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NCT04626479CompletedPhase 1/2

Substudy 03A: A Study of Immune and Targeted Combination Therapies in Participants With First Line (1L) Renal Cell Carcinoma (MK-3475-03A)

A Phase 1b/2 Study of Immune and Targeted Combination Therapies in Participants With RCC (U03): Substudy 03A in First Line Metastatic Participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 25 Sept 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Substudy 03A is part of a larger research study that is testing experimental treatments for renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The larger study is the umbrella study (U03). The goal of substudy 03A is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of experimental combinations of investigational agents in participants with advanced first line (1L) clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). This substudy will have two phases: a safety lead-in phase and an efficacy phase. The safety lead-in phase will be used to demonstrate a tolerable safety profile for the combination of investigational agents. There will be no hypothesis testing in this study.

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
393 (actual)
First submitted
10 Nov 2020
Start date
16 Dec 2020
Primary completion date
10 Aug 2026
Lead sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
NCT number
NCT04626479
EU CT number
2023-506838-68-00
EudraCT number
2019-003609-84

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 1/2
  • Participants enrolled: 393
  • From 16 Dec 2020 to the primary completion date, 10 Aug 2026
  • 56 sites in 14 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

  • Has urine protein ≥1 g/24 hours and has any of the following: (a) a pulse oximeter reading \<92% at rest, or (b) requires intermittent supplemental oxygen, or (c) requires chronic supplemental oxygen (d) active hemoptysis within 3 weeks prior to the first dose of study intervention
  • Has had major surgery within 3 weeks before first dose of study interventions
  • Has malabsorption due to prior GI surgery or disease
  • Has received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study intervention
  • Has received a live or live attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study drug; killed vaccines are allowed
  • Has received more than 4 previous systemic anticancer treatment regimens
  • Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving any form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study intervention
  • Has had an allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant

Other illness

  • Has clinically significant cardiovascular disease within 12 months from the first dose of study intervention administration
  • Has a history of lung disease
  • Has a history of inflammatory bowel disease
  • Has preexisting gastrointestinal (GI) or non-GI fistula
  • Has known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 3 years
  • Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years; replacement therapy is not considered a form of systemic treatment and is allowed
  • Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy
  • Has a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
  • Has a known history of Hepatitis B

Other

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

Who the study is looking for

  • Has a histologically confirmed diagnosis of locally advanced/metastatic ccRCC
  • Has received no prior systemic therapy for advanced RCC; prior neoadjuvant/adjuvant therapy for RCC is acceptable if completed ≥12 months before randomization/allocation.
  • Is able to swallow oral medication
  • Has adequate organ function
  • Participants receiving bone resorptive therapy must have therapy initiated at least 2 weeks before randomization/allocation
  • Has resolution of toxic effects of the most recent prior therapy to ≤Grade 1
  • Has adequately controlled blood pressure (BP ≤150/90 mm Hg) with no change in hypertensive medications within 1 week before randomization/allocation
  • Male participants are abstinent from heterosexual intercourse or agree to use contraception during treatment with and for at least 7 days after the last dose of lenvatinib and /or belzutifan; 7 days after lenvatinib and/or belzutifan is stopped, if the participant is only receiving pembrolizumab, pembrolizumab/quavonlimab, favezelimab/pembrolizumab or a combination of the aforementioned drugs, no contraception is needed
  • Female participants must not be pregnant and not be a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP) or is a WOCBP abstinent from heterosexual intercourse or using contraception during the intervention period and for at least 120 days after the last dose of pembrolizumab, pembrolizumab/quavonlimab, favezelimab/pembrolizumab for 30 days after the last dose of lenvatinib or belzutifan, whichever occurs last and must abstain from breastfeeding during the study intervention period and for at least 120 days after study intervention

