Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Participants With Advanced Urothelial Cancer (MK-3475-052/KEYNOTE-052)

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

374 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-02-24

Study Completion Date

2022-02-18

Brief Summary

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This is a study using pembrolizumab (MK-3475, KEYTRUDA®) for first-line treatment of participants with advanced/unresectable (inoperable) or metastatic urothelial cancer who are ineligible for cisplatin-based therapy. The primary study objective is to determine the objective response rate (ORR) in all participants and by programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) status.

With Amendment 4, once a participant has achieved the study objective or the study has ended, the participant will be discontinued from this study and will be enrolled in an extension study to continue protocol-defined assessments and treatment.

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Detailed Description

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Participants receiving pembrolizumab who attain a complete response (CR) may consider stopping trial treatment if they meet criteria for holding therapy. Participants who stop trial treatment after receiving 24 months of trial treatment for reasons other than progressive disease (PD) or intolerability, or participants who attain a CR and stop trial treatment may be eligible for up to one year of retreatment upon experiencing PD.

Conditions

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Urothelial Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Pembrolizumab

Participants received pembrolizumab 200 mg by IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle (Q3W) for up to 2 years. Eligible participants who stopped the initial course of pembrolizumab due to complete response (CR) or completed initial course of pembrolizumab and had stable disease but progressed after discontinuation, initiated a second course of pembrolizumab at the investigator's discretion for up to an additional year.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

pembrolizumab

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

IV infusion

Interventions

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pembrolizumab

IV infusion

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Other Intervention Names

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MK-3475 KEYTRUDA®

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Histologically- or cytologically-confirmed diagnosis of advanced/unresectable (inoperable) or metastatic urothelial cancer of the renal pelvis, ureter, bladder, or urethra (transitional cell and mixed transitional/non-transitional cell histologies)
* Ineligible for cisplatin therapy
* No prior systemic chemotherapy for metastatic disease (adjuvant or neoadjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy with recurrence \>12 months since completion of therapy is allowed)
* Available tissue from a newly obtained core or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion not previously irradiated
* Measurable disease
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1 or 2
* Adequate organ function
* Female participants of childbearing potential have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test; surgically sterile, or willing to use 2 acceptable methods of birth control, or abstain from heterosexual activity for the course of the study through 120 days after the last dose of study treatment
* Male participants must be willing to use an adequate method of contraception starting with the first dose of study medication through 120 days after the last dose of study treatment

Exclusion Criteria

* Disease that is suitable for local therapy administered with curative intent
* Currently participating or has participated in a study of an investigational agent and received study therapy or used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment
* Prior anti-cancer monoclonal antibody (mAb) for direct anti-neoplastic treatment within 4 weeks prior to study Day 1 or who has not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier
* Prior chemotherapy, targeted small molecule therapy, or radiation therapy within 2 weeks prior to study Day 1 or not recovered from AEs due to a previously administered agent
* Known additional malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment excepting basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin that has undergone potentially curative therapy, or in situ cancer
* Known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis
* Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years
* Evidence of interstitial lung disease or active non-infectious pneumonitis
* Active infection requiring systemic therapy
* Pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the trial, starting with the screening visit through 120 days after the last dose of study treatment
* Prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent, or with an agent directed to another co-inhibitory T-cell receptor
* Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
* Known active Hepatitis B or C
* Received a live virus vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study treatment

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No