NCT04934722CompletedPhase 3
Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Plus Enzalutamide Plus Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) Versus Placebo Plus Enzalutamide Plus ADT in Participants With Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer (mHSPC) (MK-3475-991/KEYNOTE-991)-China Extension
A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind Trial of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Plus Enzalutamide Plus ADT Versus Placebo Plus Enzalutamide Plus ADT in Participants With Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer (mHSPC) (KEYNOTE-991)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 2 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study will assess the efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab plus enzalutamide plus Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) versus placebo plus enzalutamide plus ADT in Chinese participants with mHSPC. The primary hypothesis is that in participants with mHSPC, the combination of pembrolizumab plus enzalutamide plus ADT is superior to placebo plus enzalutamide plus ADT with respect to 1) radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) per Prostate Cancer Working Group (PCWG)-modified Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) and 2) overall survival (OS). As of Amendment 4, the study is being stopped for futility. All the prespecified interim analysis after interim analysis (IA1) and final analysis of the study described in the statistical analysis plan (SAP) will not be performed. Safety analysis will be performed at the end of the study; there will be no further analyses for efficacy and electronic patient-reported outcome (ePRO) endpoints collected from participants beyond the IA1 cutoff date. All study participants will stop ongoing treatment with pembrolizumab/placebo. Exceptions may be requested for study participants who, in the assessment of their study physician, are benefitting from the combination of enzalutamide and pembrolizumab, after consulting with the Sponsor. All other study participants should be discontinued from study and be offered standard of care (SOC) treatment as deemed necessary by the Investigator. If enzalutamide as SOC is not accessible off study to the participant, central sourcing may continue. As of Amendment 04, disease progression will no longer be centrally verified, participants will only be assessed locally. As of Amendment 4, Second Course treatment is not an option for participants. There are currently no participants in the Second Course Phase.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 186 (actual)
- First submitted
- 17 Jun 2021
- Start date
- May 2021
- Primary completion date
- Oct 2022
- Lead sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
- Diseases
- Prostate cancer
- NCT number
- NCT04934722
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Participants enrolled: 186
- From May 2021 to the primary completion date, Oct 2022
- 24 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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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 chronic systemic steroid therapy
- Has undergone major surgery including local prostate intervention (excluding prostate biopsy) within 28 days prior to randomization and not recovered adequately from the toxicities and/or complications
- Has had myocardial infarction or uncontrolled angina within 6 months prior to randomization, or has New York Heart Association class III or IV congestive heart failure or a history of New York Heart Association class III or IV congestive heart failure
- Has received prior ADT as neoadjuvant/adjuvant therapy for non-metastatic prostate cancer for \>39 months in duration or within 9 months prior to randomization or with evidence of disease progression while receiving ADT
- Has had prior treatment with a next generation hormonal agent (eg, abiraterone, enzalutamide, apalutamide, darolutamide)
- Has received prior therapy with an anti-programmed cell death-1 (anti-PD-1), anti-programmed cell death-ligand 1 (anti-PD-L1), or anti-programmed cell death-ligand 2 (anti PD-L2) agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or coinhibitory T-cell receptor
- Has received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to randomization
- Has had an allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant
- Has received any prior pharmacotherapy, radiation therapy or surgery for metastatic prostate cancer with the following exceptions:
- Up to 3 months of ADT or orchiectomy with or without concurrent first-generation antiandrogens, if patient was not treated with docetaxel
- May have 1 course of palliative radiation or surgical therapy to treat symptoms resulting from metastatic disease if it was administered at least 4 weeks prior to randomization
- For participants with low volume metastatic disease, may have 1 course of definitive radiotherapy if it was administered at least 4 weeks prior to randomization
- Up to 6 cycles of docetaxel therapy with final treatment administration completed within 2 months of randomization and no evidence of disease progression. In these participants up to 6 months of ADT permitted
Other illness
- Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment in the last 3 years
- Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years
- Has a gastrointestinal disorder affecting absorption or is unable to swallow tablets/capsules
- Has an active infection (including tuberculosis) requiring systemic therapy
- Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or has current pneumonitis
- Has known active human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection
- Has a history of seizure or any condition that may predispose to seizure
- Has a history of loss of consciousness within 12 months of screening
- Has hypotension (systolic blood pressure \<86 millimeters of mercury \[mmHg\]) or uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure \>170 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure \>105 mmHg) at the screening visit
