Pembrolizumab
BiologicalIV infusion
Other names: MK-3475, KEYTRUDA®
NCT Number: NCT02335424
This is a study using pembrolizumab (MK-3475, KEYTRUDA®) for first-line treatment of participants with advanced/unresectable (inoperable) or metastatic urothelial cancer who are ineligible for cisplatin-based therapy. The primary study objective is to determine the objective response rate (ORR) in all participants and by programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) status.
With Amendment 4, once a participant has achieved the study objective or the study has ended, the participant will be discontinued from this study and will be enrolled in an extension study to continue protocol-defined assessments and treatment.
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All sexes
Interventional
Phase 2
Participants receiving pembrolizumab who attain a complete response (CR) may consider stopping trial treatment if they meet criteria for holding therapy. Participants who stop trial treatment after receiving 24 months of trial treatment for reasons other than progressive disease (PD) or intolerability, or participants who attain a CR and stop trial treatment may be eligible for up to one year of retreatment upon experiencing PD.
Healthy volunteers accepted: No
Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.
Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
IV infusion
Other names: MK-3475, KEYTRUDA®
Time frame: Up to approximately 80.5 months
ORR was determined in all participants and was defined as the percentage of participants who had a confirmed Complete Response (CR: Disappearance of all target lesions) or a Partial Response (PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions) per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR). Participants with missing data were considered non-responders. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Up to approximately 80.5 months
ORR was determined in participants who had a PD-L1 CPS of ≥1% as measured by immunohistochemistry assay. ORR was defined as the percentage of participants who had a confirmed Complete Response (CR: Disappearance of all target lesions) or a Partial Response (PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions) per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR). Participants with missing data were considered non-responders. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Up to approximately 80.5 months
ORR was determined in participants who had a PD-L1 CPS of ≥10% as measured by immunohistochemistry assay. ORR was defined as the percentage of participants who had a confirmed Complete Response (CR: Disappearance of all target lesions) or a Partial Response (PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions) per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR). Participants with missing data were considered non-responders. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Up to approximately 80.5 months
DOR was determined in participants who demonstrated a confirmed Complete Response (CR: disappearance of all target lesions) or Partial Response (PR: ≥30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions) per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR). DOR was defined as the time from first documented evidence of a CR or PR until progressive disease (PD) or death and was calculated using the product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data. Participants who had not progressed or died at the time of analysis were censored at the date of their last tumor assessment. Per RECIST 1.1, PD was a ≥20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions plus an absolute increase of ≥5 mm in the sum, or the appearance of ≥1 new lesions. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Up to approximately 80.5 months
DOR was determined in participants who had a PD-L1 CPS of ≥1%, as measured by immunohistochemistry assay, and had a confirmed Complete Response (CR: disappearance of all target lesions) or Partial Response (PR: ≥30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions) per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR). DOR was defined as the time from first documented evidence of a CR or PR until progressive disease (PD) or death and was calculated using the product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data. Participants who had not progressed or died at the time of analysis were censored at the date of their last tumor assessment. Per RECIST 1.1, PD was a ≥20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions plus an absolute increase of ≥5 mm in the sum, or the appearance of ≥1 new lesions. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Up to approximately 80.5 months
DOR was determined in participants who had a PD-L1 CPS of ≥10%, as measured by immunohistochemistry assay, and had a confirmed Complete Response (CR: disappearance of all target lesions) or Partial Response (PR: ≥30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions) per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR). DOR was defined as the time from first documented evidence of a CR or PR until progressive disease (PD) or death and was calculated using the product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data. Participants who had not progressed or died at the time of analysis were censored at the date of their last tumor assessment. Per RECIST 1.1, PD was a ≥20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions plus an absolute increase of ≥5 mm in the sum, or the appearance of ≥1 new lesions. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Up to approximately 80.5 months
PFS was determined in all participants. PFS was defined as the time from randomization to the first documented progressive disease (PD) or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first, per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR). Per RECIST 1.1, PD was a ≥20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions plus an absolute increase of ≥5 mm in the sum, or the appearance of ≥1 new lesions. Time to scheduled tumor assessment visit rather than the actual tumor assessment visit was used in the analysis. PFS was calculated using the product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data. Participants were censored at the date of their last assessment. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Up to approximately 80.5 months
PFS was determined in participants who had a PD-L1 CPS of ≥1% as measured by immunohistochemistry assay. PFS was defined as the time from randomization to the first documented progressive disease (PD) or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first, per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR). Per RECIST 1.1, PD was a ≥20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions plus an absolute increase of ≥5 mm in the sum, or the appearance of ≥1 new lesions. Time to scheduled tumor assessment visit rather than the actual tumor assessment visit was used in the analysis. PFS was calculated using the product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data. Participants were censored at the date of their last assessment. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Up to approximately 80.5 months
PFS was determined in participants who had a PD-L1 CPS of ≥10% as measured by immunohistochemistry assay. PFS was defined as the time from randomization to the first documented progressive disease (PD) or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first, per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR). Per RECIST 1.1, PD was a ≥20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions plus an absolute increase of ≥5 mm in the sum, or the appearance of ≥1 new lesions. Time to scheduled tumor assessment visit rather than the actual tumor assessment visit was used in the analysis. PFS was calculated using the product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data. Participants were censored at the date of their last assessment. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Up to approximately 80.5 months
OS was determined for all participants and was defined as the time from randomization to death due to any cause. OS was calculated using the product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data. Participants were censored at the date of their last assessment. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Up to approximately 80.5 months
OS was determined in participants who had a PD-L1 CPS of ≥1%, as measured by immunohistochemistry assay. OS was defined as the time from randomization to death due to any cause. OS was calculated using the product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data. Participants were censored at the date of their last assessment. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Up to approximately 80.5 months
OS was determined in participants who had a PD-L1 CPS of ≥10% as measured by immunohistochemistry assay. OS was defined as the time from randomization to death due to any cause. OS was calculated using the product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data. Participants were censored at the date of their last assessment. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Month 6
The PFS rate was determined in all participants at Month 6. PFS was defined as the time from randomization to the first documented progressive disease (PD) or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first, per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR). Per RECIST 1.1, PD was a ≥20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions plus an absolute increase of ≥5 mm in the sum, or the appearance of ≥1 new lesions. Time to scheduled tumor assessment visit rather than the actual tumor assessment visit was used in the analysis. PFS at Month 6 was calculated using product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data. Participants were censored at the date of their last assessment. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Month 6
The PFS rate was determined in participants who had a PD-L1 CPS of ≥1%, as measured by immunohistochemistry assay, at Month 6. PFS was defined as the time from randomization to the first documented progressive disease (PD) or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first, per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR). Per RECIST 1.1, PD was a ≥20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions plus an absolute increase of ≥5 mm in the sum, or the appearance of ≥1 new lesions. Time to scheduled tumor assessment visit rather than the actual tumor assessment visit was used in the analysis. PFS at Month 6 was calculated using product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data. Participants were censored at the date of their last assessment. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Month 6
The PFS rate was determined in participants who had a PD-L1 CPS of ≥10%, as measured by immunohistochemistry assay, at Month 6. PFS was defined as the time from randomization to the first documented progressive disease (PD) or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first, per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR). Per RECIST 1.1, PD was a ≥20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions plus an absolute increase of ≥5 mm in the sum, or the appearance of ≥1 new lesions. Time to scheduled tumor assessment visit rather than the actual tumor assessment visit was used in the analysis. PFS at Month 6 was calculated using product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data. Participants were censored at the date of their last assessment. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Month 12
The PFS rate was determined in all participants at Month 12. PFS was defined as the time from randomization to the first documented progressive disease (PD) or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first, per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR). Per RECIST 1.1, PD was a ≥20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions plus an absolute increase of ≥5 mm in the sum, or the appearance of ≥1 new lesions. Time to scheduled tumor assessment visit rather than the actual tumor assessment visit was used in the analysis. PFS at Month 12 was calculated using product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data. Participants were censored at the date of their last assessment. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Month 12
The PFS rate was determined in participants who had a PD-L1 CPS of ≥1%, as measured by immunohistochemistry assay, at Month 12. PFS was defined as the time from randomization to the first documented progressive disease (PD) or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first, per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR). Per RECIST 1.1, PD was a ≥20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions plus an absolute increase of ≥5 mm in the sum, or the appearance of ≥1 new lesions. Time to scheduled tumor assessment visit rather than the actual tumor assessment visit was used in the analysis. PFS at Month 12 was calculated using product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data. Participants were censored at the date of their last assessment. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Month 12
The PFS rate was determined in participants who had a PD-L1 CPS of ≥10%, as measured by immunohistochemistry assay, at Month 12. PFS was defined as the time from randomization to the first documented progressive disease (PD) or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first, per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR). Per RECIST 1.1, PD was a ≥20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions plus an absolute increase of ≥5 mm in the sum, or the appearance of ≥1 new lesions. Time to scheduled tumor assessment visit rather than the actual tumor assessment visit was used in the analysis. PFS at Month 12 was calculated using product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data. Participants were censored at the date of their last assessment. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Month 6
The OS rate was determined for all participants at Month 6 and was defined as the time from randomization to death due to any cause. OS at Month 6 was calculated using product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data. Participants were censored at the date of their last assessment. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Month 6
The OS rate was determined in participants who had a PD-L1 CPS of ≥1%, as measured by immunohistochemistry assay, at Month 6. OS was defined as the time from randomization to death due to any cause. OS at Month 6 was calculated using product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data. Participants were censored at the date of their last assessment. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Month 6
The OS rate was determined in participants who had a PD-L1 CPS of ≥10%, as measured by immunohistochemistry assay, at Month 6. OS was defined as the time from randomization to death due to any cause. OS at Month 6 was calculated using product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data. Participants were censored at the date of their last assessment. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Month 12
The OS rate was determined for all participants at Month 12 and was defined as the time from randomization to death due to any cause. OS at Month 12 was calculated using product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data. Participants were censored at the date of their last assessment. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Month 12
The OS rate was determined in participants who had a PD-L1 CPS of ≥1%, as measured by immunohistochemistry assay, at Month 12. OS was defined as the time from randomization to death due to any cause. OS at Month 12 was calculated using product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data. Participants were censored at the date of their last assessment. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Month 12
The OS rate was determined in participants who had a PD-L1 CPS of ≥10%, as measured by immunohistochemistry assay, at Month 12. OS was defined as the time from randomization to death due to any cause. OS at Month 12 was calculated using product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data. Participants were censored at the date of their last assessment. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Day 1
PD-L1 expression status was determined as the percent of disease tumor cells, from newly obtained tumor biopsies, demonstrating plasma membrane PD-L1 staining of any intensity using an immunohistochemistry (IHC) assay. The assay uses a Combined Positive Score (CPS) as a measure of PD-L1 positivity. The CPS is calculated as the number of PD-L1-positive cells divided by the number of viable tumor cells analyzed multiplied by 100. A CPS of <1% = negative; ≥1% = positive; and ≥10% = strongly positive. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Up to approximately 80.5 months
An AE was defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered a study treatment and did not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment. An AE could therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign, symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product or protocol-specified procedure, whether or not considered related to the study treatment or protocol-specified procedure. Any worsening (i.e., any clinically significant adverse change in frequency and/or intensity) of a pre-existing condition that was temporally associated with the use of study treatment, was also an AE. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Up to approximately 26 months
An AE was defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered a study treatment and did not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment. An AE could therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign, symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product or protocol-specified procedure, whether or not considered related to the study treatment or protocol-specified procedure. Any worsening (i.e., any clinically significant adverse change in frequency and/or intensity) of a pre-existing condition that was temporally associated with the use of study treatment, was also an AE. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Up to approximately 80.5 months
ORR was determined in all participants and was defined as the percentage of participants who had a confirmed Complete Response (CR: complete disappearance of all lesions and no new lesions) or a Partial Response (PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions) per modified RECIST as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR). Modified RECIST differs from RECIST 1.1 in that progressive disease requires confirmation by a repeat radiological assessment no less than 4 weeks from the date of first documented progressive disease. Participants with missing data were considered non-responders. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Up to approximately 80.5 months
ORR was determined in participants who had a PD-L1 CPS of ≥1% as measured by immunohistochemistry assay. ORR was defined as the percentage of participants who had a confirmed Complete Response (CR: complete disappearance of all lesions and no new lesions) or a Partial Response (PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions) per modified RECIST as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR). Modified RECIST differs from RECIST 1.1 in that progressive disease requires confirmation by a repeat radiological assessment no less than 4 weeks from the date of first documented progressive disease. Participants with missing data were considered non-responders. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Time frame: Up to approximately 80.5 months
ORR was determined in participants who had a PD-L1 CPS of ≥10% as measured by immunohistochemistry assay. ORR was defined as the percentage of participants who had a confirmed Complete Response (CR: complete disappearance of all lesions and no new lesions) or a Partial Response (PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions) per modified RECIST as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR). Modified RECIST differs from RECIST 1.1 in that progressive disease requires confirmation by a repeat radiological assessment no less than 4 weeks from the date of first documented progressive disease. Participants with missing data were considered non-responders. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
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A Phase II Clinical Trial of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Subjects With Advanced/Unresectable or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer
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