Safety and Efficacy Study of Investigational Agents as Monotherapy or in Combination With Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) for the Treatment of Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (ES-SCLC) in Need of Second-Line Therapy (MK-3475-B98/KEYNOTE-B98)

Last updated: June 12, 2025
Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

1/2

Condition

Small Cell Lung Cancer

Treatment

R-DXd

coformulation favezelimab/pembrolizumab

MK-4830

Clinical Study ID

NCT04938817
3475-B98
2023-507687-38-00
KEYNOTE-B98
2023-507687-38
U1111-1296-5646
2020-005628-12
MK-3475-B98
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This study is a rolling arm study of investigational agents as monotherapy or in combination with pembrolizumab in participants with anti-programmed cell death 1 (PD-1)/ programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) refractory ES-SCLC in need of second-line treatment. This study will have 2 parts: an initial safety lead-in to determine safety and tolerability for experimental combinations of investigational agents without an established recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) followed by an efficacy evaluation.

Investigational agents will initiate directly in or be added to the efficacy evaluation after an initial evaluation of safety and tolerability of the investigational agent has been completed in a separate study or in the safety lead-in of this study. If an RP2D for a combination being evaluated in the safety lead-in is established from another study, then the efficacy evaluation may begin at the determined RP2D.

There will be no hypothesis testing in this study.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

The main inclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:

  • Arms A-E:

  • Has histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of ES-SCLC in need ofsecond-line therapy

  • Has progressed on or after treatment with an anti-programmed cell death 1 (PD-1)/ programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) monoclonal antibody (mAb)administered as part of first-line platinum-based systemic therapy for ES-SCLC

  • Has ES-SCLC defined as Stage IV (T any, N any, M1a/b/c) by the American JointCommittee on Cancer, Eighth Edition

  • Has received 1 prior line of systemic therapy for small cell lung cancer (SCLC)

  • If a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP), participant must have a negativehighly sensitive pregnancy test within 24 hours (for a urine test) or 72 hours (for a serum test) before the first dose of study treatment

  • Has measurable disease per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by local siteinvestigator/radiology and verified by BICR

  • Has submitted an archival tumor tissue sample or newly obtained core,incisional, or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion not previously irradiated

  • Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1assessed within 7 days before allocation/randomization

  • Participants who are Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive are eligibleif they have received Hepatitis B virus (HBV) antiviral therapy for at least 4weeks and have undetectable HBV viral load before randomization

  • Participants with history of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are eligible ifHCV viral load is undetectable at screening

  • Has a predicted life expectancy of >3 months

  • Arms A-D:

  • Male participants must be abstinent from heterosexual intercourse or agree touse contraception during treatment for at least 7 days after the last dose oflenvatinib. No contraception is required if the participant is receivingpembrolizumab, pembrolizumab/quavonlimab, MK-4830, or favezelimab/pembrolizumab

  • Female participants are not pregnant or breastfeeding and are not a WOCBP or ifare a WOCBP, are abstinent from heterosexual intercourse or are usingcontraception during the intervention period and for at least 120 days afterthe last dose of pembrolizumab, pembrolizumab/quavonlimab, MK-4830, orfavezelimab/pembrolizumab or 30 days after the last dose of lenvatinib,whichever occurs last

  • Female participants must abstain from breastfeeding during the interventionperiod and for at least 120 days after the last dose of pembrolizumab,pembrolizumab/quavonlimab, MK-4830, or favezelimab/pembrolizumab or 7 daysafter the last dose of lenvatinib, whichever occurs last

  • Has adequately controlled blood pressure (BP) with or without antihypertensivemedications, defined as BP ≤150/90 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) with no change inantihypertensive medications within 1 week before allocation/randomization

  • Arm E:

  • If capable of producing sperm, the participant agrees to refrain from donatingsperm and abstain from penile-vaginal intercourse or use a penile/externalcondom when having penile-vaginal intercourse with a nonparticipant ofchildbearing potential who is not currently pregnant. The length of timerequired to continue contraception for the study intervention R-Dx-d is 120days

  • If a person of childbearing potential (POCBP) must use a contraceptive methodthat is highly effective (with a failure rate of <1% per year), with low userdependency, or if they adhere to penile-vaginal intercourse abstinence 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 eliminatethe study intervention after the last dose of study intervention. In addition,the participant agrees not to donate eggs (ova, oocytes) to others orfreeze/store eggs during this period for the purpose of reproduction. Thelength of time required to continue contraception for the study interventionR-Dx-d is 210 days

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

The main exclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:

  • Arms A-E:

  • Has received prior systemic anticancer therapy including investigational agentswithin 4 weeks before start of study treatment

  • Has received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study treatment

  • Has received lung radiation therapy >30 Gray (Gy) within 6 months before thefirst dose of study treatment

  • Has received a live or live attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the firstdose of study treatment

  • Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required activetreatment within the past 3 years

  • Has known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatousmeningitis. Participants with brain metastases may participate only if they satisfyall of the following: completed treatment (e.g., whole brain radiation treatment,stereotactic radiosurgery, or equivalent) ≥14 days before the first dose of studyintervention; have no evidence of new or enlarging brain metastases confirmed bypost-treatment repeat brain imaging (using the same modality) performed ≥4 weeksafter pretreatment brain imaging; and are neurologically stable without the need forsteroids for ≥7 days before the first dose of study intervention as per local siteassessment. Participants with untreated brain metastases will be allowed if they areasymptomatic, the investigator determines there is no immediate CNS-specifictreatment required, there is no significant surrounding edema, and the brainmetastases are of 5 millimeter (mm) or less in size and 3 or less in number.

  • Has a history of severe hypersensitivity reaction (≥Grade 3) to any study treatmentand/or any of its excipients

  • Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2years except replacement therapy (eg, thyroxine, insulin, or physiologiccorticosteroid)

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

  • Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy

  • Arms A-D:

  • Has had major surgery within 3 weeks before first dose of study treatment

  • Has a preexisting ≥Grade 3 gastrointestinal or non-gastrointestinal fistula

  • Has clinically significant cardiovascular disease or major arterialthromboembolic event within 12 months before 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 cardiacarrhythmia associated with hemodynamic instability

  • Has active hemoptysis (bright red blood of at least 0.5 teaspoon) within 3weeks before the first dose of study treatment

  • Has gastrointestinal malabsorption or any other condition that might affectoral study intervention absorption

  • Has serious nonhealing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture within 28 days before thestart of study treatment

  • Has any major hemorrhage or venous thromboembolic events within 3 months beforethe start of study treatment

  • Has a history of inflammatory bowel disease

  • Has a history of a gastrointestinal perforation within 6 months before thestart of study treatment

  • Has a known history of, or active, neurologic paraneoplastic syndrome

  • Has received prior therapy with a receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) inhibitor oranti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4),anti-immunoglobulin-like transcript (ILT)-4, or anti-lymphocyte-activation gene 3 (LAG-3) agents

  • Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1/L1 agent and was permanentlydiscontinued from that treatment due to a treatment-related adverse event

  • Has received an investigational agent or has used an investigational devicewithin 4 weeks prior to study intervention administration

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

  • Has symptomatic ascites, pleural effusion, or pericardial effusion

  • Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroidtherapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any otherform of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior the first dose of studytreatment

  • Has a known history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection

  • Has concurrent active HBV or HCV

  • Has progressive disease as initial response to first-line systemic chemotherapyin combination with PD-1/L1 inhibitor for ES-SCLC

  • Has had an allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant

  • Arm E:

  • Received prior treatment with a CDH6-targeted agent or an ADC that consists ofan exatecan derivative that is a topoisomerase I inhibitor (eg, trastuzumabderuxtecan, datopotamab deruxtecan)

  • Has received an investigational agent or has used an investigational devicewithin 4 weeks (or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter) prior to studyintervention administration

  • Has Chronic steroid treatment (>10 mg/day prednisone [or equivalent] per day),except for inhaled steroids for asthma or COPD, mineralocorticoids (e.g.,fludrocortisone) for participants with orthostatic hypotension, topicalsteroids for mild skin conditions, low-dose supplemental corticosteroids foradrenocortical insufficiency, Premedication for treatment groups and/orpremedication in case of any hypersensitivity, or intra-articular steroidinjections

  • Is an HIV-infected participants with a history of Kaposi's sarcoma and/orMulticentric Castleman's Disease

Study Design

Total Participants: 110
Treatment Group(s): 5
Primary Treatment: R-DXd
Phase: 1/2
Study Start date:
August 19, 2021
Estimated Completion Date:
December 10, 2029

Connect with a study center

  • Westmead Hospital-Department of Medical Oncology ( Site 4004)

    Westmead, New South Wales 2145
    Australia

    Completed

  • The Prince Charles Hospital-Oncology Clinical Trials ( Site 4003)

    Brisbane, Queensland 4032
    Australia

    Completed

  • Monash Health-Oncology Research ( Site 4005)

    Clayton, Victoria 3168
    Australia

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hollywood Private Hospital-Medical Oncology ( Site 4001)

    Perth, Western Australia 6009
    Australia

    Active - Recruiting

  • Klinik Penzing-2. Lungenabteilung ( Site 3101)

    Vienna, Wien 1140
    Austria

    Site Not Available

  • Klinik Floridsdorf-Abteilung für Innere Medizin und Pneumologie ( Site 3100)

    Wien, 1210
    Austria

    Completed

  • Standort Penzing der Klinik Ottakring-Abteilung für Atemwegs-und Lungenkrankheiten ( Site 3101)

    Wien, 1140
    Austria

    Completed

  • Cross Cancer Institute ( Site 3004)

    Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1Z2
    Canada

    Completed

  • Princess Margaret Cancer Centre ( Site 3003)

    Toronto, Ontario M5G 2M9
    Canada

    Completed

  • St. Marys Hospital Center ( Site 3000)

    Montreal, Quebec H3T 1M5
    Canada

    Completed

  • Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Megyei Hetényi Géza Kórház-Onkologiai Kozpont ( Site 3800)

    Szolnok, Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok 5004
    Hungary

    Completed

  • Rambam Health Care Campus-Oncology ( Site 3600)

    Haifa, 3109601
    Israel

    Active - Recruiting

  • Shaare Zedek Medical Center-Oncology ( Site 3602)

    Jerusalem, 9103102
    Israel

    Active - Recruiting

  • Meir Medical Center ( Site 3601)

    Kfar Saba, 4428164
    Israel

    Site Not Available

  • Meir Medical Center. ( Site 3601)

    Kfar Saba, 4428164
    Israel

    Active - Recruiting

  • Rabin Medical Center-Oncology ( Site 3604)

    Petah Tikva, 4941492
    Israel

    Active - Recruiting

  • Sheba Medical Center-ONCOLOGY ( Site 3603)

    Ramat Gan, 5265601
    Israel

    Active - Recruiting

  • Humanitas-U.O di Oncologia medica ed Ematologia ( Site 3301)

    Rozzano, Milano 20089
    Italy

    Completed

  • ospedale le scotte-U.O.C. Immunoterapia Oncologica ( Site 3300)

    Siena, Toscana 53100
    Italy

    Completed

  • Istituto Europeo di Oncologia IRCCS-Divisione di Oncologia Toracica ( Site 3304)

    Milano, 20141
    Italy

    Completed

  • Ospedale San Raffaele-Oncologia Medica ( Site 3303)

    Milano, 20132
    Italy

    Completed

  • Chungbuk National University Hospital ( Site 4106)

    Cheongju-si, Chungbuk 28644
    Korea, Republic of

    Active - Recruiting

  • Seoul National University Bundang Hospital-Medical Oncology ( Site 4104)

    Seongnam, Kyonggi-do 13620
    Korea, Republic of

    Active - Recruiting

  • Asan Medical Center-Lung Cancer Center ( Site 4103)

    Seoul, 05505
    Korea, Republic of

    Completed

  • Samsung Medical Center ( Site 4100)

    Seoul, 06351
    Korea, Republic of

    Active - Recruiting

  • Seoul National University Hospital ( Site 4101)

