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Comparing 17 approaches for solid tumors

Official title: Long-term Safety and Efficacy Extension Study for Participants With Advanced Tumors Who Are Currently on Treatment or in Follow-up in a Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Study (MK-3475-587/KEYNOTE-587)

A Multicenter, Open-label, Phase 3 Study to Evaluate the Long-term Safety and Efficacy in Participants Who Are Currently on Treatment or in Follow-up in Studies That Include Pembrolizumab

Condition: Solid TumorsSponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCTarget enrollment: 3500

Interventions

DRUG

Pembrolizumab

200 or 400 mg IV infusion

DRUG

Standard of Care (SOC)

IV infusion or oral tablets

DRUG

Lenvatinib

Oral capsules

DRUG

Olaparib

300mg or 250mg or 100mg oral tablers

DRUG

MK-4280

IV Infusion

BIOLOGICAL

MK-4280A

800mg favezelimab + 200mg pembrolizumab IV Infusion

BIOLOGICAL

Pembrolizumab (+) Berahyaluronidase alfa

395 mg or 790 mg SC administration

Canadian Sites (19)

Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre ( Site 2815)

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

RECRUITING

Cross Cancer Institute ( Site 2804)

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

RECRUITING

CancerCare Manitoba ( Site 2814)

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

RECRUITING

Hamilton Health Sciences-Juravinski Cancer Centre ( Site 2801)

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

COMPLETED

Kingston Health Sciences Centre-Kingston General Hospital Site ( Site 2808)

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

RECRUITING

London Health Sciences Centre ( Site 2806)

London, Ontario, Canada

COMPLETED

The Ottawa Hospital - General Campus ( Site 2813)

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

RECRUITING

Sunnybrook Research Institute ( Site 2802)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

RECRUITING

Mount Sinai Hospital ( Site 2811)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

RECRUITING

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre ( Site 2803)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

RECRUITING

Centre Intégré de Santé et de Services Sociaux de la Montérégie-Centre-Oncology ( Site 2809)

Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada

RECRUITING

Centre Intégré de Santé et de Services Sociaux (CISSS) de La-Centre intégré de cancérologie de Lava ( Site 2810)

Laval, Quebec, Canada

RECRUITING

Centre Hospitalier de l Universite de Montreal - CHUM ( Site 2807)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

RECRUITING

Jewish General Hospital ( Site 2800)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

RECRUITING

St. Marys Hospital Center ( Site 2820)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

RECRUITING

McGill University Health Centre ( Site 2818)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

RECRUITING

Centre intégré de cancérologie du CHU de Québec Université Laval, Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus ( Site 2805)

Québec, Quebec, Canada

RECRUITING

Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre Hospitalier Univer ( Site 2812)

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

RECRUITING

Centre integre universitaire de sante et de services sociaux de la Mauricie-et-du-centre-du-quebec ( Site 2816)

Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada

RECRUITING

Eligibility Criteria

See who this study is looking for43 criteria

The trial’s own eligibility text, word for word from the registry. Only the trial site can say who takes part.

Inclusion

  • +Treated on the parent pembrolizumab studies established by the SponsorSponsorThe organisation responsible for the study overall.Read more → as MK-3475-587 ready.
  • +Additional eligibility criteriaEligibility criteriaThe full list of requirements for taking part in a study.Read more → for participants who enter Second Course Phase once they are enrolledEnrolmentThe number of participants a study plans to include, or has included.Read more → on MK-3475-587:
  • +Currently receiving pembrolizumab, pembrolizumab based combinations or lenvatinib from parent studies or in a follow-upFollow-upContinued check-ins after the treatment part is finished.Read more → phase.
  • +Has not received any anticancer systemic treatment since the last dose of pembrolizumab or a pembrolizumab-based combination in First Course Phase.
  • +Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.
  • +Demonstrates adequate organ function.
  • +Additional eligibility criteria for participants who enter dosing with Lenvatinib:
  • +Adequately controlled blood pressure (BP) to \<150/90 mmHg, with or without antihypertensive medications.
  • +A female participant is eligible to enroll if she is not pregnant, not breastfeeding, and ≥1 of the following conditions applies: A woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP) who agrees to use contraception during the study treatment period and for ≥120 days (corresponding to time needed to eliminate any study combination treatment(s) plus 30 days (a menstruation cycle) for study treatments with risk of genotoxicity.
  • +For male agrees to be abstinent from penile-vaginal intercourse OR agrees to use a highly effective contraceptive method while receiving study drug and for 7 days after the last dose of lenvatinib.
  • +Is female and not pregnant/breastfeeding and at least one of the following applies during the study and for ≥4 days after: is not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP), is a WOCBP and uses highly effective contraception (low user dependency method OR a user dependent hormonal method in combination with a barrier method) or is a WOCBP who is abstinent from heterosexual intercourse.
  • +Have resolution of any toxic effect(s) of First Course Phase trial treatment with pembrolizumab or a pembrolizumab-based combination to Grade 1 or less (except alopecia) before trial treatment in Second Course Phase is started. If participant received major surgery or radiation therapy of \>30 Gray (Gy), they must have recovered from the toxicity and/or complications of the intervention.

