Pembrolizumab With Chemotherapy and MK-4830 for Treating Participants With Ovarian Cancer (MK-4830-002)

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2025-06-13
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The primary objective is to evaluate in participants with high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC), whether the reduction from baseline in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) at Cycle 3 (ΔctDNA) is larger in participants receiving MK-4830 + pembrolizumab in combination with standard of care (SOC) therapy than in those receiving pembrolizumab + SOC therapy.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
• Treatments: Bevacizumab; Carboplatin; Docetaxel; Paclitaxel; Pembrolizumab

Criteria

The main inclusion and exclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:

Inclusion Criteria:

• Has histologically-confirmed International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Stage III or Stage IV HGSOC, primary peritoneal cancer, or fallopian tube cancer.

• Is a candidate for carboplatin and paclitaxel chemotherapy, to be administered in the neoadjuvant and adjuvant setting.

• Is a candidate for interval debulking surgery.

• Is able to provide archival tissue or newly obtained core, incisional, or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion.

• Has adequate organ functions.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Has a non-HGSOC histology.

• Has a history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids or has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease.

• Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 3 years.

• Has received prior treatment for any stage of OC, including radiation or systemic anticancer therapy.

• Planned or has been administered intraperitoneal chemotherapy as first-line therapy.

• Has received prior therapy with an anti-programmed cell death 1 protein (PD-1), anti-programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1), anti-programmed cell death 1 ligand 2 (PD-L2), anti-immunoglobulin-like transcript 4 (ILT4), or anti-human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-G agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or coinhibitory T-cell receptor.

• Has received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention.

• Is currently participating in or has participated in a study of an investigational agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks before the first dose of study intervention.

• Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior the first dose of study medication.

• Has known active Central Nervous System (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis.

• Has severe hypersensitivity to pembrolizumab, carboplatin, paclitaxel (or docetaxel, if applicable), Avastin or biosimilar (if using) and/or any of their excipients.

• Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years.

• Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.

• Has a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.

• Has a known history of hepatitis B or known active hepatitis C virus infection.

• Has received colony-stimulating factors within 4 weeks prior to receiving study intervention on Day 1 of Cycle 1.

• Has had surgery <6 months prior to Screening to treat borderline ovarian tumors, early-stage OC, or early-stage fallopian tube cancer.

• Has a known psychiatric or substance abuse disorder that would interfere with the participant's ability to cooperate with the requirements of the study.

• Has current, clinically relevant bowel obstruction.

• Has a history of hemorrhage, hemoptysis, or active gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding within 6 months prior to randomization.

• Has uncontrolled hypertension.

• Has had an allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant.

• .Has either had major surgery within 3 weeks of randomization or has not recovered from any effects of any major surgery.