Pembrolizumab With Chemotherapy and MK-4830 for Treating Participants With Ovarian Cancer (MK-4830-002)
A Randomized, Phase 2 Study of Pembrolizumab And Chemotherapy With or Without MK-4830 as Neoadjuvant Treatment for High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
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interventional
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11 countries
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Brief Summary
The primary objective is to evaluate in participants with high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC), whether the reduction from baseline in circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid (ctDNA) at Cycle 3 (ΔctDNA) is larger in participants receiving MK-4830 + pembrolizumab in combination with standard of care (SOC) therapy than in those receiving pembrolizumab + SOC therapy.
Trial Health
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for phase_2
Started Jul 2022
45 active sites
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
July 1, 2022
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
July 7, 2022
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
July 25, 2022
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 20, 2023
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
October 16, 2024
CompletedResults Posted
Study results publicly available
December 17, 2024
CompletedOctober 1, 2025
September 1, 2025
1.4 years
July 1, 2022
November 27, 2024
September 11, 2025
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Change From Baseline in Circulating Tumor Deoxyribonucleic Acid (ctDNA)
Blood samples were collected to determine levels of ctDNA. The fold change in the mean mutant/tumor molecules per mL (MTM/mL) at Cycle 3 from baseline is presented.
Baseline and Week 7
Secondary Outcomes (8)
Participants With Surgery and Pathological Complete Response (pCR): Change From Baseline in ctDNA
Baseline and Week 12
Association of Change From Baseline in ctDNA With pCR
Baseline and Week 12
Participants With Surgery and Chemotherapy Response Score (CRS): Change From Baseline in ctDNA
Baseline and Week 12
Association of Change From Baseline in ctDNA With CRS3
Baseline and Week 12
pCR Rate
Up to approximately 12 weeks
- +3 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (2)
Pembrolizumab + Standard of Care (SOC) + MK-4830
EXPERIMENTALBefore surgery participants will receive pembrolizumab 200 mg, paclitaxel 175 mg/m\^2 (or docetaxel 75 mg/m\^2), carboplatin Area Under the Curve (AUC) 5 to 6, and MK-4830 800 mg by intravenous (IV) infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks \[Q3W\]) for 3 cycles. After surgery participants will receive pembrolizumab 200 mg, paclitaxel 175 mg/m\^2 (or docetaxel 75 mg/m\^2), carboplatin AUC 5 to 6, and MK-4830 800 mg (with avastin \[or biosimilar\] at the investigator's discretion and per insitutional guidelines) by IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle (Q3W) for 3 cycles.
Pembrolizumab + SOC
ACTIVE COMPARATORBefore surgery participants will receive pembrolizumab 200 mg, paclitaxel 175 mg/m\^2 (or docetaxel 75 mg/m\^2), and carboplatin AUC 5 to 6 by IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle (Q3W) for 3 cycles. After surgery participants will receive pembrolizumab 200 mg, paclitaxel 175 mg/m\^2 (or docetaxel 75 mg/m\^2), and carboplatin AUC 5 to 6 (with avastin \[or biosimilar\] at the investigator's discretion and per insitutional guidelines) by IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle (Q3W) for 3 cycles.
Interventions
200 mg by IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle
175 mg/m\^2 by IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle
AUC 5 to 6 by IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle
According to local practice and at the choice of the investigator.
800 mg by IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle
75 mg/m\^2 by IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle
Eligibility Criteria
You may not qualify if:
- Has histologically-confirmed International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Stage III or Stage IV HGSOC, primary peritoneal cancer, or fallopian tube cancer.
- Is a candidate for carboplatin and paclitaxel chemotherapy, to be administered in the neoadjuvant and adjuvant setting.
- Is a candidate for interval debulking surgery.
- Is able to provide archival tissue or newly obtained core, incisional, or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion.
- Has adequate organ functions.
- Has a non-HGSOC histology.
- Has a history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids or has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease.
- Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 3 years.
- Has received prior treatment for any stage of ovarian cancer (OC), including radiation or systemic anticancer therapy.
- Planned or has been administered intraperitoneal chemotherapy as first-line therapy.
- Has received prior therapy with an anti-programmed cell death 1 protein (PD-1), anti-programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1), anti-programmed cell death 1 ligand 2 (PD-L2), anti-immunoglobulin-like transcript 4 (ILT4), or anti-human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-G agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or coinhibitory T-cell receptor.
- Has received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention.
- Is currently participating in or has participated in a study of an investigational agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks before the first dose of study intervention.
- Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior the first dose of study medication.
- Has known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis.
