Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors (MK-3475-028/KEYNOTE-28)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02054806 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : February 4, 2014
Last Update Posted : May 13, 2021
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This study will assess the efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) administered to participants with incurable advanced biomarker-positive solid tumors that have not responded to current therapy or for which current therapy is not appropriate.
The study hypothesis is that administration of pembrolizumab to participants with some types of solid tumors will result in a clinically meaningful response rate.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Solid Tumor | Biological: Pembrolizumab | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 477 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Phase IB Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Subjects With Select Advanced Solid Tumors |
Actual Study Start Date : | February 17, 2014 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | April 30, 2021 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | April 30, 2021 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Pembrolizumab
Participants receive pembrolizumab 10 mg/kg, intravenously (IV), on Day 1 of every 2-week dosing cycle for up to 24 months
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Biological: Pembrolizumab
IV infusion
Other Name: MK-3475 |
- Best Overall Response Using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST Version 1.1) [ Time Frame: Up to 24 months ]
- Progression Free Survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: Up to 24 months ]
- Overall Survival (OS) [ Time Frame: Up to 24 months ]
- Duration of Response (DOR) in Participants Who Achieve Partial Response (PR) or Better [ Time Frame: Up to 24 months ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically or cytologically documented locally-advanced and/or metastatic solid malignancy that is incurable, and has failed prior standard therapy or for which standard therapy is not appropriate
- Have biomarker-positive solid tumor
- Have measurable disease based on Response Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1)
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance status of 0 or 1
- Adequate organ function
- Female participants of childbearing potential must be willing to use an adequate method of contraception for the course of the study through 120 days after the last dose of study medication
- Male participants of childbearing potential must agree to use an adequate method of contraception starting with the first dose of study medication through 120 days after the last dose of study medication
Exclusion Criteria:
- Is currently participating and receiving study therapy or has participated in a study of an investigational agent and received study therapy or used an investigational device within 4 weeks of the first dose of treatment
- Diagnosis of immunodeficiency or receiving systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment
- Prior anti-cancer therapy with a monoclonal antibody (mAb) within 4 weeks prior to study Day 1 or not recovered from adverse events due to mAbs administered more than 4 weeks earlier
- Prior chemotherapy, targeted small molecule therapy, or radiation therapy within 2 weeks (12 weeks for measurable sites of central nervous system [CNS] disease) prior to study Day 1 or not recovered from adverse events due to a previously administered agent
- Known additional malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment excepting basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin that has undergone potentially curative therapy, or in situ cervical cancer
- Known active CNS metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis
- Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years (i.e. with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment
- Has evidence of interstitial lung disease or a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or has current pneumonitis
- Active infection requiring systemic therapy
- Known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial
- Pregnant, breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the trial, starting with the pre-screening or screening visit through 120 days after the last dose of trial treatment
- Has previously participated in any other pembrolizumab (MK-3475) trial, or received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, and anti-PD-L2 (including ipilimumab or any other antibody or drug specifically targeting T-cell co-stimulation or checkpoint pathways)
- Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- Known active Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C
- Has received a live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study medication. Examples of live vaccines include, but are not limited to, the following: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella/zoster (chicken pox), yellow fever, rabies, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), and typhoid vaccine. Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally killed virus vaccines and are allowed; however, intranasal influenza vaccines (e.g. FluMist®) are live attenuated vaccines and are not allowed.

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02054806
Study Director: | Medical Director | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC |
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Responsible Party: | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02054806 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
3475-028 2013-004507-39 ( EudraCT Number ) 142515 ( Registry Identifier: JAPIC-CTI ) |
First Posted: | February 4, 2014 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 13, 2021 |
Last Verified: | May 2021 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
Plan Description: | http://engagezone.msd.com/doc/ProcedureAccessClinicalTrialData.pdf |
URL: | http://engagezone.msd.com/ds_documentation.php |
PD1 PD-1 PDL1 PD-L1 |
Neoplasms Pembrolizumab Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological |
Antineoplastic Agents Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |