A Study to Evaluate Nivolumab in Combination With Ipilimumab Versus Pemetrexed With Cisplatin or Carboplatin for Unresectable Pleural Mesothelioma in Chinese Participants (CheckMate 6DW)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05136677 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : November 29, 2021
Last Update Posted : June 14, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Mesothelioma, Malignant | Biological: Nivolumab Biological: Ipilimumab Drug: Pemetrexed Drug: Cisplatin Drug: Carboplatin | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 100 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase II, Randomized, Open-label Trial of Nivolumab in Combination With Ipilimumab Versus Pemetrexed With Cisplatin or Carboplatin as First-line Therapy for Unresectable Pleural Mesothelioma in Chinese Participants |
Actual Study Start Date : | January 25, 2022 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | October 7, 2026 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | October 8, 2026 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Arm A |
Biological: Nivolumab
Specified dose on specified days
Other Names:
Biological: Ipilimumab Specified dose on specified days
Other Names:
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Experimental: Arm B |
Drug: Pemetrexed
Specified dose on specified days Drug: Cisplatin Specified dose on specified days Drug: Carboplatin Specified dose on specified days |
- Overall Survival (OS) [ Time Frame: Up to 58 months ]
- Objective Response Rate (ORR) by modified Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (m-RECIST) by Investigator [ Time Frame: Up to 58 months ]
- Progression Free Survival (PFS) by m-RECIST by Investigator [ Time Frame: Up to 58 months ]
- Incidence of Adverse Events (AEs) [ Time Frame: Up to 58 months ]
- Incidence of Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) [ Time Frame: Up to 58 months ]
- Incidence of immune-related AEs [ Time Frame: Up to 58 months ]
- Incidence of deaths [ Time Frame: Up to 58 months ]
- Incidence of participants with laboratory abnormalities [ Time Frame: Up to 58 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 proven diagnosis of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) with determination of epithelioid vs non-epithelioid histology
- Must have advanced unresectable disease that is not amenable to therapy with curative intent (surgery with or without chemotherapy)
- Available tumor samples for centralized testing
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0 to 1
- Measurable disease
Exclusion Criteria:
- Primitive peritoneal, pericardial, testis or tunica vaginalis mesothelioma
- Brain metastasis, except if surgically resected or treated with stereotaxic radiotherapy
- Prior therapy for MPM (including chemotherapy, radical pleuropneumonectomy and non-palliative radiotherapy)
Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria apply

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): NCT05136677
Contact: BMS Study Connect Contact Center www.BMSStudyConnect.com | 855-907-3286 | Clinical.Trials@bms.com | |
Contact: First line of the email MUST contain NCT # and Site #. |

Study Director: | Bristol-Myers Squibb | Bristol-Myers Squibb |
Responsible Party: | Bristol-Myers Squibb |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05136677 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CA209-6DW U1111-1265-3913 ( Other Identifier: WHO ) |
First Posted: | November 29, 2021 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 14, 2022 |
Last Verified: | June 2022 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: | Yes |
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) Nivolumab Ipilimumab |
Mesothelioma Mesothelioma, Malignant Adenoma Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Neoplasms, Mesothelial Lung Neoplasms Respiratory Tract Neoplasms Thoracic Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Pleural Neoplasms Lung Diseases |
Respiratory Tract Diseases Carboplatin Nivolumab Pemetrexed Ipilimumab Antineoplastic Agents Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Enzyme Inhibitors Folic Acid Antagonists Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors |