A Study Comparing 3 Study Medicines (Encorafenib, Binimetinib, Pembrolizumab) to 2 Study Medicines (Ipilimumab and Nivolumab) in Patients With Advanced Melanoma

Last updated: April 11, 2025
Sponsor: Pfizer
Overall Status: Active - Not Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

Melanoma

Treatment

ipilimumab

encorafenib

nivolumab

Clinical Study ID

NCT05926960
C4221023
2021-003640-24
MK-3475-C92
KEYNOTE PNC92
KEYNOTE-C92
2023-509471-17-00
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The purpose of this study is to learn about the effects of 3 study medicines (encorafenib, binimetinib, pembrolizumab) compared to 2 study medicines (ipilimumab and nivolumab) given for the treatment of melanoma.

Melanoma is a type of cancer that starts in the cells that give color to your skin.

The study is seeking participants who:

  • have advanced or metastatic melanoma (has spread to other parts of the body);

  • have a certain abnormal gene called "BRAF".

  • have taken nivolumab or pembrolizumab treatment before this study.

Participants will either receive:

  • pembrolizumab given by intravenous infusion (directly into a vein) every 3 weeks at the study clinic. Participants will also receive encorafenib and binimetinib by mouth every day at home,

  • or will receive ipilimumab and nivolumab given by intravenous infusion (directly into a vein) every 3 weeks at the study clinic 4 times. This will be followed by nivolumab given by intravenous infusion every 4 weeks at the study clinic.

Both pembrolizumab and nivolumab will be given for a maximum of around 2 years. However, there is no time limit for encorafenib and binimetinib treatment.

The study team will see how each participant is doing after receiving the study treatments during regular visits to the study clinic.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male or female participants ≥18 years of age at the time of informed consent.

  • Histologically confirmed unresectable (Stage IIIB, IIIC, or IIID) or metastatic (Stage IV) cutaneous melanoma, according to the AJCC 8th edition.

  • Documented evidence of a BRAF V600E or V600K mutation.

  • Availability of adequate tumor tissue (archival or newly obtained; block or slides)to submit to the sponsor central laboratory(ies) during the screening period forcentral biomarker analyses .

  • Must have received only 1 prior line of systemic therapy for melanoma (eitheradjuvant therapy or first-line anti-PD-1 monotherapy (ie, nivolumab orpembrolizumab)

  • Must have anti-PD-1 resistant disease (primary or secondary) with confirmed diseaseprogression per RECIST v1.1 either during or after receipt of an approved anti-PD-1monotherapy (ie, nivolumab or pembrolizumab) for melanoma, defined according to theSITC Immunotherapy Resistance Taskforce (Kluger et al, 2020).

  • Have at least one measurable lesion per RECIST v1.1.

  • ECOG PS of 0-1, and adequate organ and cardiac function, including LVEF ≥50% bycardiac imaging.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Mucosal or ocular melanoma.

  • Diagnosis of immunodeficiency or an active autoimmune disease that required systemictreatment with chronic systemic steroid therapy or any other form ofimmunosuppressive therapy within the past 2 years.

  • Clinically significant cardiovascular diseases.

  • History of thromboembolic or cerebrovascular events ≤12 weeks prior torandomization.

  • History or current evidence of RVO or current risk factors for RVO.

  • Concurrent neuromuscular disorder that is associated with the potential of elevatedCK.

  • Active bacterial, fungal, or viral infection requiring systemic therapeutictreatment within 2 weeks prior to randomization.

  • Current non-infectious pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease or history ofnoninfectious pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease requiring steroids.

  • Prior or current symptomatic brain metastasis, leptomeningeal disease or otheractive CNS metastases.

  • Participants who permanently discontinued prior anti-PD-1 therapy due to toxicity orwill be unable to tolerate combination therapy based on investigator judgement areexcluded.

  • Prior treatment with ipilimumab; prior combined immunotherapy blockade withanti-PD-1/L-1; prior treatment with a BRAFi and/or MEKi; or previous administrationof an investigational anti-cancer agent for the adjuvant or first-line treatment ofmelanoma prior to randomization.

Study Design

Total Participants: 38
Treatment Group(s): 5
Primary Treatment: ipilimumab
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
June 13, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
November 25, 2025

Study Description

The purpose of the study is to compare the efficacy of a triplet therapy (encorafenib, binimetinib, pembrolizumab) versus a doublet/control therapy (nivolumab and ipilimumab). Participants will have metastatic or unresectable locally advanced BRAF V600E/K-mutant melanoma, which progressed during or after prior treatment in the adjuvant or first-line metastatic setting, with an approved anti-PD-1 monotherapy (pembrolizumab or nivolumab),

Approximately 150 participants will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to the triplet or the doublet/control therapy (75 participants in each arm). Randomization will be stratified by baseline serum LDH level, and by type of PD-1 resistance.

