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NCT06788912Active, not recruitingPhase 2

Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Plus Investigational Agents in Resectable Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) (MK-3475-01E/KEYMAKER-U01)

KEYMAKER-U01 Substudy 01E: A Phase 2 Umbrella Study With Rolling Arms of Investigational Agents With or Without Chemotherapy in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Treatment of Participants With Newly Diagnosed Resectable Stages II-IIIB (N2) Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 13 Oct 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The main goals are after treatment given before surgery, to measure the number of people who have no signs of cancer cells in tumors and lymph nodes removed during surgery; and to learn about whether the cancer gets smaller or goes away by measuring the number of people with a certain number of living cancer cells in the tumor removed during surgery.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60 (estimated)
First submitted
17 Jan 2025
Start date
20 Mar 2025
Primary completion date
6 Feb 2032
Lead sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Diseases
Lung cancer
NCT number
NCT06788912
EU CT number
2023-509234-19-00

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Planned participants: 60
  • From 20 Mar 2025 to the primary completion date, 6 Feb 2032
  • 39 sites in 9 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 active inflammatory bowel disease requiring immunosuppressive medication or previous history of inflammatory bowel disease (eg, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or chronic diarrhea).
  • Received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention
  • Received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study intervention, or radiation related toxicities, requiring corticosteroids.
  • 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 intervention.

Other illness

  • Has one of the following tumor locations/types: NSCLC involving the superior sulcus, large-cell neuro-endocrine cancer, mixed tumors containing small cell and non-small cell elements, or sarcomatoid tumor.
  • Has history of documented severe dry eye syndrome, severe Meibomian gland disease and/or blepharitis, or severe corneal disease that prevents/delays corneal healing.
  • Has uncontrolled, significant cardiovascular disease or cerebrovascular disease.
  • Known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 5 years.
  • Severe hypersensitivity (≥Grade 3) to pembrolizumab and/or any of its excipients.
  • Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years. Replacement therapy (e.g. thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid) is allowed.
  • History of (noninfectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids or has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease.
  • Active infection requiring systemic therapy.
  • Hepatitis B (defined as hepatitis B surface antigen \[HBsAg\] reactive) or Hepatitis C virus (defined as detectable hepatitis C virus (HCV) ribonucleic acid (RNA) \[qualitative\]) infection.
  • Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
  • History of allogeneic tissue/solid organ transplant.

Other

  • Has Grade ≥2 peripheral neuropathy.

Who the study is looking for

  • Has previously untreated and pathologically confirmed resectable Stage II, IIIA, or IIIB (N2) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
  • Able to undergo protocol therapy, including necessary surgery
  • Confirmation that epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) -directed therapy is not indicated as primary therapy
  • Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of either 0 or 1 as assessed within 10 days before initiation of study intervention.
  • Is able to provide archival or newly obtained core/excisional biopsy of the primary lung tumor or lymph node metastasis.

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: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (39)

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

SiteCityCountrySite status
FALP ( Site 0161)
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SantiagoChileUnknown status
Centro de Estudios Clínicos SAGA ( Site 0162)
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SantiagoChileUnknown status
Bradfordhill ( Site 0160)
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SantiagoChileUnknown status
Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
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BarcelonaSpainActive, not recruiting
Alexandra Hospital
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AthensGreeceActive, not recruiting
University General Hospital "ATTIKON" - General Hospital of West Attica "H AGIA VARVARA"
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ChaïdáriGreeceActive, not recruiting
University General Hospital of Heraklion
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HeraklionGreeceActive, not recruiting
Metropolitan Hospital
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PireasGreeceActive, not recruiting
Orszagos Koranyi Pulmonologiai Intezet
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Budapest XIIHungaryActive, not recruiting
Gyor-Moson-Sopron Varmegyei Petz Aladar Egyetemi Oktato Korhaz
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GyőrHungaryActive, not recruiting
Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok Varmegyei Hetenyi Geza Korhaz-Rendelointézet
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SzolnokHungaryActive, not recruiting
Careggi University Hospital
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FlorenceItalyActive, not recruiting
Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
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MilanItalyActive, not recruiting
Ospedale San Raffaele S.r.l.
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MilanItalyActive, not recruiting
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
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RomeItalyActive, not recruiting
Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne
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GdanskPolandActive, not recruiting
Wielkopolskie Centrum Pulmonologii i Torakochirurgii im. Eugenii i Janusza Zeylandow
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PoznanPolandActive, not recruiting
Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im Marii Sklodowskiej Curie Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy
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WarsawPolandActive, not recruiting
CNE CC of Oncology Hematol ( Site 0130)
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CherkasyUkraineUnknown status
Municipal Enterprise "Bukovinian сlinical oncology сenter" ( Site 0139)
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ChernivtsiUkraineUnknown status
CNCE Precarpathian Clinical Oncologic Center ( Site 0131)
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Ivano-FrankivskUkraineUnknown status
Shalimov Institute of Surgery and Transplantation ( Site 0138)
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KyivUkraineUnknown status
MNPE LTMU Multidisc. Clin. Hosp. of Emerg. and Intens. Care ( Site 0132)
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LvivUkraineUnknown status
ME RIVNE REGIONAL ANTITUMOR CENTER ( Site 0460)
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RivneUkraineUnknown status
Communal Noncommercial Enterprise "Podillia Regional Oncology Center Of Vinnytsia Regional Council" ( Site 0135)
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VinnytsiaUkraineUnknown status
Texas Oncology - Central/South Texas ( Site 8009)
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AustinUnited StatesUnknown status
MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center ( Site 0033)
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BaltimoreUnited StatesUnknown status
Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center ( Site 0402)
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BaltimoreUnited StatesUnknown status
Southern Cancer Center (SCC) ( Site 8004)
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DaphneUnited StatesUnknown status
Oncology Associates of Oregon, P.C.(Willamette Valley Cancer Institute) (WVCI) ( Site 8006)
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EugeneUnited StatesUnknown status
Virginia Cancer Specialists (VCS) ( Site 8002)
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FairfaxUnited StatesUnknown status
Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers (RMCC) ( Site 8011)
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Lone TreeUnited StatesUnknown status
Sansum Clinic (Ridley Tree) ( Site 8012)
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Santa BarbaraUnited StatesUnknown status
Texas Oncology - Northeast Texas ( Site 8005)
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TylerUnited StatesUnknown status
Baskent University Dr. Turgut Noyan Research and Training Center-ONCOLOGY ( Site 0702)
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AdanaTurkey (Türkiye)Unknown status
Hacettepe Universite Hastaneleri-oncology hospital ( Site 0700)
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AnkaraTurkey (Türkiye)Unknown status
Akdeniz Universitesi Hastanesi-Medical Oncology ( Site 0704)
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AntalyaTurkey (Türkiye)Unknown status
İzmir Suat Seren Chest Disease Training & Research Hospital ( Site 0701)
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IzmirTurkey (Türkiye)Unknown status
Ondokuz Mayıs Universitesi-Oncology department ( Site 0706)
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SamsunTurkey (Türkiye)Unknown status

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