NCT03897881Active, not recruitingPhase 2
An Efficacy Study of Adjuvant Treatment With the Personalized Cancer Vaccine mRNA-4157 and Pembrolizumab in Participants With High-Risk Melanoma (KEYNOTE-942)
A Phase 2 Randomized Study of Adjuvant Immunotherapy With the Personalized Cancer Vaccine mRNA-4157 and Pembrolizumab Versus Pembrolizumab Alone After Complete Resection of High-Risk Melanoma (KEYNOTE- 942)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 8 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to assess whether postoperative adjuvant therapy with mRNA-4157 and pembrolizumab improves recurrence free survival (RFS) compared to pembrolizumab alone in participants with complete resection of cutaneous melanoma and a high risk of recurrence.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 267 (actual)
- First submitted
- 29 Mar 2019
- Start date
- 18 Jul 2019
- Primary completion date
- 21 Nov 2032
- Lead sponsor
- ModernaTX, Inc.
- Diseases
- Melanoma
- NCT number
- NCT03897881
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
- Participants enrolled: 267
- From 18 Jul 2019 to the primary completion date, 21 Nov 2032
- 23 sites in 2 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Prior systemic anti-cancer treatment (except surgery and interferon for thick primary melanomas. Radiotherapy after lymph node dissection is permitted)
- Live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of pembrolizumab
- Immunodeficiency, systemic steroid therapy, or any other immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of pembrolizumab
- Solid organ or allogeneic bone marrow transplant
- Prior interstitial lung disease
Other illness
- Prior malignancy, unless no evidence of that disease for at least 5 years prior to study entry
- Active autoimmune disease
- Pneumonitis or a history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis that required steroids
- Clinically significant heart failure
- Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- Known active hepatitis B or C
- Active infection requiring treatment
Other
- Transfusion of blood or administration of colony stimulating factors within 2 weeks of the screening blood sample
Who the study is looking for
- Resectable cutaneous melanoma metastatic to a lymph node and at high risk of recurrence
- Complete resection within 13 weeks prior to the first dose of pembrolizumab
- Disease free at study entry (after surgery) with no loco-regional relapse or distant metastasis and no clinical evidence of brain metastases
- Has an formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tumor sample available suitable for sequencing
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status 0 or 1
- Normal organ and marrow function reported at screening
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (23)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Affinity Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Murdoch | Australia | Unknown status |
| One Clinical Research Perth Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Murdoch | Australia | Unknown status |
| Melanoma Institute Australia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | North Sydney | Australia | Unknown status |
| St John of God Hospital Subiaco Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Subiaco | Australia | Unknown status |
| Westmead Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Westmead | Australia | Unknown status |
| Princess Alexandra Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Woolloongabba | Australia | Unknown status |
| Northside Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Colorado Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aurora | United States | Unknown status |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
| UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Unknown status |
| Texas Oncology PA Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dallas | United States | Unknown status |
| Hackensack University Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hackensack | United States | Unknown status |
| Sarah Cannon Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Unknown status |
| Smilow Cancer Center at Yale New Haven-Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Haven | United States | Unknown status |
| NYU Langone Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Unknown status |
| Orlando Health UF Health Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orlando | United States | Unknown status |
| Providence Cancer Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Portland | United States | Unknown status |
| California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute -CPMCRI Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Francisco | United States | Unknown status |
| Angeles Clinic and Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santa Monica | United States | Unknown status |
| Washington University School of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | St Louis | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Arizona Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tucson | United States | Unknown status |
| Lombardi Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Washington D.C. | United States | Unknown status |
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