Connect with a study center

  • Fakultni nemocnice Hradec Kralove

    Hradec Kralove, Hradec Králové 500 05
    Czechia

    Site Not Available

  • Fakultni nemocnice Ostrava

    Ostrava, Moravskoslezský KRAJ 708 52
    Czechia

    Site Not Available

  • Fakultni nemocnice Olomouc

    Olomouc, Olomoucký KRAJ 779 00
    Czechia

    Site Not Available

  • Fakultni nemocnice Bulovka

    Prague, Praha 8 180 81
    Czechia

    Site Not Available

  • Vseobecna fakultni nemocnice v Praze

    Praha 2, 12808
    Czechia

    Site Not Available

  • Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg

    Heidelberg, Baden-württemberg 69120
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen

    Tübingen, Baden-württemberg 72076
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Universitätsklinikum Regensburg

    Regensburg, Bayern 93053
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Elbe Kliniken Stade-Buxtehude, Klinikum Buxtehude

    Buxtehude, Niedersachsen 21614
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

    Hannover, Niedersachsen 30625
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Universitaetsklinikum Essen

    Essen, Nordrhein-westfalen 45147
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Fachklinik Hornheide

    Münster, Nordrhein-westfalen 48157
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Universitätsmedizin Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz

    Mainz, Rheinland-pfalz 55131
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Universitätsklinikum Leipzig

    Leipzig, Sachsen 04103
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein

    Lübeck, Schleswig-holstein 23538
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Helios Klinikum Erfurt

    Erfurt, Thüringen 99089
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • SRH Wald-Klinikum Gera

    Gera, Thüringen 07548
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Klinikum Bremen-Ost

    Bremen, 28325
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena

    Rome, Roma 00144
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • A.O.U. Policlinico Paolo Giaccone

    Palermo, Sicilia 90127
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Istituto di Candiolo IRCCS - Fondazione del Piemonte per l'Oncologia

    Candiolo, Torino 10060
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Senese

    Siena, Toscana 53100
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • AO Santa Maria della Misericordia

    Perugia, Umbria 06132
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS

    Padova, Veneto 35128
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Ospedale San Martino

    Genova, 16132
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Istituto Europeo di Oncologia IRCCS

    Milano, 20141
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale

    Napoli, 80131
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne Klinika Chirurgii Onkologicznej, Transplantacyjnej i Ogólnej

    Gdansk, 80-214
    Poland

    Site Not Available

  • Pratia MCM Krakow

    Krakow, 30-727
    Poland

    Site Not Available

  • Samodzielny Publiczny Zakład Opieki Zdrowotnej MSWiA z Warmińsko - Mazurskim Centrum Onkologii

    Olsztyn, 10-228
    Poland

    Site Not Available

  • Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny w Poznaniu

    Poznan, 60-780
    Poland

    Site Not Available

  • Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

    Warszawa, 02-781
    Poland

    Site Not Available

  • Fakultna Nemocnica s Poliklinikou F. D. Roosevelta Banska Bystrica

    Banska Bystrica, 975 17
    Slovakia

    Site Not Available

  • Fakultna nemocnica s poliklinikou F.D. Roosevelta

    Banska Bystrica, 975 17
    Slovakia

    Site Not Available

  • Fakultna nemocnica s poliklinikou F.D. Roosevelta Banska Bystrica

    Banska Bystrica, 975 17
    Slovakia

    Site Not Available

  • Euromedix, a.s.

    Bratislava, 851 07
    Slovakia

    Site Not Available

  • Narodny onkologicky ustav

    Bratislava, 833 10
    Slovakia

    Site Not Available

  • Neovizia, s.r.o.

    Bratislava, 85101
    Slovakia

    Site Not Available

  • Institut nuklearnej a molekularnej mediciny

    Kosice, 042 53
    Slovakia

    Site Not Available

  • Martinske Biopticke centrum, s.r.o.

    Martin, 036 01
    Slovakia

    Site Not Available

  • DERMATOP s.r.o., MUDr. Frantisek Perutka

    Partizanske, 958 01
    Slovakia

    Site Not Available

  • Nemocnica na okraji mesta, n.o.

    Partizanske, 95801
    Slovakia

    Site Not Available

  • KARDIO, s.r.o.

    Poprad, 058 01
    Slovakia

    Site Not Available

  • MR Poprad s.r.o., Pracovisko magnetickej rezonancie

    Poprad, 058 01
    Slovakia

    Site Not Available

  • Nemocnica Poprad, a.s.

    Poprad, 05801
    Slovakia

    Site Not Available

  • Nemocnica Poprad, a.s., Dermatovenerolgicka ambulancia

    Poprad, 058 01
    Slovakia

    Site Not Available

  • POKO Poprad, s.r.o., Ambulancia klinickej onkologie

    Poprad, 058 01
    Slovakia

    Site Not Available

  • Ocne centrum Sokolik, s.r.o.

    Trencin, 91101
    Slovakia

    Site Not Available

  • H.R.U Málaga - Hospital General

    Malaga, Andalucía 29010
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol

    Badalona, Barcelona [barcelona] 08916
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron

    Barcelona, Barcelona [barcelona] 08035
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Institut Català d'Oncologia - L'Hospitalet

    L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalunya [cataluña] 08908
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital General Universitario de Valencia

    Valencia, Valenciana, Comunitat 46014
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital General Universitario de Alicante

    Alicante, 03010
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Clínic de Barcelona

    Barcelona, 08036
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon

    Madrid, 28007
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre

    Madrid, 28041
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena

    Sevilla, 41009
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet

    Zaragoza, 50009
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Addenbrooke's Hospital

    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 0QQ
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Royal Marsden Hospital (Chelsea)

    London, Kensington AND Chelsea SW3 6JJ
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Royal Marsden Hospital (Sutton)

    London, Sutton SM2 5PT
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • City Hospital, Nottingham University Hospitals

    Nottingham, NG5 1PB
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • City Hospital, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

    Nottingham, NG5 1PB
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

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