A Single Arm Trial Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of EVX-01 in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Adults With Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma

NCT ID: NCT05309421

Last Updated: 2025-09-22

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

17 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-09-19

Study Completion Date

2026-03-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this single arm, multi-national clinical trial in patients with metastatic or unresectable melanoma is to evaluate the BOR and compare it to historical data on patients on anti-PD1 treatment with pembrolizumab alone.

Detailed Description

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Patients will initiate treatment with pembrolizumab at the start of the trial and receive up to 18 treatment cycles (approximately 2 years). Immunization with the EVX-01 will be initiated at Week 12. In total, 10 doses of EVX-01 will be administered intramuscularly, with 6 doses given two weeks apart and 4 booster doses at later time points.

Conditions

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Melanoma Stage IV Unresectable Melanoma

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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EVX-01 in combination with pembrolizumab

EVX-01 is administered im. Pembrolizumab is administered according to label

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

EVX-01

Intervention Type DRUG

Investigational drug given in combination with standard of care

Pembrolizumab 25 MG/ML

Intervention Type DRUG

Standard of care

Interventions

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EVX-01

Investigational drug given in combination with standard of care

Intervention Type DRUG

Pembrolizumab 25 MG/ML

Standard of care

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Keytruda

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Be at least 18 years of age on day of signing informed consent.
* Histologically confirmed, and not amenable to local therapy, metastatic or unresectable melanoma Stage III or Stage IV, as per AJCC 8th ed. staging system.

1. Patient may not have a diagnosis of uveal or ocular melanoma.
2. Patients must be treatment naïve to checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) therapy
3. Patients must have testing for a BRAF mutation prior to study entry.

Note: Patients with BRAF V600E mutant melanoma may have received prior BRAF inhibitor therapy as first-line systemic therapy and be eligible for this study as second line treatment. At the discretion of the investigator, patients with BRAF V600E mutant melanoma who have NOT received a BRAF inhibitor are also eligible for this study as first line treatment if they meet the following additional criteria:

i. LDH \< local ULN, ii. No clinically significant tumor related symptoms in the judgment of the investigator, and iii. Absence of rapidly progressing metastatic melanoma in the judgment of the investigator

* Have measurable disease per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by the local site investigator within 4 weeks prior to the first visit. Lesions situated in a previously irradiated area are considered measurable if progression has been demonstrated in such lesions.
* Patients must be willing and able to provide fresh or frozen tumor tissue from an unresectable or metastatic site of disease for neoepitope and biomarker analyses. If a sufficient amount of tumor tissue from an unresectable or metastatic site is not available prior to the start of the screening phase, subjects must consent to allow the acquisition of additional tumor tissue. In addition, participants may provide additional biopsy at the time of discontinuation due to progression.
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.

Exclusion Criteria

* Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti PD L2 agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or co-inhibitory T-cell receptor (e.g., CTLA-4, OX 40, CD137).
* Has received prior systemic anti-cancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 weeks prior to treatment.
* Has received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study treatment. Participants must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicities, not require corticosteroids, and not have had radiation pneumonitis. A 1-week washout is permitted for palliative radiation (≤2 weeks of radiotherapy) to non-CNS disease.
* Has received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study intervention. Note: Administration of killed vaccines are allowed.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Evaxion Biotech A/S

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Melanoma Institute Australia

Wollstonecraft, New South Wales, Australia

Site Status

One Clinical Research

Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia

Site Status

Divisione di Oncologia Medica del Melanoma

Milan, , Italy

Site Status

Instituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione

Napoli, , Italy

Site Status

Countries

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Australia Italy

References

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Long GV, Ferrucci PF, Khattak A, Meniawy TM, Ott PA, Chisamore M, Trolle T, Hyseni A, Heegaard E. KEYNOTE - D36: personalized immunotherapy with a neoepitope vaccine, EVX-01 and pembrolizumab in advanced melanoma. Future Oncol. 2022 Oct;18(31):3473-3480. doi: 10.2217/fon-2022-0694. Epub 2022 Sep 1.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 36047545 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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2024-512393-10-00

Identifier Type: CTIS

Identifier Source: secondary_id

KEYNOTE-D36

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EVX-01-001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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