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NCT05845814Active, not recruitingPhase 1/2

A Study of Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab Plus Enfortumab Vedotin (EV) +/- Investigational Agents in First-Line Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma (mUC) (MK-3475-04B/KEYMAKER-U04)

A Phase 1/2 Randomized, Umbrella Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Pembrolizumab Plus Enfortumab Vedotin (EV) in Combination With Investigational Agents Versus Pembrolizumab Plus EV, as First-Line Treatment for Participants With Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma (KEYMAKER-U04): Substudy 04B

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 10 Sept 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This study is a substudy being conducted under one pembrolizumab umbrella master study KEYMAKER-U04. The substudy will consist of 2 parts. Part 1 will evaluate the efficacy and safety of coformulated favezelimab/pembrolizumab plus EV and coformulated vibostolimab/pembrolizumab plus EV relative to pembrolizumab plus EV. There will be no comparison of coformulated favezelimab/pembrolizumab plus EV versus coformulated vibostolimab/pembrolizumab plus EV. If ORR and/or DRR are substantially better on coformulated favezelimab/pembrolizumab plus EV and/or coformulated vibostolimab/pembrolizumab plus EV compared with pembrolizumab plus EV, after evaluation of the totality of data, the sponsor might consider Part 2 (expansion) to further characterize the efficacy and safety of the treatment arms under study.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
390 (estimated)
First submitted
26 Apr 2023
Start date
23 Jun 2023
Primary completion date
31 May 2027
Lead sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
NCT number
NCT05845814
EU CT number
2023-506385-30-00
EudraCT number
2022-001371-14

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 1/2
  • Planned participants: 390
  • From 23 Jun 2023 to the primary completion date, 31 May 2027
  • 47 sites in 12 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

  • Central nervous system (CNS) metastases are permitted on-study if all of the following are true: a) CNS metastases have been clinically stable for at least 4 weeks prior to screening and baseline scans show no evidence of new or enlarged metastasis; b) the participant is on a stable dose of ≤10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent for at least 2 weeks (if requiring steroid treatment); c) participant does not have leptomeningeal disease.
  • Has received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study intervention.
  • Has received an investigational agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to study intervention administration.
  • Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior the first dose of study intervention. Inhaled or topical steroids are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease. Physiologic replacement doses of corticosteroids are permitted for participants with adrenal insufficiency.
  • Has had major surgery within 4 weeks prior to first dose of study intervention.
  • Has had an allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant

Other illness

  • Has a known additional malignancy, except if the participant has undergone potentially curative therapy with no evidence of that disease recurrence for at least 3 years since initiation of that therapy.
  • Has active keratitis or corneal ulcerations. Superficial punctate keratitis is allowed if the disorder is being adequately treated in the opinion of the investigator.
  • Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years except replacement therapy.
  • Has a history of uncontrolled diabetes.
  • Has a history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or has current pneumonitis
  • Has an active infection (viral, bacterial, or fungal) requiring systemic therapy.
  • Has a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
  • Has hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus infection.

Who the study is looking for

  • Must have histologically documented, locally advanced/metastatic urothelial carcinoma (la/mUC).
    • Participants with mixed histology are eligible provided the urothelial component is ≥50% (and \<10% plasmacytoid component)
    • Participants whose tumors contain any neuroendocrine component are not eligible (variant histology to be confirmed locally)
  • Must not have received prior systemic therapy for la/mUC. The following therapies in earlier disease setting (eg, muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma (MIUC)) are permitted:
    • Participants that received neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy are permitted.
    • Participants who received anti- programmed cell death 1 protein (PD-1) or programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) therapy for an earlier disease stage (eg, NMIBC, MIUC) with progression/recurrence \>12 months from completion of therapy are permitted.
  • Must provide an archival tumor tissue sample or newly obtained core or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion demonstrating UC, not previously irradiated, and adequate for biomarker evaluation. A newly obtained biopsy is strongly preferred, but not required if archival tissue is evaluable.
  • Any AEs due to previous anticancer therapies must have recovered to ≤Grade 1 or baseline. Endocrine-related AEs adequately treated with hormone replacement or with \<Grade 2 neuropathy are eligible.