    Seoul, 03080
    Korea, Republic of

    Active - Recruiting

  • Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie - P-Klinika Nowotworow Pluca i Klatki Pier

    Warszawa, Mazowieckie 02-781
    Poland

    Active - Recruiting

  • Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie - P-Klinika Nowotworow Pluca i Klatki Pier ( Site 3900)

    Warszawa, Mazowieckie 02-781
    Poland

    Active - Recruiting

  • Samodzielny Publiczny Zespó Grulicy i Chorób Puc w Olsztynie-Oddzial Onkologii z Pododdzialem Chemi

    Olsztyn, Warminsko-mazurskie 10-357
    Poland

    Site Not Available

  • Warminsko-Mazurskie Centrum Chorob Płuc w Olsztynie ( Site 3903)

    Olsztyn, Warminsko-mazurskie 10-357
    Poland

    Completed

  • Krasnoyarsk Regional Oncology Dispensary, Named after Krizhanovsky ( Site 3708)

    Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarskiy Kray 660133
    Russian Federation

    Completed

  • Saint-Petersburg City Clinical Oncology Dispensary-Department of chemotherapy ( Site 3702)

    Saint Petersburg, Leningradskaya Oblast 198255
    Russian Federation

    Completed

  • N.N.Petrov Research Institute of Oncology-Department of Chemotherapy and Innovative Technologies ( S

    Saint Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg 197758
    Russian Federation

    Completed

  • N.N.Petrov Research Institute of Oncology-Department of Chemotherapy and Innovative Technologies ( Site 3703)

    Saint Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg 197758
    Russian Federation

    Completed

  • GBUZ "SPb CRPCstmc(o)" ( Site 3705)

    Saint-Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg 197758
    Russian Federation

    Completed

  • GBUZ LOKB-Oncology department #1 ( Site 3701)

    Saint-Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg 194291
    Russian Federation

    Completed

  • Scientific research institution of oncology named after N.N. Petrov-Thoracic oncology ( Site 3704)

    Sankt-Peterburg, 197758
    Russian Federation

    Completed

  • Instituto Catalan de Oncologia - Hospital Duran i Reynals ( Site 3403)

    L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Cataluna 08908
    Spain

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hospital Clinic de Barcelona ( Site 3404)

    Barcelona, 08036
    Spain

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron-Oncology ( Site 3401)

    Barcelona, 08035
    Spain

    Active - Recruiting

  • Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen-Oncology & Hematology ( Site 3502)

    St.Gallen, Sankt Gallen 9000
    Switzerland

    Site Not Available

  • Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center ( Site 0152)

    Gilbert, Arizona 85234
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Georgia Cancer Specialists ( Site 0156)

    Atlanta, Georgia 30341
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Northside Hospital-Northside Hospital Oncology Network ( Site 0156)

    Atlanta, Georgia 30342
    United States

    Completed

  • Parkview Research Center at Parkview Regional Medical Center ( Site 0180)

    Fort Wayne, Indiana 46845
    United States

    Completed

  • Baptist Health Lexington-Research ( Site 0158)

    Lexington, Kentucky 40503
    United States

    Completed

  • University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center-Medical Oncology ( Site 0157)

    Lexington, Kentucky 40536
    United States

    Completed

  • MFSMC-HJWCI-Oncology Research ( Site 0178)

    Baltimore, Maryland 21237
    United States

    Completed

  • Oncology Hematology West, PC dba Nebraska Cancer Specialists ( Site 0172)

    Omaha, Nebraska 68130
    United States

    Completed

  • Oncology Hematology West, PC dba Nebraska Cancer Specialists ( Site 0179)

    Omaha, Nebraska 68130
    United States

    Completed

  • Cleveland Clinic-Taussig Cancer Center ( Site 0166)

    Cleveland, Ohio 44195
    United States

    Completed

  • UPMC Hillman Cancer Center ( Site 0177)

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15232
    United States

    Completed

  • St Francis Cancer Center-Research Office ( Site 0167)

    Greenville, South Carolina 29607
    United States

    Completed

  • Virginia Cancer Institute ( Site 0169)

    Richmond, Virginia 23229
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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