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NCT05446870CompletedPhase 2

Pembrolizumab With Chemotherapy and MK-4830 for Treating Participants With Ovarian Cancer (MK-4830-002)

A Randomized, Phase 2 Study of Pembrolizumab And Chemotherapy With or Without MK-4830 as Neoadjuvant Treatment for High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 1 Oct 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The primary objective is to evaluate in participants with high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC), whether the reduction from baseline in circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid (ctDNA) at Cycle 3 (ΔctDNA) is larger in participants receiving MK-4830 + pembrolizumab in combination with standard of care (SOC) therapy than in those receiving pembrolizumab + SOC therapy.

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
160 (actual)
First submitted
1 Jul 2022
Start date
25 Jul 2022
Primary completion date
20 Dec 2023
Lead sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
NCT number
NCT05446870
EU CT number
2023-505005-16-00
EudraCT number
2021-005458-27

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Participants enrolled: 160
  • From 25 Jul 2022 to the primary completion date, 20 Dec 2023
  • 45 sites in 11 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 received prior treatment for any stage of ovarian cancer (OC), including radiation or systemic anticancer therapy.
  • Planned or has been administered intraperitoneal chemotherapy as first-line therapy.
  • Has received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention.
  • Is currently participating in or has participated in a study of an investigational agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks before the first dose of study intervention.
  • 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 the first dose of study medication.
  • Has received colony-stimulating factors within 4 weeks prior to receiving study intervention on Day 1 of Cycle 1.
  • Has had surgery \<6 months prior to Screening to treat borderline ovarian tumors, early-stage OC, or early-stage fallopian tube cancer.
  • Has a history of hemorrhage, hemoptysis, or active gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding within 6 months prior to randomization.
  • Has had an allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant.
  • Has either had major surgery within 3 weeks of randomization or has not recovered from any effects of any major surgery.

Other illness

  • Has a history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids or has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease.
  • Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 3 years.
  • Has severe hypersensitivity to pembrolizumab, carboplatin, paclitaxel (or docetaxel, if applicable), Avastin or biosimilar (if using) and/or any of their excipients.
  • Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years.
  • Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.
  • Has a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
  • Has a known history of hepatitis B or known active hepatitis C virus infection.
  • Has a known psychiatric or substance abuse disorder that would interfere with the participant's ability to cooperate with the requirements of the study.
  • Has uncontrolled hypertension.

Lab values

  • Has received prior therapy with an anti-programmed cell death 1 protein (PD-1), anti-programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1), anti-programmed cell death 1 ligand 2 (PD-L2), anti-immunoglobulin-like transcript 4 (ILT4), or anti-human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-G agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or coinhibitory T-cell receptor.

Other

  • Has a non-HGSOC histology.
  • Has known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis.
  • Has current, clinically relevant bowel obstruction.

Who the study is looking for

  • Has histologically-confirmed International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Stage III or Stage IV HGSOC, primary peritoneal cancer, or fallopian tube cancer.
  • Is a candidate for carboplatin and paclitaxel chemotherapy, to be administered in the neoadjuvant and adjuvant setting.
  • Is a candidate for interval debulking surgery.
  • Is able to provide archival tissue or newly obtained core, incisional, or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion.
  • Has adequate organ functions.

Criteria the registry did not label

  • The main inclusion and exclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:

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

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (45)