- Has a history of clinically significant ventricular arrhythmias
- Has hypersensitivity to pembrolizumab and/or enzalutamide and/or any of their excipients
Other
- Has known or suspected central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis
- Has a "superscan" bone scan
- Is expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study, starting with the screening visit through 120 days after the last dose of study treatment
Who the study is looking for
- Male participants with histologically- or cytologically-confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate without small cell histology
- Has metastatic disease assessed by investigator and verified by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) by either ≥2 bone lesions on bone scan and/or visceral disease by computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (CT/MRI)
- Willing to maintain continuous Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) with a luteinizing-hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) agonists or antagonists during study treatment or have a history of bilateral orchiectomy
- Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 assessed within 10 days of randomization
- Participants receiving bone resorptive therapy (including, but not limited to, bisphosphonate or denosumab) must have been on stable doses prior to randomization
- Has adequate organ function
- Has provided newly obtained core or excisional biopsy (obtained within 12 months of screening) from soft tissue not previously irradiated (samples from tumors progressing in a prior site of radiation are allowed). Participants with bone only or bone predominant disease may provide a bone biopsy sample
- Male participants must agree to the following during the intervention period and for at least 120 days after the last dose of study intervention: Refrain from donating sperm PLUS either be abstinent from heterosexual intercourse and agree to remain abstinent OR agree to use contraception, unless confirmed to be azoospermic
- Male participants must agree to use male condom when engaging in any activity that allows for passage of ejaculate to another person of any sex
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: Male · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (24)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beijing Cancer Hospital ( Site 0802) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beijing | China | Unknown status |
| Peking University First Hospital ( Site 0800) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beijing | China | Unknown status |
| Hunan Cancer Hospital ( Site 0817) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Changsha | China | Unknown status |
| Chongqing Cancer Hospital ( Site 0815) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chongqing | China | Unknown status |
| Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hospital (Site # 0819) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guangzhou | China | Unknown status |
| Southern Medical University Nanfang Hospital ( Site 0838) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guangzhou | China | Unknown status |
| Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center ( Site 0825) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guangzhou | China | Unknown status |
| The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University-Urology ( Site 0638) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guangzhou | China | Unknown status |
| The 1st Affil Hosp of College of Medicine, Zhejiang Univ ( Site 0830) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hangzhou | China | Unknown status |
| 2nd Affil Hosp of Zhejiang University College of Medicine ( Site 0808) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hangzhou | China | Unknown status |
| Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital ( Site 0809) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hangzhou | China | Unknown status |
| Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital ( Site 0822) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Harbin | China | Unknown status |
| The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University ( Site 0821) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nanchang | China | Unknown status |
| Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital ( Site 0811) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nanjing | China | Unknown status |
| Ningbo First Hospital-Urology (0835) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ningbo | China | Unknown status |
| Renji Hospital Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine ( Site 0807 ) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shanghai | China | Unknown status |
| Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital ( Site 0804 ) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tianjin | China | Unknown status |
| The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University ( Site 0834) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wenzhou | China | Unknown status |
| Union Hospital Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology ( Site 0829) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wuhan | China | Unknown status |
| Hubei Cancer Hospital ( Site 0833) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wuhan | China | Unknown status |
| The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University (Site 0816) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Xiamen | China | Unknown status |
| The Second Affiliated Hosp of Xi'an Jiaotong Univ College of Medicine ( Site 0831) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Xi'an | China | Unknown status |
| The first affiliated Hospital of Xi an Jiaotong University ( Site # 0812) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Xi’an | China | Unknown status |
| Henan Cancer Hospital ( Site 0818) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zhengzhou | China | Unknown status |
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