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NCT05017012CompletedPhase 1

A Study to Evaluate the Bioavailability of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Via Subcutaneous (SC) Injection of Pembrolizumab Formulated With Berahyaluronidase Alfa (MK-5180) [MK-3475A] In Advanced Solid Tumors (MK-3475A-C18)

A Phase 1 Clinical Study to Evaluate the Bioavailability of Pembrolizumab Via Subcutaneous Injection of MK-3475A, a Formulation of Pembrolizumab With MK-5180, in Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 5 Jun 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This is a study to assess the pharmacokinetics, safety, and tolerability of pembrolizumab formulated with berahyaluronidase when administered as a SC injection to participants with advanced solid tumors. Participants will receive SC injections of pembrolizumab (+) berahyaluronidase alfa containing one of 2 different concentrations (Conc) of pembrolizumab, Conc1 and Conc2, corresponding to a pembrolizumab dose level of dose 1 for Arms 1, 2, and 3 and dose 2 for Arm 4.

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
142 (actual)
First submitted
18 Aug 2021
Start date
21 Sept 2021
Primary completion date
19 May 2026
Lead sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
NCT number
NCT05017012
EU CT number
2023-505340-19-00
EudraCT number
2021-001569-18

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 1
  • Participants enrolled: 142
  • From 21 Sept 2021 to the primary completion date, 19 May 2026
  • 22 sites in 6 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 chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study medication.
  • Has had chemotherapy, definitive radiation, or biological cancer therapy within 4 weeks (2 weeks for palliative radiation) before the first dose of study intervention, or has not recovered to National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Grade 1 or better from any adverse events (AEs) that were due to cancer therapeutics administered more than 4 weeks earlier (this includes participants with previous immunomodulatory therapy with residual immune-related AEs).
  • Has received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention.

Other illness

  • Has a history of a second malignancy, unless potentially curative treatment has been completed with no evidence of malignancy for 2 years
  • Has severe hypersensitivity (≥Grade 3) to pembrolizumab and/or any of its excipients.
  • Has an active infection requiring therapy.
  • Has a history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids or current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease.
  • Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years.
  • Has known hepatitis B or C infections or known to be positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)/hepatitis B virus deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or hepatitis C antibody and ribonucleic acid (RNA)
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected participants with a history of Kaposi's sarcoma and/or Multicentric Castleman's Disease.
  • Has not fully recovered from any effects of major surgery without significant detectable infection.
  • Has a history of severe hypersensitivity reaction (eg, generalized rash/erythema, hypotension, bronchospasm, angioedema, or anaphylaxis) to pemetrexed, cisplatin, axitinib, carboplatin, paclitaxel, or nab-paclitaxel.

Lab values

  • Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the study, interfere with the participant's participation for the full duration of the study, or is not in the best interest of the participant to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator.

Other

  • Has clinically active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis.
  • Is pregnant, breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study.
  • Has symptomatic ascites or pleural effusion.
  • Has preexisting peripheral neuropathy that is \>Grade 2 by latest NCI CTCAE version 5.
  • Has a known sensitivity to recombinant hyaluronidase or other form of hyaluronidase.

Who the study is looking for

  • Has a histologically- or cytologically-confirmed advanced/metastatic solid tumor.
  • Can provide archival tumor tissue sample or newly obtained core or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion not previously irradiated.
  • Has a measurable disease per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1.
  • Has a performance status of 0 or 1 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Scale.
  • Demonstrates adequate organ function.

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

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (22)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
FALP-UIDO ( Site 0101)
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SantiagoChileUnknown status
Bradfordhill ( Site 0100)
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SantiagoChileUnknown status
James Lind Centro de Investigación del Cáncer ( Site 0102)
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TemucoChileUnknown status
HOSPITAL CLÍNIC DE BARCELONA-Department of Medical Oncology ( Site 0043)
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BarcelonaSpainUnknown status
HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑON-ONCOLOGY ( Site 0040)
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MadridSpainUnknown status
Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria-Phase I Trials Unit ( Site 0042)
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MálagaSpainUnknown status
Magyar Honvedseg Egeszsegugyi Kozpont-Onkologiai Osztaly ( Site 0020)
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BudapestHungaryUnknown status
Országos Onkológiai Intézet-Urogenital Tumors Department and Clinical Pharmacology ( Site 0021)
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BudapestHungaryUnknown status
National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center ( Site 0114)
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FukuokaJapanUnknown status
Kansai Medical University Hospital ( Site 0112)
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HirakataJapanUnknown status
Saitama Prefectural Cancer Center ( Site 0110)
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Ina-machiJapanUnknown status
Shizuoka Cancer Center ( Site 0111)
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Nagaizumi-cho,Sunto-gunJapanUnknown status
Osaka International Cancer Institute ( Site 0113)
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OsakaJapanUnknown status
Samsung Medical Center ( Site 0063)
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System ( Site 0062)
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Cape Town Oncology Trials ( Site 0050)
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Cape TownSouth AfricaUnknown status
Medical Oncology Centre of Rosebank ( Site 0058)
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JohannesburgSouth AfricaUnknown status
CANCERCARE LANGENHOVEN DRIVE ONCOLOGY CENTRE ( Site 0051)
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Port ElizabethSouth AfricaUnknown status
Steve Biko Academic Hospital-Medical Oncology ( Site 0057)
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PretoriaSouth AfricaUnknown status
LIFE GROENKLOOF-Mary Potter Cancer Centre ( Site 0052)
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PretoriaSouth AfricaUnknown status
Cancercare Rondebosch Oncology-Clinical trials ( Site 0055)
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RondeboschSouth AfricaUnknown status
Sandton Oncology Medical Group (Pty) Ltd-Research ( Site 0053)
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SandtonSouth AfricaUnknown status

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