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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

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

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

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (23)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Affinity Clinical Research
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MurdochAustraliaUnknown status
One Clinical Research Perth
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MurdochAustraliaUnknown status
Melanoma Institute Australia
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North SydneyAustraliaUnknown status
St John of God Hospital Subiaco
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SubiacoAustraliaUnknown status
Westmead Hospital
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WestmeadAustraliaUnknown status
Princess Alexandra Hospital
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WoolloongabbaAustraliaUnknown status
Northside Hospital
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AtlantaUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Colorado Cancer Center
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AuroraUnited StatesUnknown status
Massachusetts General Hospital
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
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ChicagoUnited StatesUnknown status
Texas Oncology PA
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DallasUnited StatesUnknown status
Hackensack University Medical Center
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HackensackUnited StatesUnknown status
Sarah Cannon Cancer Center
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NashvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
Smilow Cancer Center at Yale New Haven-Hospital
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New HavenUnited StatesUnknown status
NYU Langone Medical Center
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New YorkUnited StatesUnknown status
Orlando Health UF Health Cancer Center
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OrlandoUnited StatesUnknown status
Providence Cancer Institute
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PortlandUnited StatesUnknown status
California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute -CPMCRI
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San FranciscoUnited StatesUnknown status
Angeles Clinic and Research Institute
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Santa MonicaUnited StatesUnknown status
Washington University School of Medicine
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St LouisUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Arizona
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TucsonUnited StatesUnknown status
Lombardi Cancer Center
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Washington D.C.United StatesUnknown status

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