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

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (47)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital-Medical Oncology Clinical Trials Unit, Cancer Care Services ( Site 3951)
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BrisbaneAustraliaUnknown status
Austin Health-Cancer Clinical Trials Centre ( Site 3950)
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HeidelbergAustraliaUnknown status
The Ottawa Hospital - General Campus-The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre ( Site 3105)
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OttawaCanadaUnknown status
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre ( Site 3106)
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TorontoCanadaUnknown status
Sunnybrook Research Institute - Odette Cancer Centre ( Site 3108)
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TorontoCanadaUnknown status
Bradford Hill Norte ( Site 3152)
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AntofagastaChileUnknown status
Bradfordhill-Clinical Area ( Site 3155)
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SantiagoChileUnknown status
FALP-UIDO ( Site 3151)
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SantiagoChileUnknown status
ONCOCENTRO APYS-ACEREY ( Site 3158)
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Viña del MarChileUnknown status
Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron
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BarcelonaSpainCompleted
Hospital Clínico San Carlos
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MadridSpainCompleted
Centre hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux
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BordeauxFranceCompleted
Centr Georges Francois Leclerc
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DijonFranceCompleted
Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris
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ParisFranceCompleted
Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud
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Pierre-BéniteFranceCompleted
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Toulouse
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Toulouse Cedex 9FranceCompleted
St Bartholomew's Hospital-Centre for Experimental Cancer Medicine ( Site 3206)
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LondonUnited KingdomUnknown status
ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL (CHELSEA) ( Site 3201)
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LondonUnited KingdomUnknown status
Rambam Health Care Campus-Oncology Division ( Site 3501)
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HaifaIsraelUnknown status
Rabin Medical Center-Oncology ( Site 3504)
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Petah TikvaIsraelUnknown status
Sheba Medical Center-ONCOLOGY ( Site 3503)
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Ramat GanIsraelUnknown status
Fondazione IRCCS - Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
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MilanItalyCompleted
Ospedale San Raffaele S.r.l.
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MilanItalyCompleted
IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione Pascale
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NaplesItalyCompleted
Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System-Medical oncology ( Site 3903)
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Asan Medical Center-Department of Oncology ( Site 3901)
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Samsung Medical Center ( Site 3902)
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Het Nederlands Kanker Instituut-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis Stichting
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AmsterdamNetherlandsCompleted
University Hospital Maastricht
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MaastrichtNetherlandsCompleted
Erasmus Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam (Erasmus MC)
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RotterdamNetherlandsCompleted
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Kaohsiung-Oncology and Hematology ( Site 3802)
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Kaohsiung CityTaiwanUnknown status
National Cheng Kung University Hospital-Clinical Trial Center ( Site 3803)
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TainanTaiwanUnknown status
National Taiwan University Hospital-Oncology ( Site 3801)
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TaipeiTaiwanUnknown status
Emory University School of Medicine ( Site 3043)
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AtlantaUnited StatesUnknown status
Anschutz Cancer Pavilion ( Site 3017)
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AuroraUnited StatesUnknown status
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ( Site 3047)
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
Cleveland Clinic-Taussig Cancer Center ( Site 3036)
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ClevelandUnited StatesUnknown status
Duke Cancer Institute ( Site 3027)
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DurhamUnited StatesUnknown status
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center ( Site 3011)
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IndianapolisUnited StatesUnknown status
Moores Cancer Center ( Site 3028)
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La JollaUnited StatesUnknown status
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ( Site 3018)
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New YorkUnited StatesUnknown status
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ( Site 3031)
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New YorkUnited StatesUnknown status
University of California, Irvine (UCI) Health - UC Irvine Medical Center ( Site 3045)
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OrangeUnited StatesUnknown status
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center ( Site 3014)
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PittsburghUnited StatesUnknown status
Huntsman Cancer Institute-HCI Clinical Trials Office ( Site 3041)
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Salt Lake CityUnited StatesUnknown status
UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay ( Site 3044)
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San FranciscoUnited StatesUnknown status
Siteman Cancer Center ( Site 3038)
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St LouisUnited StatesUnknown status

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