- +13 more criteria
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (45)
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus-Cancer Clinical Trials Office ( Site 0108)
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
Mayo Clinic in Florida ( Site 0101)
Jacksonville, Florida, 32224, United States
Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health, Inc. ( Site 0110)
Miami, Florida, 33176, United States
Northwestern Memorial Hospital ( Site 0104)
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
Washington University ( Site 0113)
St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey ( Site 0114)
New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, United States
Roswell Park Cancer Institute ( Site 0106)
Buffalo, New York, 14263, United States
Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island ( Site 0116)
Mineola, New York, 11501, United States
Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone ( Site 0107)
New York, New York, 10016, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ( Site 0102)
New York, New York, 10065, United States
Sanford Cancer Center-Gynecologic Oncology ( Site 0115)
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57104, United States
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ( Site 0100)
Seattle, Washington, 98109, United States
Antwerp University Hospital-Oncology ( Site 1301)
Edegem, Antwerpen, 2650, Belgium
AZ Maria Middelares-IKG ( Site 1302)
Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, 9000, Belgium
UZ Leuven ( Site 1300)
Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, 3000, Belgium
Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal ( Site 0300)
Montreal, Quebec, H2X 3E4, Canada
McGill University Health Centre ( Site 0301)
Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada
FALP ( Site 0905)
Santiago, Region M. de Santiago, 7500921, Chile
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile-Centro del Cáncer ( Site 0900)
Santiago, Region M. de Santiago, 8330032, Chile
James Lind Centro de Investigación del Cáncer ( Site 0903)
Temuco, Región de la Araucanía, 4800827, Chile
ONCOCENTRO APYS-ACEREY ( Site 0904)
Viña del Mar, Región de Valparaíso, 2520598, Chile
Rambam Health Care Campus-Gyneco-oncology unit ( Site 0602)
Haifa, 3109601, Israel
Shaare Zedek Medical Center ( Site 0601)
Jerusalem, 9103102, Israel
Sheba Medical Center-ONCOLOGY ( Site 0600)
Ramat Gan, 5265601, Israel
Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale-S.C. Oncologia Sperimentale Uro-Genitale ( Site 0
Napoli, Campania, 80131, Italy
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli-Ginecologia Oncologica ( Site 0502)
Rome, Lazio, oo168, Italy
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori-Struttura Complessa Chirurgia Ginecologica ( Site 050
Milan, Lombardy, 20133, Italy
Istituto Europeo di Oncologia IRCCS-Divisione di Ginecologia Oncologica ( Site 0501)
Milan, 20141, Italy
Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny w Poznaniu-Oddzial Ginekologii Onkologicznej ( Site 0709)
Poznan, Greater Poland Voivodeship, 61-848, Poland
Mazowiecki Szpital Wojewódzki w Siedlcach-Siedleckie Centrum Onkologii ( Site 0701)
Siedlce, Masovian Voivodeship, 08-110, Poland
Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie - P-Klinika Ginekologii Onkologicznej ( Sit
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, 02-781, Poland
Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne-Klinika Ginekologii, Ginekologii Onkologicznej i Endokrynologii Gi
Gdansk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, 80-214, Poland
Swietokrzyskie Centrum Onkologii, Samodzielny Publiczny Zaklad Opieki Zdrowotnej ( Site 0708)
Kielce, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, 25-734, Poland
National Cancer Centre Singapore ( Site 1501)
Singapore, Central Singapore, 168583, Singapore
National University Hospital ( Site 1502)
Singapore, South West, 119074, Singapore
Seoul National University Hospital ( Site 0801)
Seoul, 03080, South Korea
Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System-Gynecologic cancer center ( Site 0800)
Seoul, 03722, South Korea
Instituto Catalan de Oncologia - Hospital Duran i Reynals-Medical Oncology ( Site 1103)
Hospitalet, Barcelona, 08907, Spain
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre-Medical Oncology ( Site 1104)
Madrid, Madrid, Comunidad de, 28041, Spain
Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron-Departamento de Oncologia- VHIO ( Site 1101)
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
Changhua Christian Hospital-Obstetrics and Gynecology ( Site 1203)
Changhua County, Changhua, 50006, Taiwan
Taichung Veterans General Hospital-GYNECOLOGY ( Site 1202)
Taichung, 407, Taiwan
National Cheng Kung University Hospital ( Site 1201)
Tainan, 704, Taiwan
National Taiwan University Hospital-Internal Medicine ( Site 1200)
Taipei, 10002, Taiwan
Mackay Memorial Hospital ( Site 1204)
Taipei, 10449, Taiwan
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Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Results Point of Contact
- Title
- Senior Vice President, Global Clinical Development
- Organization
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Medical Director
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Publication Agreements
- PI is Sponsor Employee
- No
- Restriction Type
- OTHER
- Restrictive Agreement
- Yes
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 2
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
July 1, 2022
First Posted
July 7, 2022
Study Start
July 25, 2022
Primary Completion
December 20, 2023
Study Completion
October 16, 2024
Last Updated
October 1, 2025
Results First Posted
December 17, 2024
Record last verified: 2025-09
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
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