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Comparing Intismeran autogene with Pembrolizumab for non-small-cell lung carcinoma

Official title: A Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) With or Without Intismeran Autogene (V940) in Participants With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (V940-009/INTerpath-009)

A Phase 3 Randomized Double-blind Study of Adjuvant Pembrolizumab With or Without V940 in Participants With Resectable Stage II to IIIB (N2) NSCLC Not Achieving pCR After Receiving Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab With Platinum-based Doublet Chemotherapy (INTerpath-009)

Condition: Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungSponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCTarget enrollment: 680
  • Phase 3
  • 2 groups
  • Sites in Halifax, Hamilton and 5 more cities
  • Recruiting
Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre ( Site 1101), Halifax, Nova ScotiaHamilton Health Sciences - Juravinski Site ( Site 1104), Hamilton, OntarioKingston Health Sciences Centre-Kingston General Hospital Site ( Site 1105), Kingston, OntarioLakeridge Health ( Site 1107), Oshawa, OntarioSunnybrook Research Institute ( Site 1106), Toronto, OntarioMcGill University Health Centre ( Site 1103), Montreal, QuebecIUCPQ ( Site 1112), Québec, Quebec

Interventions (8)

  • Biological therapy

    Pembrolizumab

    IV Infusion

  • Medication

    Cisplatin

    IV infusion

  • Medication

    Carboplatin

    IV infusion

Canadian Sites (7)

7 of 7 recruiting

  • Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre ( Site 1101)

    Halifax, Nova Scotia

    Recruiting
  • Hamilton Health Sciences - Juravinski Site ( Site 1104)

    Hamilton, Ontario

    Recruiting
  • Kingston Health Sciences Centre-Kingston General Hospital Site ( Site 1105)

    Kingston, Ontario

    Recruiting

Eligibility Criteria

See who this study is looking for17 criteria

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

Inclusion

  • +Confirmation that epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-directed therapy is not indicated as primary therapy (documentation of absence of tumor-activating EGFR mutations \[eg, DEL19 or L858R\])
  • +Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected participants must have well controlled HIV on anti-retroviral therapy (ART)
  • +Participants who are hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive are eligible if they have received hepatitis B virus (HBV) antiviral therapy for at least 4 weeks and have undetectable HBV viral load prior to randomizationRandomisedWhich group you go into is decided by chance, not by you or your doctor.Read more →
  • +Participants with history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable at screeningScreeningThe checks done before joining, to see whether a study fits.Read more →
  • +The main inclusion criteriaInclusion criteriaThe things you must have or be for a study to consider you.Read more → include but are not limited to the following:
  • +Has histologically/cytologically confirmed diagnosis of previously untreated and pathologically confirmed resectable clinical Stage II, IIIA, or IIIB (N2) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) \[American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 8th Edition\]
  • +Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 within 7 days before the first dose of study intervention
  • +Participants who have not achieved a pathological complete response (pCR) following completion of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and pembrolizumab followed by surgery will be eligible

Exclusion

  • The main exclusion criteriaExclusion criteriaThe things that would prevent someone from taking part.Read more → include but are not limited to the following:
  • Diagnosis of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) or, for mixed tumors, presence of small cell elements, or has a neuroendocrine tumor with large-cell components, or a sarcomatoid carcinoma, or a pancoast tumor
  • Documentation by local test report indicating presence of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene rearrangements
  • Received prior neoadjuvant therapy for their current NSCLC diagnosis
  • Received prior therapy with an anti-programmed cell death 1 (PD-1), anti-programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1), or anti-programmed cell-death ligand 2 (PD-L2) agent, or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or coinhibitory T-cell receptor (eg, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein \[CTLA-4\], OX-40, CD137)
  • Received prior systemic anticancer therapy including investigational agents other than what is specified in this protocolProtocolThe detailed plan a study must follow.Read more →
  • Received prior treatment with a cancer vaccine
  • Received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention
  • Received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study intervention, or has radiation-related toxicities, requiring corticosteroids
5 concepts to explore on this page · up to 1,300 pointsTap any term to learn what it means.

In plain language

Assembled directly from this trial’s registry record. Every sentence traces to a field below — nothing here is generated or interpreted.

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.

From the trial registry

Built from these fields:

  • designModule.designInfo.primaryPurpose
  • designModule.phases
Who receives what

There are 2 groups in this study.

Group A receives Pembrolizumab and Intismeran autogene, together with one or more of: Cisplatin, Carboplatin, Pemetrexed, Gemcitabine and Paclitaxel.

Registry label: A: Pembrolizumab + Intismeran autogene

Group B, the comparison group, receives Pembrolizumab and PlaceboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more →, together with one or more of: Cisplatin, Carboplatin, Pemetrexed, Gemcitabine and Paclitaxel.

Registry label: B: Pembrolizumab + Placebo

From the trial registry

Built from these fields:

  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].label
  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].interventionNames
How the study is run

Which group you would be placed in is decided by chance, like a coin flip — not by you and not by your doctor.

Neither you nor the study team would know which group you are in until the study ends.

From the trial registry

Built from these fields:

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

One group receives a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → — a dummy treatment with no active medicine in it — alongside the other treatment that group is given.

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

From the trial registry

Built from these fields:

  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].interventionNames
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

Built from these fields:

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

The study aims to enrol about 680 people.

The study is currently expected to finish around January 2038.

The main measurement is taken over: Up to ~97 months.

From the trial registry

Built from these fields:

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

Disease-Free Survival (DFS) — measured over Up to ~97 months.

From the trial registry

Built from these fields:

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

Source: NCT06623422 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 PembrolizumabBiological

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 CisplatinDrug

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 CarboplatinDrug

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 PemetrexedDrug

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 GemcitabineDrug

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 PaclitaxelDrug

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 Intismeran autogeneBiological

IM injection

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 PlaceboOther

IM injection

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a other is here: An intervention the registry did not place in another category.

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?

Yes. One group receives a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → — a dummy treatment with no active medicine in it — alongside the other treatment that group is given.

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?

Neither you nor the study team would know which group you are in until the study ends.

Which group you would be placed in is decided by chance, like a coin flip — not by you and not by your doctor.

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 ~97 months.

The study as a whole is currently expected to finish around 2038-01-26.

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 680 people.

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

This study lists 15 locations, including: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Kingston, Ontario, Canada; Oshawa, Ontario, Canada; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and 9 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 goal of this study is to learn if people who receive intismeran autogene and pembrolizumab after surgery are cancer-free longer than people who receive placebo and pembrolizumab. Researchers want to know if giving intismeran autogene and pembrolizumab after surgery can help prevent the cancer from coming back in people with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors did not respond completely to treatment before surgery (neoadjuvant treatment).

Other Sites (10)

Roswell Park Cancer Institute ( Site 0184)

Buffalo, New York, United States

Hematology-Oncology Associates of CNY ( Site 0164)

East Syracuse, New York, United States

The Blavatnik Family- Chelsea Medical Center at Mount Sinai ( Site 0216)

New York, New York, United States

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ( Site 0116)

New York, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ( Site 0137)

New York, New York, United States

SUNY Upstate Cancer Center ( Site 0140)

Syracuse, New York, United States

Montefiore Medical Center ( Site 0160)

The Bronx, New York, United States

Westchester Medical Center ( Site 0196)

Valhalla, New York, United States

Swedish Cancer Institute ( Site 0143)

Seattle, Washington, United States

St. Joseph Medical Center Hematology and Oncology - Silverdale ( Site 0192)

Silverdale, Washington, United States

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