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NCT04305054CompletedPhase 1/2

Substudy 02B: Safety and Efficacy of Pembrolizumab in Combination With Investigational Agents or Pembrolizumab Alone in Participants With First Line (1L) Advanced Melanoma (MK-3475-02B/KEYMAKER-U02)

A Phase 1/2 Open-Label Rolling-Arm Umbrella Platform Design of Investigational Agents With or Without Pembrolizumab or Pembrolizumab Alone in Participants With Melanoma (KEYMAKER-U02): Substudy 02B

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 28 May 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Substudy 02B is part of a larger research study where researchers are looking for new ways to treat advanced melanoma that has not been treated before. The larger study is the umbrella study. Researchers want to know if adding other treatments to pembrolizumab can treat advanced melanoma. The goals of this study are to learn: * About the safety and how well people tolerate pembrolizumab given with other treatments * How many people have melanoma that responds (gets smaller or goes away) to treatment

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
335 (actual)
First submitted
9 Mar 2020
Start date
1 Jul 2020
Primary completion date
18 May 2026
Lead sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Diseases
Melanoma
NCT number
NCT04305054
EU CT number
2023-506313-21-00
EudraCT number
2019-003977-24

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 1/2
  • Participants enrolled: 335
  • From 1 Jul 2020 to the primary completion date, 18 May 2026
  • 59 sites in 14 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

  • Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days before the first dose of study intervention
  • Has received prior systemic anticancer therapy within 4 weeks prior to randomization
  • Has received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of first dose of study intervention
  • Has had major surgery \<3 weeks prior to first dose of study intervention
  • Has received a live vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention
  • Has participated in a study of an investigational agent within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study intervention
  • Has had an allogeneic tissue/solid organ transplant
  • Participants who receive lenvatinib have the following additional exclusion criteria:
    • Has a pre-existing Grade ≥3 gastrointestinal or non-gastrointestinal fistula
    • Has radiographic evidence of encasement of invasion of a major blood vessel, or of intratumoral cavitation
    • Has clinically significant hemoptysis or tumor bleeding within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of study intervention
    • Has clinically significant cardiovascular disease within 12 months from first dose of study intervention
    • Has urine protein ≥1 g/24-hour.
    • Has presence of gastrointestinal condition including malabsorption, gastrointestinal anastomosis, or any other condition that might affect the absorption of lenvatinib

Other illness

  • Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment within the past 2 years
  • Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years
  • Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy
  • Has known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
  • Has history of Hepatitis B or known Hepatitis C virus infection
  • Has a history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis
  • Has a history of active tuberculosis (TB)
  • Has a known psychiatric or substance abuse disorder that would interfere with requirements of the study

Other

  • Has known central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis
  • Has ocular or mucosal melanoma

Who the study is looking for

  • Has histologically or cytologically confirmed melanoma
  • Has unresectable Stage III or Stage IV melanoma, not amenable to local therapy
  • Has been untreated for advanced disease.
  • Has provided a tumor biopsy
  • If capable of producing sperm, male participants agree to the following during the intervention period and for at least the time needed to eliminate each study intervention after the last dose of study intervention (7 days):
    • Abstains from penile-vaginal intercourse as their preferred and usual lifestyle (abstinent on a long-term and persistent basis) and agrees to remain abstinent OR
    • Uses contraception unless confirmed to be azoospermic
  • A female participant is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant or breastfeeding, and at least one of the following conditions applies:
    • Is not a WOCBP OR
    • Is a WOCBP and Uses a contraceptive method that is highly effective, with low user dependency, or be abstinent from penile-vaginal intercourse as their preferred and usual lifestyle (abstinent on a long-term and persistent basis) during the intervention period and for at least the time needed to eliminate each study intervention after the last dose of study intervention. The length of time required to continue contraception for each study intervention is:
    • MK-4280A: 120 days
    • MK-1308A: 120 days
    • MK-7684: 50 days
    • MK-3475: 120 days
    • Lenvatinib: 30 days
    • ATRA: 30 days
  • Has adequate organ function
  • Has resolution of toxic effect(s) of the most recent prior therapy to Grade 1 or less (except alopecia and Grade 2 neuropathy)

