A Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) With or Without Intismeran Autogene (V940) in Participants With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (V940-009/INTerpath-009)

Phase 3RecruitingNCT06623422

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC680 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this study is to learn if people who receive intismeran autogene and pembrolizumab after surgery are cancer-free longer than people who receive placebo and pembrolizumab. Researchers want to know if giving intismeran autogene and pembrolizumab after surgery can help prevent the cancer from coming back in people with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors did not respond completely to treatment before surgery (neoadjuvant treatment).

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

680

Conditions

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

Interventions

Pembrolizumab

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: The main inclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following: * Has histologically/cytologically confirmed diagnosis of previously untreated and pathologically confirmed resectable Stage II, IIIA, or IIIB (N2) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) \[American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 8th Edition\] * Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 within 7 days before the first dose of study intervention * Participants who have not achieved a pathological complete response (pCR) following completion of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and pembrolizumab followed by surgery will be eligible * Confirmation that epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-directed therapy is not indicated as primary therapy (documentation of absence of tumor-activating EGFR mutations \[eg, DEL19 or L858R\]) * Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected participants must have well controlled HIV on anti-retroviral therapy (ART) * Participants who are hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive are eligible if they have received hepatitis B virus (HBV) antiviral therapy for at least 4 weeks and have undetectable HBV viral load prior to randomization * Participants with history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable at screening Exclusion Criteria: The main exclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following: * Diagnosis of SCLC or, for mixed tumors, presence of small cell elements, or has a neuroendocrine tumor with large-cell components, or a sarcomatoid carcinoma, or a pancoast tumor * Documentation by local test report indicating presence of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene rearrangements * Received prior neoadjuvant therapy for their current NSCLC diagnosis * Received prior therapy with an anti-programmed cell death 1 (PD-1), anti-programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1), or anti-programmed cell-death ligand 2 (PD-L2) agent, or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or coinhibitory T-cell receptor (eg, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein \[CTLA-4\], OX-40, CD137) * Received prior systemic anticancer therapy including investigational agents other than what is specified in this protocol * Received prior treatment with a cancer vaccine * Received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study intervention, or has radiation-related toxicities, requiring corticosteroids * Received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Disease-Free Survival (DFS)

DFS is defined as the time from randomization to any recurrence (local, locoregional, regional or distant), occurrence of new primary NSCLC, as assessed by the investigator, or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.

Time frame: Up to ~97 months

Secondary Outcomes

Overall Survival (OS)

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

Time frame: Up to ~129 months

Distant Metastasis-Free Survival (DMFS)

DMFS is defined as the time from randomization to the first diagnosis of a distant metastasis as assessed by the investigator, or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first. Distant metastasis refers to cancer that has spread from the original (primary) tumor and beyond local tissues and lymph nodes to distant organs or distant lymph nodes.

Time frame: Up to ~129 months

Disease-Free Survival 2 (DFS2)

DFS2 is defined as the time from randomization to subsequent recurrence or disease progression after initiation of next-line anticancer therapy as assessed by the investigator, or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.

Time frame: Up to ~129 months

Lung Cancer Specific Survival (LCSS)

LCSS is defined as the time from randomization to death due to lung cancer specifically as assessed by the investigator.

Time frame: Up to ~129 months

Change from Baseline in the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)-Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30 (QLQ-C30) Global Health Status/Quality of Life (Items 29 and 30)

The EORTC QLQ-C30 is a 30-item questionnaire to assess the overall quality of life of cancer patients. Participant responses to the questions "How would you rate your overall health during the past week?" and "How would you rate your overall quality of life during the past week?" will be scored on a 7-point scale (1= Very poor to 7=Excellent). Using linear transformation, raw scores will be standardized, so that scores range from 0 to 100. Higher scores indicate a better overall health status. The change from baseline in global health status/quality of life (EORTC QLQ-C30 Items 29 and 30) combined score will be presented.

Time frame: Baseline and up to ~129 months

Change from Baseline in the EORTC QLQ-C30 Physical Functioning (Items 1-5)

The EORTC QLQ-C30 is a 30-item questionnaire to assess the overall quality of life of cancer patients. Participant responses to 5 questions about their physical functioning will be scored on a 4-point scale (1=Not at All to 4=Very Much). Using linear transformation, raw scores will be standardized, so that scores range from 0 to 100. Higher scores indicate a worse level of physical functioning. The change from baseline in physical functioning (EORTC QLQ-C30 Items 1-5) combined score will be presented.

Time frame: Baseline and up to ~129 months

Change from Baseline in the EORTC QLQ-C30 Role Functioning (Items 6 and 7)

The EORTC QLQ-C30 is a 30-item questionnaire to assess the overall quality of life of cancer patients. Participant responses to the questions "Were you limited in doing either your work or other daily activities during the past week?" and " Were you limited in pursuing your hobbies or other leisure time activities during the past week?" will be scored on a 4-point scale (1=Not at All to 4=Very Much). Higher scores indicate a worse level of role functioning. Change from baseline in the role functioning (EORTC QLQ-C30 Items 6 and 7) combined score will be presented.

Time frame: Baseline and up to ~129 months

Number of participants with ≥1 adverse event (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.

Time frame: Up to ~129 months

Number of participants discontinuing from study therapy due to AE(s)

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.

Time frame: Up to ~129 months

A Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) With or Without Intismeran Autogene (V940) in Participants With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (V940-009/INTerpath-009)

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