The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effectiveness and safety of the bispecific antibody acasunlimab (also known as DuoBody®-PD-L1x4-1BB) when given either alone or together with the cancer drug pembrolizumab in participants with locally advanced or metastatic melanoma of the skin. All participants will receive active drugs; no one will be given a placebo. The trial duration will be approximately 15 months for each participant, including a 28-day screening period and estimated 4-month treatment and 10-month follow-up periods; however, the duration of the treatment and follow-up periods may vary for each participant. Participants will have regular check-ups while on treatment, with visits every week initially, and then every 3 weeks later in the trial.
This is a Phase 2, randomized, open-label, multicenter trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of acasunlimab as monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab in adult participants with relapsed/refractory, unresectable locally advanced or metastatic cutaneous melanoma who progressed on or after prior checkpoint inhibitor (CPI)-containing therapy. Participants will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive acasunlimab and pembrolizumab or acasunlimab alone. Eligible participants must have received a minimum of 2 cycles of an approved anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) containing therapy. Participants whose tumor harbors a B-Raf proto-oncogene, serine/threonine kinase (BRAF) V600 mutation are eligible for the trial if they have received a BRAF-directed therapy (with or without a mitogen-activated protein kinase \[MEK\] inhibitor) prior to enrollment in the trial, unless the investigator has deemed a BRAF-directed therapy not clinically indicated. BRAF V600 mutational status must be determined by local assessment and documented.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
1
Intravenous (IV) infusion
IV infusion
Tennessee Oncology, PLLC
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Pan American Center for Oncology Trials, LLC
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Objective Response Rate (ORR)
Assessed by the investigator per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1.
Time frame: Up to approximately 12 months
Time to Response (TTR)
Assessed by the investigator per RECIST v1.1.
Time frame: Up to approximately 15 months
Duration of Response (DOR)
Assessed by the investigator per RECIST v1.1.
Time frame: Up to approximately 15 months
Progression-free Survival (PFS)
Assessed by the investigator per RECIST v1.1.
Time frame: Up to approximately 15 months
Overall Survival (OS)
Time frame: Up to approximately 15 months
Number of Participants with Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)
Time frame: Up to approximately 15 months
Time to Treatment Discontinuation Due to Adverse Events (AEs)
Time frame: Up to approximately 15 months
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