Age in the registry: 18 years to 120 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (59)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
Instituto Alexander Fleming-Alexander Fleming ( Site 2243)
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Buenos AiresArgentinaUnknown status
Sanatorio Finochietto ( Site 2245)
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Buenos AiresArgentinaUnknown status
Clinica Adventista Belgrano-Oncology ( Site 2242)
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Caba.ArgentinaUnknown status
Fiona Stanley Hospital ( Site 2401)
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MurdochAustraliaUnknown status
Tasman Oncology Research Pty Ltd ( Site 2403)
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SouthportAustraliaUnknown status
Calvary Mater Newcastle-Medical Oncology ( Site 2404)
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WaratahAustraliaUnknown status
Melanoma Institute Australia ( Site 2402)
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WollstonecraftAustraliaUnknown status
Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG)-Oncology ( Site 2603)
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GenevaSwitzerlandUnknown status
CHUV Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois ( Site 2602)
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LausanneSwitzerlandUnknown status
Universitaetsspital Zuerich ( Site 2601)
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Zuerich FlughafenSwitzerlandUnknown status
IC La Serena Research ( Site 2254)
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La SerenaChileUnknown status
Oncovida ( Site 2257)
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SantiagoChileUnknown status
FALP-UIDO ( Site 2251)
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SantiagoChileUnknown status
Bradfordhill ( Site 2252)
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SantiagoChileUnknown status
CIDO SpA-Oncology ( Site 2256)
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TemucoChileUnknown status
Clinica Colsanitas S.A, Sede Clínica Universitaria Colombia-Center Investigator ( Site 2261)
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BogotáColombiaUnknown status
Fundación Valle del Lili ( Site 2265)
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CaliColombiaUnknown status
Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
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BarcelonaSpainCompleted
Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
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MadridSpainCompleted
CHU De Bordeauxt
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Bordeaux CedexFranceCompleted
Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille
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MarseilleFranceCompleted
Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris
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ParisFranceCompleted
Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud
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Pierre-BéniteFranceCompleted
Institut Universitaire Du Cancer Toulouse-Oncopole
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Toulouse Cedex 9FranceCompleted
Institut Gustave Roussy
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VillejuifFranceCompleted
Laiko General Hospital of Athens
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AthensGreeceCompleted
University of Szeged
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SzegedHungaryCompleted
HaEmek Medical Center ( Site 2703)
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AfulaIsraelUnknown status
Rambam Health Care Campus-Oncology ( Site 2704)
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HaifaIsraelUnknown status
Hadassah Ein Karem Jerusalem ( Site 2702)
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JerusalemIsraelUnknown status
Rabin Medical Center-Oncology ( Site 2705)
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Petah TikvaIsraelUnknown status
Chaim Sheba Medical Center ( Site 2701)
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Ramat GanIsraelUnknown status
Fondazione IRCCS - Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
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MilanItalyCompleted
European Institute Of Oncology S.r.l.
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MilanItalyCompleted
IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione Pascale
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NaplesItalyCompleted
Istituto Oncologico Veneto
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PadovaItalyCompleted
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese
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SienaItalyCompleted
Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne
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GdanskPolandCompleted
Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im Marii Sklodowskiej Curie Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy
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WarsawPolandCompleted
University of Colorado, Anschutz Cancer Pavilion ( Site 2012)
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AuroraUnited StatesUnknown status
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins ( Site 2022)
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BaltimoreUnited StatesUnknown status
Martha Morehouse Tower ( Site 2020)
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ColumbusUnited StatesUnknown status
Duke Cancer Institute ( Site 2005)
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DurhamUnited StatesUnknown status
Inova Schar Cancer Institute ( Site 2011)
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FairfaxUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Florida College of Medicine-UF Health Cancer Center/Clinical Trials Office ( Site 2026)
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GainesvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
West Cancer Center - East Campus ( Site 2014)
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GermantownUnited StatesUnknown status
R.J. Zuckerberg Cancer Center ( Site 2032)
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Lake SuccessUnited StatesUnknown status
The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute ( Site 2009)
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Los AngelesUnited StatesUnknown status
UCLA Hematology & Oncology ( Site 2004)
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Los AngelesUnited StatesUnknown status
NYU Clinical Cancer Center ( Site 2002)
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New YorkUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Pennsylvania Abramson Cancer Center ( Site 2008)
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PhiladelphiaUnited StatesUnknown status
Oregon Health & Science University ( Site 2013)
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PortlandUnited StatesUnknown status
Mays Cancer Center ( Site 2025)
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San AntonioUnited StatesUnknown status
Providence Saint John's Health Center ( Site 2010)
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Santa MonicaUnited StatesUnknown status
Cape Town Oncology Trials ( Site 2864)
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Cape TownSouth AfricaUnknown status
CANCERCARE LANGENHOVEN DRIVE ONCOLOGY CENTRE ( Site 2865)
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Port ElizabethSouth AfricaUnknown status
Steve Biko Academic Hospital-Medical Oncology ( Site 2862)
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PretoriaSouth AfricaUnknown status
LIFE GROENKLOOF-Mary Potter Cancer Centre ( Site 2861)
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PretoriaSouth AfricaUnknown status
Sandton Oncology Medical Group (Pty) Ltd-Research ( Site 2863)
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SandtonSouth AfricaUnknown status

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