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NCT number NCT05508867
Other study ID # 4280A-008
Secondary ID MK-4280A-0082023
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 3
First received
Last updated
Start date October 18, 2022
Est. completion date June 16, 2031

Study information

Verified date June 2024
Source Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Contact Toll Free Number
Phone 1-888-577-8839
Email Trialsites@merck.com
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare efficacy of coformulated favezelimab/pembrolizumab (MK-4280A) with physician's choice chemotherapy of bendamustine or gemcitabine in participants with PD-(L)1-refractory, relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin Lymphoma. The study will also assess the safety and tolerability of coformulated favezelimab/pembrolizumab. The primary study hypotheses are that coformulated favezelimab/pembrolizumab is superior to physician's choice chemotherapy with respect to progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS).


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 360
Est. completion date June 16, 2031
Est. primary completion date May 25, 2027
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Has histologically confirmed diagnosis of classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) that is 2-fluorodeoxyglucose-avid (FDG-avid). - Has relapsed (defined as disease progression after most recent therapy) or refractory (defined as failed to achieve CR or PR to most recent therapy) cHL and exhausted all available treatment options with known clinical benefit. - Has progressed on treatment with an anti-PD-(L)1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) administered either as monotherapy or in combination with other checkpoint inhibitors or other therapies. - Submits an archival (<5 years) or newly obtained tumor tissue sample which has not been previously irradiated. Exclusion Criteria: - Diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy. - History of central nervous system (CNS) metastases or active CNS involvement. - Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years except replacement therapy. - History of (noninfectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids or has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease. - Has an active infection requiring systemic treatment. - History of hemophagocytic lymphohisticytosis. - Has an active seizure disorder that is not well controlled. - Has clinically significant (ie, active) cardiovascular disease. - Received prior systemic anticancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 weeks before randomization. - Received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study intervention or radiation related toxicities requiring corticosteroids. - Has not adequately recovered from major surgical procedure. - Known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 3 years. - History of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). - Has had an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell or solid organ transplantation within the last 5 years.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Biological:
favezelimab/pembrolizumab
Coformulated favezelimab/pembrolizumab (800 mg/200 mg), IV infusion
Drug:
bendamustine
IV infusion
gemcitabine
IV infusion

Locations

Country Name City State
Argentina Hospital Aleman-oncohematologic diseases ( Site 2302) Buenos Aires Caba
Australia Royal Adelaide Hospital ( Site 0005) Adelaide South Australia
Australia Royal Perth Hospital-Haematology ( Site 0004) Perth Western Australia
Australia Western Health-Sunshine & Footscray Hospitals-Cancer Services-Cancer Research ( Site 0002) St Albans Victoria
Australia The Townsville Hospital ( Site 0006) Townsville Queensland
Belgium UZ Leuven-Hematology ( Site 0101) Leuven Vlaams-Brabant
Belgium Université Catholique de Louvain-Namur - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dinant-Godinne - Site Godi Yvoir Namur
Brazil Fundação Pio XII - Hospital de Câncer de Barretos ( Site 0202) Barretos Sao Paulo
Brazil Hospital Paulistano-Americas Oncologia ( Site 0207) Sao Paulo
Canada Jewish General Hospital ( Site 0309) Montreal Quebec
Chile Clínica Inmunocel ( Site 0407) Santiago Region M. De Santiago
Chile FALP-UIDO ( Site 0400) Santiago Region M. De Santiago
China Beijing Hospital ( Site 0514) Beijing Beijing
China Peking University Third Hospital-Hematology ( Site 0519) Beijing Beijing
China The First Hospital of Jilin University-Hematology ( Site 0516) Changchun Jilin
China Hunan Cancer Hospital ( Site 0503) Changsha Hunan
China Xiangya Hospital Central South University ( Site 0513) Changsha Hunan
China West China Hospital of Sichuan University-Head and Neck Oncology ( Site 0502) Cheng Du Sichuan
China Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center-Internal medicine ( Site 0500) Guangzhou Guangdong
China Zhejiang Cancer Hospital ( Site 0510) Hangzhou Zhejiang
China Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital ( Site 0501) Hefei Anhui
China Ningbo First Hospital ( Site 0518) Ningbo Zhejiang
China Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center ( Site 0520) Shanghai Shanghai
China Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital-lymphoma ( Site 0506) Tianjin Tianjin
China Union Hospital Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology ( Site 0509) Wuhan Hubei
China The First Affiliated hospital of Xiamen University ( Site 0512) Xiamen Fujian
China Henan Cancer Hospital ( Site 0515) Zhengzhou Henan
Czechia Fakultní nemocnice Brno Bohunice-Interni hematologicka a onkologicka klinika ( Site 0901) Brno Brno-mesto
Czechia Fakultni nemocnice Hradec Kralove-IV. interni hematologicka klinika ( Site 0902) Hradec Kralove
Czechia Vseobecna fakultni nemocnice v Praze-I. Interní klinika - klinika hematologie ( Site 0903) Praha 2
France HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL ( Site 0702) Créteil Seine-et-Marne
France Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Limoges - Hôpital Dupuytren ( Site 0704) Limoges Haute-Vienne
France CENTRE LEON BERARD-Medical oncology ( Site 0703) Lyon Rhone
France Institut Universitaire du Cancer Toulouse - Oncopole - CHU de TOULOUSE ( Site 0706) Toulouse Haute-Garonne
Germany Universitaetsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden-University Cancer Center Early Clinical Trial Unit ( Dresden Sachsen
Germany Universitaetsklinikum Koeln-Klinik I für Innere Medizin ( Site 0801) Köln Nordrhein-Westfalen
Germany Universitätsklinikum Leipzig ( Site 0803) Leipzig Sachsen
Germany Universitätsklinikum Münster - Albert Schweitzer Campus ( Site 0806) Münster Nordrhein-Westfalen
Germany Klinikum Stuttgart - Katharinenhospital ( Site 0804) Stuttgart Baden-Wurttemberg
Germany Universitaetsklinikum Ulm-Department of Internal Medicine III ( Site 0805) Ulm Baden-Wurttemberg
Israel Carmel Hospital ( Site 1007) Haifa
Israel Rambam Health Care Campus ( Site 1004) Haifa
Israel Hadassah Medical Center-Hemato-Oncology ( Site 1000) Jerusalem
Israel Rabin Medical Center-Hemato-Oncology ( Site 1001) Petah-Tikva
Israel Sheba Medical Center-Hemato Oncology ( Site 1005) Ramat Gan
Israel Sourasky Medical Center ( Site 1002) Tel Aviv
Korea, Republic of Pusan National University Hospital-Internal Medicine ( Site 1704) Busan Pusan-Kwangyokshi
Korea, Republic of Asan Medical Center-Department of Oncology ( Site 1703) Seoul
Korea, Republic of Samsung Medical Center ( Site 1700) Seoul
Korea, Republic of Seoul National University Hospital ( Site 1701) Seoul
Korea, Republic of Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System-Medical oncology ( Site 1702) Seoul
Poland Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne-Klinika Hematologii i Transplantologii ( Site 1402) Gdansk Pomorskie
Poland Szpital Specjalistyczny im. Ludwika Rydygiera w Krakowie-Oncology Department ( Site 1406) Kraków Malopolskie
Poland Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie - P-Kilinka Onkologii I Hematologii ( Site Warszawa Mazowieckie
Poland Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny im. Jana Mikulicza-Radeckieg-Klinika Hematologii, Nowotworów Krwi i Wroclaw Dolnoslaskie
Spain CHUAC-Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña ( Site 1812) A Coruña La Coruna
Spain Hospital General Universitario de Alicante ( Site 1806) Alicante
Spain Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron ( Site 1803) Barcelona Cataluna
Spain Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria-Oncology ( Site 1807) Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Las Palmas
Spain Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre-Hemathology and hemotherapy ( Site 1810) Madrid
Spain Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria ( Site 1808) Malaga
Spain Hospital Universitario de Salamanca - Complejo Asistencial U-Servicio de Hematologia ( Site 1801) Salamanca
Spain Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla ( Site 1805) Santander Cantabria
Sweden Skånes Universitetssjukhus Lund ( Site 1901) Lund Skane Lan
Sweden Akademiska sjukhuset-Blod- och tumörsjukdomar ( Site 1900) Uppsala Uppsala Lan
Switzerland Ospedale Regionale Bellinzona e Valli-IOSI ( Site 1600) Bellinzona Ticino
Turkey Ankara Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi-hematology ( Site 2000) Ankara
Turkey Hacettepe Universite Hastaneleri-Department of Hematology ( Site 2006) Ankara
Turkey Antalya Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi ( Site 2011) Antalya
Turkey Ege Universitesi Hastanesi ( Site 2001) Izmir
Turkey Kocaeli Üniversitesi-Hematology ( Site 2009) Kocaeli
Turkey Mega Medipol-Hematology ( Site 2005) Stanbul Istanbul
United Kingdom The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre ( Site 2110) Glasgow Glasgow City
United Kingdom St James's University Hospital ( Site 2109) Leeds
United Kingdom Leicester Royal Infirmary ( Site 2100) Leicester
United Kingdom Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool-Heamatology ( Site 2108) Liverpool
United Kingdom St Bartholomew's Hospital-Centre for Experimental Cancer Medicine ( Site 2105) London London, City Of
United Kingdom GenesisCare - Oxford ( Site 2104) Oxford Oxfordshire
United Kingdom Derriford Hospital ( Site 2107) Plymouth Devon
United States University of Michigan ( Site 2215) Ann Arbor Michigan
United States Johns Hopkins University-The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center ( Site 2206) Baltimore Maryland
United States University of Maryland-Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center ( Site 2210) Baltimore Maryland
United States Cleveland Clinic-Taussig Cancer Center ( Site 2203) Cleveland Ohio
United States University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center ( Site 2214) Cleveland Ohio
United States University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center ( Site 2201) Lexington Kentucky
United States UCLA Hematology/Oncology - Santa Monica ( Site 2208) Los Angeles California
United States Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey ( Site 2217) New Brunswick New Jersey
United States AHN West Penn Hospital ( Site 2213) Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
United States UPMC Hillman Cancer Center ( Site 2205) Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
United States Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ( Site 2212) Seattle Washington
United States The University of Arizona Cancer Center - North Campus ( Site 2216) Tucson Arizona

