Program for Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Participants With Metastatic Melanoma Who Have Failed Standard of Care Therapy Including Ipilimumab (MK-3475-030)
Expanded Access of MK-3475 in Metastatic Melanoma Patients With Limited to No Treatment Options
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Brief Summary
This is an expanded access program (EAP) for participants who have progressed after prior systemic therapy including ipilimumab, and V-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1 (BRAF) inhibitor or mitogen-activated protein kinase (MEK) enzyme inhibitor when indicated. Participants cannot be eligible for or have participated in any pembrolizumab (MK-3475) clinical trial with the exception of a participant enrolled in the pembrolizumab protocol MK-3475-006 who received treatment on the ipilimumab treatment arm and progressed; such participants will be eligible to participate in the EAP, regardless of prior treatment with a BRAF/MEK inhibitor, as long as all other eligibility criteria for MK-3475-030 are met.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
March 7, 2014
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
March 11, 2014
CompletedJanuary 26, 2018
January 1, 2018
March 7, 2014
January 25, 2018
Conditions
Interventions
Each participant will receive pembrolizumab every 3 weeks for up to 2 years or until confirmed radiographic disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, confirmed positive pregnancy test, withdrawal of consent, or pembrolizumab approval in the participant's country.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Unresectable (Stage III) or metastatic melanoma
- Failed or progressed on standard of care systemic therapy including ipilimumab (with the exception of a participant with progressive disease while on the ipilimumab arm of MK-3475-006, regardless of prior treatment with a BRAF/MEK inhibitor, as long as all other eligibility criteria for this study are met)
- Willing to sign Informed Consent
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance status of 0 or 1
- Female participants of childbearing potential must be willing to use adequate contraception or be surgically sterile, or abstain from heterosexual activity starting with the first dose of treatment through at least 120 days after the last dose of pembrolizumab
- Male participants must agree to use an adequate method of contraception starting with the first dose of treatment through 120 days after the last dose of pembrolizumab
- Adequate organ function
You may not qualify if:
- Eligible for an accessible pembrolizumab clinical study or previously participated in a pembrolizumab clinical study (with the exception of a participant with progressive disease while on the ipilimumab arm of MK-3475-006)
- Eligible for treatment with a marketed BRAF inhibitor or MEK inhibitor (with the exception of a participant with progressive disease while on the ipilimumab arm of MK-3475-006, regardless of prior treatment with a BRAF/MEK inhibitor, as long as all other eligibility criteria for this study are met)
- Not recovered to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Grade 1 or better due to prior chemotherapy, radioactive, or biological cancer therapy (including monoclonal antibodies)
- Not recovered from minor or major surgery and less than 4 weeks from major surgery
- History of life-threatening or severe immune-related adverse events on treatment with another immunotherapy
- Expected to require any other form of systemic antineoplastic therapy while receiving pembrolizumab
- History of clinically severe autoimmune disease (e.g., requires chronic immunosuppressive therapy)
- History of pneumonitis, organ transplant, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), active hepatitis B or hepatitis C
- Active central nervous system metastases, carcinomatous meningitis, untreated brain metastases
- Pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of treatment with pembrolizumab
- Active infection requiring systemic therapy
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Related Publications (3)
Kottschade LA, McWilliams RR, Markovic SN, Block MS, Villasboas Bisneto J, Pham AQ, Esplin BL, Dronca RS. The use of pembrolizumab for the treatment of metastatic uveal melanoma. Melanoma Res. 2016 Jun;26(3):300-3. doi: 10.1097/CMR.0000000000000242.
PMID: 26848796RESULTBender C, Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss A, Enk A, Hassel JC. Safety of the PD-1 antibody pembrolizumab in patients with high-grade adverse events under ipilimumab treatment. Ann Oncol. 2016 Jul;27(7):1353-4. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdw128. Epub 2016 Mar 6. No abstract available.
PMID: 26951629RESULTGangadhar TC, Hwu WJ, Postow MA, Hamid O, Daud A, Dronca R, Joseph R, O'Day SJ, Hodi FS, Pavlick AC, Kluger H, Oxborough RP, Yang A, Gazdoiu M, Kush DA, Ebbinghaus S, Salama AKS. Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab in Patients Enrolled in KEYNOTE-030 in the United States: An Expanded Access Program. J Immunother. 2017 Nov/Dec;40(9):334-340. doi: 10.1097/CJI.0000000000000186.
PMID: 29028788RESULT
MeSH Terms
Conditions
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Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Medical Director
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Study Design
- Study Type
- expanded access
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
March 7, 2014
First Posted
March 11, 2014
Last Updated
January 26, 2018
Record last verified: 2018-01