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

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (56)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Blacktown Hospital ( Site 1601)
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BlacktownAustraliaUnknown status
Austin Health ( Site 1600)
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HeidelbergAustraliaUnknown status
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital ( Site 1603)
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HerstonAustraliaUnknown status
St George Hospital ( Site 1602)
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KogarahAustraliaUnknown status
Jewish General Hospital ( Site 1100)
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MontrealCanadaUnknown status
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre ( Site 1101)
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TorontoCanadaUnknown status
Oncovida ( Site 2107)
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SantiagoChileUnknown status
Bradfordhill-Clinical Area ( Site 2101)
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SantiagoChileUnknown status
FALP-UIDO ( Site 2100)
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SantiagoChileUnknown status
James Lind Centro de Investigacion del Cancer ( Site 2108)
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TemucoChileUnknown status
CIDO SpA-Oncology ( Site 2106)
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TemucoChileUnknown status
ONCOCENTRO APYS-ACEREY ( Site 2103)
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Viña del MarChileUnknown status
Clinica Colsanitas S.A, Sede Clínica Universitaria Colombia-Center Investigator ( Site 1900)
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BogotáColombiaUnknown status
Fundación Valle del Lili ( Site 1901)
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CaliColombiaUnknown status
Instituto Médico de Alta Tecnologia S.A.S ( Site 1904)
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MonteríaColombiaUnknown status
Sociedad De Oncologia Y Hematologia Del Cesar-Oncology ( Site 1905)
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ValleduparColombiaUnknown status
Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron
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BarcelonaSpainCompleted
Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
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MadridSpainCompleted
Les Hopitaux Universitaires De Strasbourg
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Strasbourg Cedex 2FranceCompleted
Institut Universitaire Du Cancer Toulouse-Oncopole
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Toulouse Cedex 9FranceCompleted
Institut de cancérologie de Lorraine
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Vandoeuvre Les Nancy_ CedexFranceCompleted
Institut Gustave Roussy
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VillejuifFranceCompleted
Velindre Cancer Centre Hospital ( Site 1407)
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CardiffUnited KingdomUnknown status
Western General Hospital ( Site 1402)
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EdinburghUnited KingdomUnknown status
The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre ( Site 1405)
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GlasgowUnited KingdomUnknown status
Leicester Royal Infirmary ( Site 1408)
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LeicesterUnited KingdomUnknown status
Barts Health NHS Trust ( Site 1401)
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LondonUnited KingdomUnknown status
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust ( Site 1400)
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ManchesterUnited KingdomUnknown status
Royal Preston Hospital ( Site 1406)
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PrestonUnited KingdomUnknown status
Southampton General Hospital ( Site 1403)
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SouthamptonUnited KingdomUnknown status
Orszagos Onkologiai Intezet
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Budapest XIIHungaryCompleted
Rambam MC ( Site 1500)
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HaifaIsraelUnknown status
Hadassah Medical Center-Oncology ( Site 1504)
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JerusalemIsraelUnknown status
Rabin Medical Center ( Site 1502)
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Petah TikvaIsraelUnknown status
Sheba Medical Center - Oncology Division ( Site 1501)
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Ramat GanIsraelUnknown status
Sourasky Medical Center ( Site 1503)
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Tel AvivIsraelUnknown status
Severance Hospital ( Site 1802)
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Samsung Medical Center ( Site 1801)
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Asan Medical Center ( Site 1800)
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SongpaguSouth KoreaUnknown status
Het Nederlands Kanker Instituut-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis Stichting
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AmsterdamNetherlandsCompleted
Erasmus Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam (Erasmus MC)
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RotterdamNetherlandsCompleted
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
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UtrechtNetherlandsCompleted
Auckland City Hospital ( Site 1700)
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AucklandNew ZealandUnknown status
Centrum Onkologii Im. Prof. Franciszka Lukaszczyka W Bydgoszczy
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BydgoszczPolandCompleted
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 Chicago ( Site 1013)
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ChicagoUnited StatesUnknown status
UTSW Medical Center ( Site 1003)
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DallasUnited StatesUnknown status
Henry Ford Health System ( Site 1014)
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DetroitUnited StatesUnknown status
Duke Cancer Institute ( Site 1015)
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DurhamUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Iowa ( Site 1012)
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Iowa CityUnited StatesUnknown status
Yale-New Haven Hospital-Yale Cancer Center ( Site 1011)
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New HavenUnited StatesUnknown status
Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center ( Site 1016)
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New YorkUnited StatesUnknown status
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ( Site 1002)
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New YorkUnited StatesUnknown status
UPMC Cancer Center/Hillman Cancer Center ( Site 1017)
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PittsburghUnited StatesUnknown status
University of California at San Francisco ( Site 1008)
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San FranciscoUnited StatesUnknown status

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.