharp & Dohme Co. Ltd. Hod Hasharon Israel
    15 MSD Italia S.r.l. Rome Italy
    16 MSD Korea LTD Seoul Korea, Republic of 4130
    17 MSD Mexico City Mexico
    18 Merck Sharp & Dohme BV Haarlem Netherlands
    19 MSD Norge A/S Drammen Norway
    20 Merck Sharp & Dohme (I.A.) Corporation Makati Philippines
    21 Merck Sharp & Dohme IDEA, Inc. Moscow Russian Federation
    22 MSD (Pty) LTD South Africa Midrand South Africa
    23 Merck Sharp and Dohme de Espana S.A. Madrid Spain
    24 Merck Sharp & Dohme (I.A.) Corp. Taipei Taiwan

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

    Investigators

    • Study Director: Medical Director, Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Additional Information:

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT02628067
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • 3475-158
    • 163196
    • MK-3475-158
    • KEYNOTE-158
    • 2022-500397-34-00
    • 2015-002067-41
    First Posted:
    Dec 11, 2015
    Last Update Posted:
    Jul 14, 2022
    Last Verified:
    Jul 1, 2022
    Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
    Yes
    Plan to Share IPD:
    Yes
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
    Yes
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
    No
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    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Jul 14, 2022