Substudy 02B: Safety and Efficacy of Pembrolizumab in Combination With Investigational Agents or Pembrolizumab Alone in Participants With First Line (1L) Advanced Melanoma (MK-3475-02B/KEYMAKER-U02)

Last updated: May 2, 2025
Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

1/2

Condition

Melanoma

Treatment

Pembrolizumab

Favezelimab/Pembrolizumab

Lenvatinib

Clinical Study ID

NCT04305054
3475-02B
2019-003977-24
MK-3475-02B
U1111-1293-5644
2023-506313-21
KEYMAKER-U02
  • Ages 18-120
  • All Genders

Study Summary

Substudy 02B is part of a larger research study where researchers are looking for new ways to treat advanced melanoma that has not been treated before. The larger study is the umbrella study. Researchers want to know if adding other treatments to pembrolizumab can treat advanced melanoma. The goals of this study are to learn:

  • About the safety and how well people tolerate pembrolizumab given with other treatments

  • How many people have melanoma that responds (gets smaller or goes away) to treatment

Arm 1: Pembrolizumab + Vibostolimab was added in the base protocol on 13-Nov-2019, and enrollment into this arm has been completed. Arm 2: Pembrolizumab was added in the base protocol on 13-Nov-2019, and enrollment stopped prematurely on 15-Aug-2022. Arm 3: Coformulation Pembrolizumab/Quavonlimab was added in Amendment 01 on 20-Oct-2020, and enrollment stopped prematurely on 15-Aug-2022. Arm 4: Coformulation Pembrolizumab/Quavonlimab + Lenvatinib was added in Amendment 01 on 20-Oct-2020, and enrollment is ongoing. Arm 5: Coformulation Favezelimab/Pembrolizumab was added in Amendment 03 on 01-DEC-2022 and has paused enrollment, Arm 6: Coformulation Favezelimab/Pembrolizumab + All-trans Retinoic Acid (ATRA) was added in Amendment 03 on 01-DEC-2022 and has paused enrollment, and Arm 7: Coformulation Favezelimab/Pembrolizumab

  • Vibostolimab was added in Amendment 03 on 01-DEC-2022 and enrollment was stopped prematurely on 22-SEP-2023.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Has histologically or cytologically confirmed melanoma

  • Has unresectable Stage III or Stage IV melanoma, not amenable to local therapy

  • Has been untreated for advanced disease.

  • Has provided a tumor biopsy

  • If capable of producing sperm, male participants agree to the following during theintervention period and for at least the time needed to eliminate each studyintervention after the last dose of study intervention (7 days):

  • Abstains from penile-vaginal intercourse as their preferred and usual lifestyle (abstinent on a long-term and persistent basis) and agrees to remain abstinentOR

  • Uses contraception unless confirmed to be azoospermic

  • A female participant is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant orbreastfeeding, and at least one of the following conditions applies:

  • Is not a WOCBP OR

  • Is a WOCBP and Uses a contraceptive method that is highly effective, with lowuser dependency, or be abstinent from penile-vaginal intercourse as theirpreferred and usual lifestyle (abstinent on a long-term and persistent basis)during the intervention period and for at least the time needed to eliminateeach study intervention after the last dose of study intervention. The lengthof time required to continue contraception for each study intervention is:

  • MK-4280A: 120 days

  • MK-1308A: 120 days

  • MK-7684: 50 days

  • MK-3475: 120 days

  • Lenvatinib: 30 days

  • ATRA: 30 days

  • Has adequate organ function

  • Has resolution of toxic effect(s) of the most recent prior therapy to Grade 1 orless (except alopecia and Grade 2 neuropathy)

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days before the first dose of study intervention

  • Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatmentwithin the past 2 years

  • Has known central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis

  • Has ocular or mucosal melanoma

  • Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2years

  • Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy

  • Has known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

  • Has history of Hepatitis B or known Hepatitis C virus infection

  • Has a history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis

  • Has a history of active tuberculosis (TB)

  • Has received prior systemic anticancer therapy within 4 weeks prior to randomization

  • Has received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of first dose of study intervention

  • Has had major surgery <3 weeks prior to first dose of study intervention

  • Has received a live vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of studyintervention

  • Has participated in a study of an investigational agent within 4 weeks prior to thefirst dose of study intervention

  • Has had an allogeneic tissue/solid organ transplant

  • Has a known psychiatric or substance abuse disorder that would interfere withrequirements of the study

  • Participants who receive lenvatinib have the following additional exclusioncriteria:

  • Has a pre-existing Grade ≥3 gastrointestinal or non-gastrointestinal fistula

  • Has radiographic evidence of encasement of invasion of a major blood vessel, orof intratumoral cavitation

  • Has clinically significant hemoptysis or tumor bleeding within 2 weeks prior tothe first dose of study intervention

  • Has clinically significant cardiovascular disease within 12 months from firstdose of study intervention

  • Has urine protein ≥1 g/24-hour.

  • Has presence of gastrointestinal condition including malabsorption,gastrointestinal anastomosis, or any other condition that might affect theabsorption of lenvatinib

Study Design

Total Participants: 315
Treatment Group(s): 6
Primary Treatment: Pembrolizumab
Phase: 1/2
Study Start date:
July 01, 2020
Estimated Completion Date:
April 03, 2030

Study Description

With Amendment 5, participants receiving vibostolimab (Arm 1 and Arm 7) will discontinue treatment with vibostolimab and will be transitioned within their arm to pembrolizumab monotherapy. Participants receiving favezelimab (Arm 5, Arm 6, and Arm 7) may continue on study therapy until the end of study or may transition within their arm to pembrolizumab monotherapy. Participants with access to approved standard of care (SOC, pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy) should be considered for discontinuation from the study. Those benefiting from pembrolizumab with chemotherapy, but unable to access it as SOC outside the study, may continue on study and receive treatment with pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy until discontinuation criteria are met.

Connect with a study center

  • Clinica Adventista Belgrano-Oncology ( Site 2242)

    Caba., Buenos Aires C1430EGF
    Argentina

    Active - Recruiting

  • Instituto Alexander Fleming-Alexander Fleming ( Site 2243)

    Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Caba 1426ANZ
    Argentina

    Suspended

  • Sanatorio Finochietto ( Site 2245)

    Buenos Aires, C1187AAN
    Argentina

    Suspended

  • Clinica Adventista Belgrano-Oncology ( Site 2242)

    Caba, 1430
    Argentina

    Site Not Available

  • Calvary Mater Newcastle-Medical Oncology ( Site 2404)

    Waratah, New South Wales 2298
    Australia

    Active - Recruiting

  • Melanoma Institute Australia ( Site 2402)

    Wollstonecraft, New South Wales 2065
    Australia

    Active - Recruiting

  • Tasman Oncology Research Pty Ltd ( Site 2403)

    Southport, Queensland 4120
    Australia

    Completed

  • Fiona Stanley Hospital ( Site 2401)

    Murdoch, Western Australia 6150
    Australia

    Active - Recruiting

  • CIDO SpA-Oncology ( Site 2256)

    Temuco, Araucania 4810218
    Chile

    Active - Recruiting

  • IC La Serena Research ( Site 2254)

    La Serena, Coquimbo 1720430
    Chile

    Site Not Available

  • IC La Serena Research ( Site 2254)

    La Serena., Coquimbo 1720430
    Chile

    Suspended

  • Bradfordhill ( Site 2252)

    Santiago, Region M. De Santiago 8420383
    Chile

    Active - Recruiting

  • FALP-UIDO ( Site 2251)

    Santiago, Region M. De Santiago 7500921
    Chile

    Suspended

  • Oncovida ( Site 2257)

    Santiago, Region M. De Santiago 7500994
    Chile

    Suspended

  • Oncovida ( Site 2257)

    Santiago., Region M. De Santiago 7500994
    Chile

    Suspended

  • Clinica Colsanitas S.A, Sede Clínica Universitaria Colombia-Center Investigator ( Site 2261)

    Bogota, Distrito Capital De Bogota 111321
    Colombia

    Active - Recruiting

  • Fundación Valle del Lili ( Site 2265)

    Cali, Valle Del Cauca 760032
    Colombia

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hopital La Timone ( Site 2103)

    Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone 13005
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • CHU de Bordeaux- Hopital Saint Andre ( Site 2108)

    Bordeaux, Gironde 33075
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • Institut Claudius Regaud ( Site 2105)

    Toulouse cedex 9, Haute-Garonne 31059
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • Gustave Roussy ( Site 2101)

    Villejuif, Ile-de-France 94805
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • C.H. Lyon Sud ( Site 2102)

    Pierre Benite, Rhone 69495
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • A.P.H. Paris, Hopital Saint Louis ( Site 2107)

    Paris, 75010
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • General Hospital of Athens "Laiko"-First Department of Internal Medicine ( Site 2212)

    Athens, Attiki 115 26
    Greece

    Active - Recruiting

  • European Interbalkan Medical Center-Oncology Department ( Site 2211)

    Thessaloniki, 570 01
    Greece

    Completed

  • Szegedi Tudományegyetem Szent-Györgyi Albert Klinikai Központ ( Site 2221)

    Szeged, Csongrad 6720
    Hungary

    Active - Recruiting

  • HaEmek Medical Center ( Site 2703)

    Afula, 1834111
    Israel

    Active - Recruiting

  • Rambam Health Care Campus-Oncology ( Site 2704)

    Haifa, 3109601
    Israel

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hadassah Ein Karem Jerusalem ( Site 2702)

    Jerusalem, 9112001
    Israel

    Active - Recruiting

  • Rabin Medical Center-Oncology ( Site 2705)

    Petah-Tikva, 4941492
    Israel

    Active - Recruiting

  • Chaim Sheba Medical Center ( Site 2701)

    Ramat Gan, 5265601
    Israel

    Active - Recruiting

  • Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano ( Site 2399)

    Milano, 20133
    Italy

    Active - Recruiting

  • Istituto Europeo di Oncologia ( Site 2301)

    Milano, 20141
    Italy

    Active - Recruiting

  • Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione Pascale ( Site 2302)

    Napoli, 80131
    Italy

    Active - Recruiting

  • Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS ( Site 2355)

    Padova, 35128
    Italy

    Active - Recruiting

  • Policlinico Le Scotte - A.O. Senese ( Site 2377)

    Siena, 53100
    Italy

    Active - Recruiting

  • Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie - Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy w Warszawie (

    Warszawa, Mazowieckie 02-781
    Poland

    Active - Recruiting

  • Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne-Early Clinical Trials Unit ( Site 2231)

    Gdansk, Pomorskie 80-952
    Poland

    Active - Recruiting

  • Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne-Early Clinical Trials Unit ( Site 2231)

    Gdańsk, Pomorskie 80-952
    Poland

    Site Not Available

  • CANCERCARE LANGENHOVEN DRIVE ONCOLOGY CENTRE ( Site 2865)

    Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape 6055
    South Africa

    Active - Recruiting

  • CANCERCARE LANGENHOVEN DRIVE ONCOLOGY CENTRE-Clinical Trials Unit ( Site 2865)

    Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape 6055
    South Africa

    Active - Recruiting

  • LIFE GROENKLOOF-Mary Potter Cancer Centre ( Site 2861)

    Pretoria, Gauteng 0181
    South Africa

    Active - Recruiting

  • Sandton Oncology Medical Group (Pty) Ltd-Research ( Site 2863)

    Sandton, Gauteng 2196
    South Africa

    Active - Recruiting

  • Steve Biko Academic Hospital-Medical Oncology ( Site 2862)

    Tshwane, Gauteng 0002
    South Africa

    Active - Recruiting

  • Cape Town Oncology Trials ( Site 2864)

    Cape Town, Western Cape 7570
    South Africa

    Active - Recruiting

  • HOSPITAL CLÍNIC DE BARCELONA-ICHMO- Clinic Institut of Haematological and Oncological diseases ( Sit

    Barcelona, Cataluna 08036
    Spain

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal ( Site 2802)

    Madrid, Madrid, Comunidad De 28034
    Spain

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG)-Oncology ( Site 2603)

    Genève, Geneve 1211
    Switzerland

    Completed

  • CHUV Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois ( Site 2602)

    Lausanne, Vaud 1011
    Switzerland

    Completed

  • Universitaetsspital Zuerich ( Site 2601)

    Zuerich, Zurich 8091
    Switzerland

    Site Not Available

  • Universitaetsspital Zuerich ( Site 2601)

    Zuerich Flughafen, Zurich 8058
    Switzerland

    Active - Recruiting

  • Universitaetsspital Zuerich ( Site 2601)

    Zurich, 8091
    Switzerland

    Site Not Available

  • The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute ( Site 2009)

    Los Angeles, California 90025
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UCLA Hematology & Oncology ( Site 2004)

    Los Angeles, California 90095
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Providence Saint John's Health Center ( Site 2010)

    Santa Monica, California 90404
    United States

    Completed

  • University of Colorado, Anschutz Cancer Pavilion ( Site 2012)

    Aurora, Colorado 80045
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Florida College of Medicine-UF Health Cancer Center/Clinical Trials Office ( Site 2026

    Gainesville, Florida 32610
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins ( Site 2022)

    Baltimore, Maryland 21287
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • R.J. Zuckerberg Cancer Center ( Site 2032)

    Lake Success, New York 11042
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • NYU Clinical Cancer Center ( Site 2002)

    New York, New York 10016
    United States

    Completed

  • Duke Cancer Institute ( Site 2005)

    Durham, North Carolina 27710
    United States

    Completed

  • Martha Morehouse Tower ( Site 2020)

    Columbus, Ohio 43221
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Oregon Health & Science University ( Site 2013)

    Portland, Oregon 97239
    United States

    Completed

  • University of Pennsylvania Abramson Cancer Center ( Site 2008)

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
    United States

    Completed

  • West Cancer Center - East Campus ( Site 2014)

    Germantown, Tennessee 38138
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Mays Cancer Center ( Site 2025)

    San Antonio, Texas 78229
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Inova Schar Cancer Institute ( Site 2011)

    Fairfax, Virginia 22031
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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