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NCT Number: NCT03897881

An Efficacy Study of Adjuvant Treatment With the Personalized Cancer Vaccine mRNA-4157 and Pembrolizumab in Participants With High-Risk Melanoma (KEYNOTE-942)

The purpose of this study is to assess whether postoperative adjuvant therapy with mRNA-4157 and pembrolizumab improves recurrence free survival (RFS) compared to pembrolizumab alone in participants with complete resection of cutaneous melanoma and a high risk of recurrence.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Melanoma Institute Australia, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Resectable cutaneous melanoma metastatic to a lymph node and at high risk of recurrence
  • Complete resection within 13 weeks prior to the first dose of pembrolizumab
  • Disease free at study entry (after surgery) with no loco-regional relapse or distant metastasis and no clinical evidence of brain metastases
  • Has an formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tumor sample available suitable for sequencing
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status 0 or 1
  • Normal organ and marrow function reported at screening

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • Prior malignancy, unless no evidence of that disease for at least 5 years prior to study entry
  • Prior systemic anti-cancer treatment (except surgery and interferon for thick primary melanomas. Radiotherapy after lymph node dissection is permitted)
  • Live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of pembrolizumab
  • Transfusion of blood or administration of colony stimulating factors within 2 weeks of the screening blood sample
  • Active autoimmune disease
  • Immunodeficiency, systemic steroid therapy, or any other immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of pembrolizumab
  • Solid organ or allogeneic bone marrow transplant
  • Pneumonitis or a history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis that required steroids
  • Prior interstitial lung disease
  • Clinically significant heart failure
  • Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
  • Known active hepatitis B or C
  • Active infection requiring treatment

Treatment and study plan

mRNA-4157

Drug

Individualized Neoantigen Therapy

Pembrolizumab

Biological

Intravenous infusion

Primary outcomes

  1. Recurrence-Free Survival (RFS), Assessed Using Radiological Imaging

    Time frame: Up to 7 years

    RFS is defined as the time between the date of first dose of pembrolizumab and the date of recurrence (local, regional, or distant metastasis), new primary melanoma, or death (whatever the cause), whichever occurs first.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Distant Metastasis-Free Survival (DMFS), Assessed Using Radiological Imaging

    Time frame: Up to 7 years

    DMFS is defined as the time between the date of first dose of pembrolizumab and the date of the first distant metastasis or the date of death (whatever the cause), whichever occurs first.

  2. Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)

    Time frame: Baseline through 100 days after last mRNA-4157 dose or up to 90 days after the last dose of pembrolizumab, whichever is later (for mRNA-4157 and Pembrolizumab combination arm) and up to 90 days after last pembrolizumab dose (for Pembrolizumab only arm)

  3. Number of Participants Who Discontinued Due to AEs

    Time frame: Baseline through 100 days after last mRNA-4157 dose or up to 90 days after the last dose of pembrolizumab, whichever is later (for mRNA-4157 and Pembrolizumab combination arm) and up to 90 days after last pembrolizumab dose (for Pembrolizumab only arm)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

ModernaTX, Inc.

Industry

Collaborators

  • Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 2 Randomized Study of Adjuvant Immunotherapy With the Personalized Cancer Vaccine mRNA-4157 and Pembrolizumab Versus Pembrolizumab Alone After Complete Resection of High-Risk Melanoma (KEYNOTE- 942)

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2032
Study completion
2032
First posted
Apr 1, 2019
Registry last updated
Dec 3, 2025

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