Exclusion

  • There are no exclusion criteriaExclusion criteriaThe things that would prevent someone from taking part.Read more → to participate in MK-3475-587.
  • Participants are excluded from entering Second Course trial treatment once they are enrolledEnrolmentThe number of participants a study plans to include, or has included.Read more → on MK-3475-587 if any of the following criteria applies:
  • Has a known history of or is positive for hepatitis B or hepatitis C. For parent studies where inclusionInclusion criteriaThe things you must have or be for a study to consider you.Read more → of participants with hepatitis was permitted, MK-3475-587 will follow the parent study eligibility criteriaEligibility criteriaThe full list of requirements for taking part in a study.Read more → for hepatitis.
  • Has severe hypersensitivity (≥ Grade 3) to pembrolizumab and/or any of its excipients.
  • Has a history of any contraindication or has a severe hypersensitivity to any components of lenvatinib.
  • Has a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
  • Has received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of Second Course Phase trial treatment.
  • Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the Cycle 1 Day 1 of Second Course Phase.
  • Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment. Exceptions include early stage cancers (carcinoma in situ or Stage 1) treated with curative intent, melanoma (non-ulcerated, thin primary), basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, in situ cervical cancer, or in situ breast cancer that has undergone potentially curative therapy.
  • Has known active central nervous system metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis.
  • Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years (i.e., use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (e.g. thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency) is not considered a form of systemic treatment and is allowed.
  • Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or has current pneumonitis. Note: Participants that experienced pneumonitis during First Course that did not meet the criteria for permanent discontinuation are eligible.
  • Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) participants only: Has interstitial lung disease.
  • Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.
  • Has severe cardiovascular disease, i.e., arrhythmias, requiring chronic treatment, congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association Class III or IV) or symptomatic ischemic heart disease.
  • Has hepatic decompensation (Child-Pugh score \>6 \[class B and C\]).
  • Has uncontrolled thyroid dysfunction.
  • Has uncontrolled diabetes mellitus.
  • Has had an allogeneic tissue/solid organ transplant.
  • Has a known history of active tuberculosis (TB; Bacillus tuberculosis).
  • Additional exclusion criteria for participants who enter dosing with Lenvatinib:
  • Has preexisting ≥Grade 3 gastrointestinal or non-gastrointestinal fistula.
  • Has urine protein ≥1 g/24 hours.
  • Has LVEF below the institutional (or local laboratory) normal range, as determined by multigated acquisition scan (MUGA) or echocardiogram (ECHO).
  • Has radiographic evidence of encasement or invasion of a major blood vessel, or of intratumoral cavitation.
  • Prolongation of QT intervals corrected for heart rate using Fridericia's (cube root) correction (QTcF) interval to \>480 ms.
  • Has clinically significant cardiovascular disease within 12 months from first dose of study intervention, including New York Heart Association Class III or IV congestive heart failure, unstable angina, myocardial infarction, cerebral vascular accident, or cardiac arrhythmia associated with hemodynamic instability.
  • Gastrointestinal malabsorption or any other condition that might affect the absorption of lenvatinib.
  • Active hemoptysis (bright red blood of at least 0.5 teaspoon) within 3 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug.
  • Is pregnant or breastfeeding or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study, starting with the Second Course Phase eligibility Visit through 120 days after the last dose of study treatment.
  • Has had major surgery within 3 weeks prior to first dose of study intervention(s).
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In plain language

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Learning 
What this study is

This study is testing a treatment for a condition.

Phase 3Phase 3A large study comparing a treatment against the current standard.Read more → — a large study comparing this against the current standard, usually across many hospitals.

What is being given or done in this study: Pembrolizumab, Standard of CareStandard of careThe treatment normally given for a condition outside a study.Read more → (SOC), Lenvatinib, Olaparib, and 3 more.

From the trial registry

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  • designModule.phases
  • armsInterventionsModule.interventions[].name
How the study is run

Groups are assigned by the study team using set rules, rather than by chance.

This study is open-labelOpen-labelEveryone knows which treatment is being given — nothing is hidden.Read more →: everyone knows which treatment is being given, including you and the study team.

From the trial registry

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  • designModule.designInfo.allocation
  • designModule.designInfo.maskingInfo.masking
Is there a placebo?

This study does not list a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → group.

One group receives an existing treatment, so the two can be compared.

There are 17 groups in this study.

From the trial registry

Built from this field:

  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
Who the study is looking for

The study lists a minimum age of 18 years, with no upper limit given.

The study is open to people of any sex.

The study does not accept healthy volunteersHealthy volunteerSomeone without the condition being studied who takes part anyway.Read more →.

These are the criteria the study lists. Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can decide whether someone can take part.

From the trial registry

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  • eligibilityModule.minimumAge
  • eligibilityModule.sex
  • eligibilityModule.healthyVolunteers
How big and how long

The study aims to enrol about 3,500 people.

The study is currently expected to finish around August 2043.

The main measurement is taken over: Up to approximately 10 years.

From the trial registry

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  • designModule.enrollmentInfo.count
  • statusModule.completionDateStruct.date
  • outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
What the study measures

Overall Survival (OS) — measured over Up to approximately 10 years.

From the trial registry

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  • outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].measure
  • outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame

Source: NCT03486873 on ClinicalTrials.gov. The full registry text is further down this page — this summary never replaces it.

Not medical advice. What do these terms mean?

What is being tested — in plain terms

About PembrolizumabDrug

200 or 400 mg IV infusion

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About Standard of Care (SOC)Drug

IV infusion or oral tablets

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About LenvatinibDrug

Oral capsules

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About OlaparibDrug

300mg or 250mg or 100mg oral tablers

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About MK-4280Drug

IV Infusion

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About MK-4280ABiological

800mg favezelimab + 200mg pembrolizumab IV Infusion

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a biological is here: A treatment made from or by living systems — such as antibodies, vaccines, or cell-based therapies.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About Pembrolizumab (+) Berahyaluronidase alfaBiological

395 mg or 790 mg SC administration

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a biological is here: A treatment made from or by living systems — such as antibodies, vaccines, or cell-based therapies.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

Common questions

Answered from this trial’s registry record. Where the record doesn’t say, these answers say so rather than filling the gap.

Am I eligible for this trial?

Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can decide whether someone can take part. Concord cannot make that determination, and neither can any tool that has not examined you.

What the study lists: a minimum age of 18 years.

The full inclusionInclusion criteriaThe things you must have or be for a study to consider you.Read more → and exclusion criteriaExclusion criteriaThe things that would prevent someone from taking part.Read more → are published on this page, exactly as the study team wrote them.

The useful next step is to bring this trial to your doctor. Answering a few questions first gives them something concrete to review.

From the trial registry
  • eligibilityModule.minimumAge
  • eligibilityModule.eligibilityCriteria
Is there a placebo?

This study does not list a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → group.

One group receives an existing treatment so the two can be compared.

From the trial registry
  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
Would I know which treatment I am getting?

This study is open-labelOpen-labelEveryone knows which treatment is being given — nothing is hidden.Read more →: everyone knows which treatment is being given, including you and the study team.

Groups are assigned by the study team using set rules, rather than by chance.

From the trial registry
  • designModule.designInfo.maskingInfo.masking
  • designModule.designInfo.allocation
Who can join?

The study lists a minimum age of 18 years, with no upper limit given.

It is open to people of any sex.

It does not accept healthy volunteersHealthy volunteerSomeone without the condition being studied who takes part anyway.Read more →.

Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can confirm whether a particular person can take part.

From the trial registry
  • eligibilityModule.minimumAge
  • eligibilityModule.sex
  • eligibilityModule.healthyVolunteers
How long would this take?

The study's main measurement is taken over: Up to approximately 10 years.

The study as a whole is currently expected to finish around 2043-08-04.

How long any one person takes part can differ from the study length. The study team can tell you what the schedule looks like in practice.

From the trial registry
  • outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
  • statusModule.completionDateStruct.date
How many people are taking part?

The study aims to enrol about 3,500 people.

From the trial registry
  • designModule.enrollmentInfo.count
Where is this happening?

This study lists 19 locations, including: Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Kingston, Ontario, Canada; London, Ontario, Canada, and 13 more.

Sites can open and close during a study, so confirm with the team before travelling.

From the trial registry
  • trial_locations

About This Trial

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the long-term safety and efficacy of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in participants from previous Merck pembrolizumab-based parent studies who transition into this extension study. This study will consist of three phases: 1) First Course Phase, 2) Survival Follow-up Phase or 3) Second Course Phase. Each participant will transition to this extension study in one of the following three phases, depending on the study phase they were in at the completion of the parent study. Participants who were in the First Course Phase of study treatment with pembrolizumab or lenvatinib in their parent study will enter the First Course Phase of this study and complete up to 35 doses or more every 3 weeks (Q3W) or 17 doses or more every 6 weeks (Q6W) of study treatment with pembrolizumab or a pembrolizumab-based combination or lenvatinib according to arm assignment. Participants who were in the Follow-up Phase in the parent study (post-treatment or Survival Follow-up Phase) will enter the Survival Follow-up Phase of this study. Participants who were in the Second Course Phase in their parent study will enter Second Course Phase of this study and complete up to 17 doses Q3W or 8 doses Q6W of study treatment with pembrolizumab or a pembrolizumab-based combination according to arm assignment. Any participant originating from a parent trial where crossover to pembrolizumab was permitted upon disease progression may be eligible for 35 doses as Q3W or 17 doses Q6W of pembrolizumab (approximately 2 years), if they progress while on the control arm and pembrolizumab is approved for the indication in the country where the potential eligible crossover participant is being evaluated.

Other Sites (6)

Karmanos Cancer Institute ( Site 0047)

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota ( Site 0002)

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health ( Site 0032)

New York, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ( Site 0012)

New York, New York, United States

White Plains Hospital-Center for Cancer Care ( Site 0069)

White Plains, New York, United States

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ( Site 0024)

Bellevue, Washington, United States

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