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

SiteCityCountrySite status
Antwerp University Hospital-Oncology ( Site 1301)
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EdegemBelgiumUnknown status
AZ Maria Middelares-IKG ( Site 1302)
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GhentBelgiumUnknown status
UZ Leuven ( Site 1300)
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LeuvenBelgiumUnknown status
Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal ( Site 0300)
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MontrealCanadaUnknown status
McGill University Health Centre ( Site 0301)
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MontrealCanadaUnknown status
FALP ( Site 0905)
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SantiagoChileUnknown status
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile-Centro del Cáncer ( Site 0900)
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SantiagoChileUnknown status
James Lind Centro de Investigación del Cáncer ( Site 0903)
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TemucoChileUnknown status
ONCOCENTRO APYS-ACEREY ( Site 0904)
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Viña del MarChileUnknown status
Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron-Departamento de Oncologia- VHIO ( Site 1101)
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BarcelonaSpainUnknown status
Instituto Catalan de Oncologia - Hospital Duran i Reynals-Medical Oncology ( Site 1103)
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HospitaletSpainUnknown status
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre-Medical Oncology ( Site 1104)
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MadridSpainUnknown status
Rambam Health Care Campus-Gyneco-oncology unit ( Site 0602)
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HaifaIsraelUnknown status
Shaare Zedek Medical Center ( Site 0601)
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JerusalemIsraelUnknown status
Sheba Medical Center-ONCOLOGY ( Site 0600)
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Ramat GanIsraelUnknown status
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori-Struttura Complessa Chirurgia Ginecologica ( Site 050
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MilanItalyUnknown status
Istituto Europeo di Oncologia IRCCS-Divisione di Ginecologia Oncologica ( Site 0501)
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MilanItalyUnknown status
Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale-S.C. Oncologia Sperimentale Uro-Genitale ( Site 0
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NaplesItalyUnknown status
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli-Ginecologia Oncologica ( Site 0502)
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RomeItalyUnknown status
Seoul National University Hospital ( Site 0801)
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System-Gynecologic cancer center ( Site 0800)
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne-Klinika Ginekologii, Ginekologii Onkologicznej i Endokrynologii Gi
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GdanskPolandUnknown status
Swietokrzyskie Centrum Onkologii, Samodzielny Publiczny Zaklad Opieki Zdrowotnej ( Site 0708)
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KielcePolandUnknown status
Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny w Poznaniu-Oddzial Ginekologii Onkologicznej ( Site 0709)
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PoznanPolandUnknown status
Mazowiecki Szpital Wojewódzki w Siedlcach-Siedleckie Centrum Onkologii ( Site 0701)
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SiedlcePolandUnknown status
Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie - P-Klinika Ginekologii Onkologicznej ( Sit
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WarsawPolandUnknown status
National Cancer Centre Singapore ( Site 1501)
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SingaporeSingaporeUnknown status
National University Hospital ( Site 1502)
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SingaporeSingaporeUnknown status
Changhua Christian Hospital-Obstetrics and Gynecology ( Site 1203)
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Changhua CountyTaiwanUnknown status
Taichung Veterans General Hospital-GYNECOLOGY ( Site 1202)
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TaichungTaiwanUnknown status
National Cheng Kung University Hospital ( Site 1201)
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TainanTaiwanUnknown status
Mackay Memorial Hospital ( Site 1204)
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TaipeiTaiwanUnknown status
National Taiwan University Hospital-Internal Medicine ( Site 1200)
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TaipeiTaiwanUnknown status
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus-Cancer Clinical Trials Office ( Site 0108)
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AuroraUnited StatesUnknown status
Roswell Park Cancer Institute ( Site 0106)
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BuffaloUnited StatesUnknown status
Northwestern Memorial Hospital ( Site 0104)
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ChicagoUnited StatesUnknown status
Mayo Clinic in Florida ( Site 0101)
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JacksonvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health, Inc. ( Site 0110)
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MiamiUnited StatesUnknown status
Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island ( Site 0116)
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MineolaUnited StatesUnknown status
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey ( Site 0114)
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New BrunswickUnited StatesUnknown status
Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone ( Site 0107)
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New YorkUnited StatesUnknown status
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ( Site 0102)
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New YorkUnited StatesUnknown status
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ( Site 0100)
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SeattleUnited StatesUnknown status
Sanford Cancer Center-Gynecologic Oncology ( Site 0115)
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Sioux FallsUnited StatesUnknown status
Washington University ( Site 0113)
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St LouisUnited StatesUnknown status

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