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A Study of Combination Therapies With or Without Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) and/or Chemotherapy in Participants With Advanced Esophageal Cancer (MK-3475-06A)

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Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD)

Status and phase

Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Phase 1

Conditions

Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (ESCC)

Treatments

Biological: Pembrolizumab
Biological: MK-4830
Drug: Irinotecan
Biological: Coformulation favezelimab/pembrolizumab
Drug: Lenvatinib
Drug: Paclitaxel

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT05342636
3475-06A
2031220197 (Registry Identifier)
2021-005405-26 (EudraCT Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a phase I/II multicenter, open-label umbrella platform study that will evaluate the safety and efficacy of investigational agents with pembrolizumab, plus chemotherapy or lenvatinib, for the treatment of participants with advanced esophageal cancer who have failed 1 prior line of therapy and have not been previously exposed to programmed cell death 1 protein (PD-1)/ programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) based treatment.

With protocol amendment 5 (effective: 17-November-2023), enrollment in study arms "Pembrolizumab plus MK-4830 plus Chemotherapy" and "Pembrolizumab plus MK-4830 plus lenvatinib" is discontinued.

Full description

The master protocol is MK-3475-U06.

Enrollment

120 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

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

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of metastatic or locally advanced unresectable ESCC
  • Has experienced investigator documented radiographic or clinical disease progression on one prior line of standard therapy.
  • Has an evaluable baseline tumor sample (newly obtained or archival) for analysis
  • Has adequately controlled blood pressure (BP) with or without antihypertensive medications
  • Participants who have adverse events (AEs) due to previous anticancer therapies must have recovered to ≤Grade 1 or baseline. Participants with endocrine-related AEs who are adequately treated with hormone replacement or participants who have ≤Grade 2 neuropathy are eligible

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Direct invasion into adjacent organs such as the aorta or trachea
  • Has experienced weight loss >10% over approximately 2 months prior to first dose of study therapy
  • Has received an investigational agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to study intervention administration
  • Diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study medication
  • Known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 3 years, except basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ that has undergone potentially curative therapy
  • Known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis
  • Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years
  • History of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
  • History of Hepatitis B or known active Hepatitis C virus infection
  • History of allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant
  • Clinically significant cardiovascular disease within 12 months from first dose of study intervention
  • Participants with known gastrointestinal (GI) malabsorption or any other condition that may affect the absorption of lenvatinib
  • Has risk for significant GI bleeding, such as:
  • Has had a serious nonhealing wound, peptic ulcer, or bone fracture within 28 days prior to allocation/randomization
  • Has significant bleeding disorders, vasculitis, or has had a significant bleeding episode from the GI tract within 12 weeks prior to allocation/randomization

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

120 participants in 4 patient groups

Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will receive pembrolizumab intravenously plus chemotherapy (investigator's choice of irinotecan or paclitaxel) at specified doses on specified days for a total treatment duration of up to approximately 2 years.
Treatment:
Drug: Paclitaxel
Drug: Irinotecan
Biological: Pembrolizumab
Coformulation Favezelimab/Pembrolizumab plus Chemotherapy
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will receive coformulation of favezelimab/pembrolizumab administered intravenously plus chemotherapy (investigator's choice of irinotecan or paclitaxel) at specified doses on specified days for a total treatment duration of up to approximately 2 years.
Treatment:
Drug: Paclitaxel
Biological: Coformulation favezelimab/pembrolizumab
Drug: Irinotecan
Pembrolizumab plus MK-4830 plus Chemotherapy
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will receive pembrolizumab intravenously plus MK-4830 plus chemotherapy (investigator's choice of irinotecan or paclitaxel) at specified doses on specified days for a total treatment duration of up to approximately 2 years.
Treatment:
Drug: Paclitaxel
Drug: Irinotecan
Biological: MK-4830
Biological: Pembrolizumab
Pembrolizumab plus MK-4830 plus lenvatinib
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will receive pembrolizumab intravenously plus MK-4830 plus lenvatinib orally at specified doses on specified days for a total treatment duration of up to approximately 2 years.
Treatment:
Drug: Lenvatinib
Biological: MK-4830
Biological: Pembrolizumab

Trial contacts and locations

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