KEYMAKER-U01 Substudy 01A: Efficacy and Safety Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) With or Without Chemotherapy When Used With Investigational Agents in Treatment-naïve Participants With Stage IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) (MK-3475-01A/KEYMAKER-U01A)

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 1, Phase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorMerck Sharp & Dohme LLC

About this trial

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) with or without chemotherapy in combination with vibostolimab (MK-7684), boserolimab (MK-5890), MK-4830, MK-0482, I-DXd, or HER3-DXd in treatment-naïve participants with advanced squamous or non-squamous NSCLC.

This study is one of the pembrolizumab substudies being conducted under one pembrolizumab umbrella master protocol (MK-3475-U01/KEYMAKER-U01).

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Has histologically- or cytologically-confirmed diagnosis of Stage IV squamous or nonsquamous NSCLC

Participants with nonsquamous NSCLC who are not eligible for an approved targeted therapy

Is able to provide archival tumor tissue sample collected either within 5 years or within the interval from completion of last treatment but before entering the screening period or newly obtained core or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion not previously irradiated obtained within 90 days of treatment initiation

Has not received prior systemic treatment for their metastatic NSCLC

Disqualifiers

Has a diagnosis of small cell lung cancer

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 before the first dose of study treatment

Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 2 years

Has known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Pembrolizumab
  • Carboplatin
  • Paclitaxel
  • Pemetrexed
  • Vibostolimab
  • Boserolimab
  • MK-4830
  • MK-0482
  • Ifinatamab Deruxtecan (I-DXd)
  • HER3-DXd

Treatment groups

450 Participants
are divided into 11 treatment groups

11

Treatment groups

See each treatment group below.

Sponsors and collaborators

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Lead sponsor

Daiichi Sankyo

Collaborator