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Argentina,  Australia,  Belgium,  Brazil,  Canada,  Chile,  China,  Czechia,  France,  Germany,  Israel,  Korea, Republic of,  Poland,  Spain,  Sweden,  Switzerland,  Turkey,  United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Progression Free Survival (PFS) per Lugano Response Criteria as Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) PFS is defined as the time from randomization to the first documented disease progression per Lugano criteria 2014 as assessed by BICR or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first. Up to approximately 43 months
Secondary Overall Survival (OS) OS is defined as the time from randomization to death due to any cause. Up to approximately 105 months
Secondary Objective Response Rate (ORR) per Lugano Response Criteria as Assessed by BICR ORR is defined as the percentage of participants who achieve a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) per Lugano criteria 2014 as assessed by BICR. Up to approximately 25 months
Secondary Duration of Response (DOR) per Lugano Response Criteria as Assessed by BICR For participants who demonstrate CR or PR per Lugano criteria 2014 as assessed by BICR, DOR is defined as the time from the first documented evidence of CR or PR until disease progression or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first. Up to approximately 43 months
Secondary Number of Participants Who Experienced At Least One 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. The number of participants who experience an AE will be presented. Up to approximately 27 months
Secondary Number of Participants Who Discontinue Study Treatment Due to an 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. The number of participants who discontinue study treatment due to an AE will be presented. Up to approximately 24 months
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