Substudy 03A: A Study of Immune and Targeted Combination Therapies in Participants With First Line (1L) Renal Cell Carcinoma (MK-3475-03A)

Phase 2Active Not RecruitingNCT04626479

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC400 enrolled

Overview

Substudy 03A is part of a larger research study that is testing experimental treatments for renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The larger study is the umbrella study (U03). The goal of substudy 03A is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of experimental combinations of investigational agents in participants with advanced first line (1L) clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). This substudy will have two phases: a safety lead-in phase and an efficacy phase. The safety lead-in phase will be used to demonstrate a tolerable safety profile for the combination of investigational agents. There will be no hypothesis testing in this study.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

400

Conditions

Carcinoma, Renal Cell

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 120 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Has a histologically confirmed diagnosis of locally advanced/metastatic ccRCC * Has received no prior systemic therapy for advanced RCC; prior neoadjuvant/adjuvant therapy for RCC is acceptable if completed ≥12 months before randomization/allocation. * Is able to swallow oral medication * Has adequate organ function * Participants receiving bone resorptive therapy must have therapy initiated at least 2 weeks before randomization/allocation * Has resolution of toxic effects of the most recent prior therapy to ≤Grade 1 * Has adequately controlled blood pressure (BP ≤150/90 mm Hg) with no change in hypertensive medications within 1 week before randomization/allocation * Male participants are abstinent from heterosexual intercourse or agree to use contraception during treatment with and for at least 7 days after the last dose of lenvatinib and /or belzutifan; 7 days after lenvatinib and/or belzutifan is stopped, if the participant is only receiving pembrolizumab, pembrolizumab/quavonlimab, favezelimab/pembrolizumab or a combination of the aforementioned drugs, no contraception is needed * Female participants must not be pregnant and not be a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP) or is a WOCBP abstinent from heterosexual intercourse or using contraception during the intervention period and for at least 120 days after the last dose of pembrolizumab, pembrolizumab/quavonlimab, favezelimab/pembrolizumab for 30 days after the last dose of lenvatinib or belzutifan, whichever occurs last and must abstain from breastfeeding during the study intervention period and for at least 120 days after study intervention Exclusion Criteria: * Has urine protein ≥1 g/24 hours and has any of the following: (a) a pulse oximeter reading \<92% at rest, or (b) requires intermittent supplemental oxygen, or (c) requires chronic supplemental oxygen (d) active hemoptysis within 3 weeks prior to the first dose of study intervention * Has clinically significant cardiovascular disease within 12 months from the first dose of study intervention administration * Has had major surgery within 3 weeks before first dose of study interventions * Has a history of lung disease * Has a history of inflammatory bowel disease * Has preexisting gastrointestinal (GI) or non-GI fistula * Has malabsorption due to prior GI surgery or disease * Has received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study intervention * Has received a live or live attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study drug; killed vaccines are allowed * Has received more than 4 previous systemic anticancer treatment regimens * Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving any form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study intervention * Has known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 3 years * Has known central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis * Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years; replacement therapy is not considered a form of systemic treatment and is allowed * Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy * Has a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection * Has a known history of Hepatitis B * Has had an allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Safety Lead-in Phase: Number of participants who experience one or more dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs)

DLTs are defined as one or more of the following toxicities: (1) grade (gr) 4 nonhematologic toxicity (2) gr 4 hematologic toxicity lasting \>7 days OR gr 4 platelet count decreased of any duration OR gr 3 platelet count decreased if associated with bleeding (3) gr 3 nonhematologic toxicity except gr 3 fatigue (lasting ≤3 days), diarrhea, nausea, vomiting or rash without standard of care (4) gr 3 or 4 nonhematologic abnormality if medical intervention is required or if it leads to hospitalization or persists for \>1 week (5) gr 3 or 4 febrile neutropenia (6) gr 3 or 4 alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase and/or bilirubin laboratory value (7) treatment related adverse event (AE) causing study intervention discontinuation during the first 21 days (8) treatment related AE causing intervention administration delay for \>14 days during the first 21 days (9) gr 5 toxicity. The number of participants who experience one or more DLTs in the safety lead-in phase will be presented.

Time frame: Up to ~21 days

Safety Lead-in Phase: Number of participants who experience one or more adverse events (AEs)

An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. The number of participants who experience one or more AEs in the safety lead-in phase will be presented.

Time frame: Up to ~21 days

Safety Lead-in Phase: Number of participants who discontinue study treatment due to an AE

An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. The number of participants who discontinue study treatment due to an AE in the safety lead-in phase will be presented.

Time frame: Up to ~21 days

Efficacy Phase: Number of participants who experience one or more DLTs

Time frame: Up to ~21 days

Efficacy Phase: Number of participants who experience one or more AEs

Time frame: Up to ~43 months

Efficacy Phase: Number of participants who discontinue study treatment due to an AE

An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. The number of participants who discontinue study treatment due to an AE in the efficacy phase will be presented.

Time frame: Up to ~43 months

Efficacy Phase: Objective response rate (ORR)

ORR is defined as the percentage of participants in the analysis population who have a complete response (CR: disappearance of all target lesions) or partial response (PR: at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters). Responses are according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) by blinded independent central review (BICR).

Time frame: Up to ~43 months

Secondary Outcomes

Efficacy Phase: Duration of response (DOR)

For participants in the analysis population who demonstrate a confirmed CR (disappearance of all target lesions) or confirmed PR (at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters), DOR is defined as the time from first documented evidence of CR or PR until progressive disease or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first. Responses are according to RECIST 1.1 by BICR.

Time frame: Up to ~43 months

Efficacy Phase: Progression-free survival (PFS)

PFS is defined as the time from randomization to the first documented progressive disease or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first. Responses are according to RECIST 1.1 by BICR.

Time frame: Up to ~43 months

Efficacy Phase: Overall survival (OS)

OS is defined as the time from randomization to death due to any cause.

Time frame: Up to ~43 months

Efficacy Phase: Clinical benefit rate (CBR)

CBR is defined as the percentage of participants who have achieved CR (disappearance of all target lesions) or PR (at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters) or stable disease (SD: neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for progressive disease) of ≥6 months. Responses are according to RECIST 1.1 by BICR.

Time frame: Up to ~43 months

Substudy 03A: A Study of Immune and Targeted Combination Therapies in Participants With First Line (1L) Renal Cell Carcinoma (MK-3475-03A)

Overview

Conditions

Interventions

Eligibility

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Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes