NCT02083484

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.

Trial Health

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

March 7, 2014

Completed
4 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

March 11, 2014

Completed
Last Updated

January 26, 2018

Status Verified

January 1, 2018

First QC Date

March 7, 2014

Last Update Submit

January 25, 2018

Conditions

Interventions

PembrolizumabBIOLOGICAL

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

Age12 Years+
Sexall
Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

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.

  • Bender 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.

  • Gangadhar 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.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Melanoma

Interventions

pembrolizumab

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neuroendocrine TumorsNeuroectodermal TumorsNeoplasms, Germ Cell and EmbryonalNeoplasms by Histologic TypeNeoplasmsNeoplasms, Nerve TissueNevi and MelanomasSkin NeoplasmsNeoplasms by SiteSkin DiseasesSkin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Study Officials

  • Medical Director

    Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

    STUDY DIRECTOR

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