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A Clinical Study of Intismeran Autogene (V940) and Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in People With Melanoma (V940-012/INTerpath-012)
NCT06961006 · Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
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Official title
A Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo- and Active-Comparator-Controlled Clinical Study of V940 (mRNA-4157) Plus Pembrolizumab Versus Placebo Plus Pembrolizumab in Participants With First-Line Advanced Melanoma (INTerpath-012)
About this study
Researchers want to learn if intismeran autogene with pembrolizumab can stop advanced melanoma from growing or spreading. Melanoma is a type of skin cancer. Advanced means the cancer has spread to other parts of the body and cannot be removed with surgery. A standard (or usual) treatment for advanced melanoma is immunotherapy. Immunotherapy is a treatment that helps the immune system fight cancer. Intismeran autogene is a study treatment designed to help a person's immune system attack their specific cancer. Pembrolizumab is an immunotherapy.
The goal of this study is to learn if people who receive intismeran autogene with pembrolizumab live longer without the cancer growing or spreading than people who receive placebo with pembrolizumab. A placebo looks like the study treatment but has no study treatment in it. Using a placebo helps researchers better understand the effects of a study treatment.
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
The main inclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:
* Has unresectable and histologically confirmed Stage III or IV cutaneous melanoma per American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Eighth Edition guidelines.
* Has been untreated for melanoma except if participant received prior adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy with targeted therapy or immunotherapy (such as anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein \[CTLA-4\], anti-programmed cell death 1 protein \[PD-1\] therapy or interferon), and only if relapse did not occur within 12 months after treatment discontinuation.
* Have documentation of serine/threonine-protein kinase B-raf (BRAF) V600-activating mutation status or had BRAF V600 mutation testing per local institutional standards during the screening period (participants with BRAF mutation positive melanoma as well as BRAF wild-type or unknown are eligible).
* Have the presence of at least 1 measurable lesion by computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) per Response Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) as determined by the local site investigator/radiology assessment.
* Provides tumor tissue (preferably from a metastatic site and, if not available, from the primary tumor) that is suitable for next generation sequencing and biomarker analysis as required for this study.
* Participants with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) must have well controlled HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART).
* Participants who are hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive are eligible if they have received hepatitis B virus (HBV) antiviral therapy for at least 4 weeks, and have undetectable HBV viral load prior to randomization.
* Participants with history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable at screening.
Exclusion Criteria:
The main exclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:
* Has clinically significant heart failure, defined as New York Heart Association class III or IV, within the past 6 months, unless the disease is well controlled in the opinion of the investigator.
* HIV-infected participants with a history of Kaposi's sarcoma and/or Multicentric Castleman's Disease.
* Has ocular or mucosal melanoma.
* Received transfusion of blood products (including platelets or red blood cells) or administration of colony-stimulating factors (including granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor, or recombinant erythropoietin) within 2 weeks of the Screening blood sample (including the blood sample for V940 generation).
* Received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent, or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or coinhibitory T-cell receptor (eg, CTLA-4, lymphocyte activation gene 3 \[LAG-3\], tumor necrosis factor receptors \[OX-40 or CD137\]), with some exceptions.
* Received prior systemic anticancer therapy for melanoma before randomization, with some exceptions.
* Received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study intervention or has ongoing radiation related toxicities.
* Received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention.
* Received prior treatment with another universal or personalized cancer vaccine.
Study design
Enrollment target: 160 participants
Allocation: randomized
Masking: triple
Age groups: adult, older_adult
Timeline
Starts: 2025-05-29
Estimated completion: 2031-09-05
Last updated: 2026-04-13
Interventions
Biological: Intismeran autogeneBiological: PembrolizumabOther: Placebo
Primary outcomes
- • Progression-free Survival (PFS) (Up to approximately 36 months)
Sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC · industry
Contacts & investigators
ContactToll Free Number · contact · Trialsites@msd.com · 1-888-577-8839
InvestigatorMedical Director · study_director, Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
All locations (38)
Highlands Oncology Group ( Site 4042)Recruiting
Springdale, Arkansas, United States
UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay ( Site 4044)Recruiting
San Francisco, California, United States
John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center ( Site 4047)Recruiting
Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
Inova Schar Cancer Institute ( Site 4046)Recruiting
Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ( Site 4041)Recruiting
Seattle, Washington, United States
Blacktown Hospital ( Site 2001)Recruiting
Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Melanoma Institute Australia ( Site 2000)Recruiting
Wollstonecraft, New South Wales, Australia
One Clinical Research ( Site 2002)Recruiting
Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
William Osler Health System (Brampton Civic Hospital) ( Site 2023)Recruiting
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Sunnybrook Research Institute ( Site 2022)Recruiting
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice - Hôpital l'Archet-Dermatology Department ( Site 2042)Recruiting
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Hôpital Saint-Louis ( Site 2041)Recruiting
Paris, Île-de-France Region, France
Gustave Roussy ( Site 2040)Recruiting
Villejuif, Île-de-France Region, France
NCT ( Site 2065)Recruiting
Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt Goethe-Universität ( Site 2063)Recruiting
Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
Universitaetsklinikum Koeln ( Site 2064)Recruiting
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Universitaetsklinikum Essen ( Site 2061)Recruiting
Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf ( Site 2060)Recruiting
Hamburg, Germany
General Hospital of Athens "Laiko" ( Site 2080)Recruiting
Athens, Attica, Greece
Metropolitan Hospital ( Site 2082)Recruiting
Athens, Attica, Greece
European Interbalkan Medical Center ( Site 2081)Recruiting
Thessaloniki, Greece
HaEmek Medical Center ( Site 3003)Recruiting
Afula, Israel
Hadassah Medical Center ( Site 3001)Recruiting
Jerusalem, Israel
Rabin Medical Center ( Site 3002)Recruiting
Petah Tikva, Israel
Sheba Medical Center ( Site 3000)Recruiting
Ramat Gan, Israel
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano ( Site 3021)Recruiting
Milan, Milano, Italy
Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale ( Site 3020)Recruiting
Naples, Italy
Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS ( Site 3022)Recruiting
Padova, Italy
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore ( Site 3023)Recruiting
Roma, Italy
Harbour Cancer & Wellness ( Site 3040)Recruiting
Auckland, New Zealand
Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny w Poznaniu ( Site 3061)Recruiting
Poznan, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie ( Site 3060)Recruiting
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Unidade Local de Saude Lisboa Ocidental - Hospital de São Francisco Xavier ( Site 4002)Recruiting
Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal
Unidade Local de Saude de Santa Maria - Hospital de Santa Maria ( Site 4001)Recruiting
Lisbon, Portugal
Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, EPE ( Site 4000)Recruiting
Porto, Portugal
Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron ( Site 3081)Recruiting
Barcelona, Spain
Hospital Clínic Barcelona ( Site 3080)Recruiting
Barcelona, Spain
Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal-Medical Oncology ( Site 3082)Recruiting
Madrid, Spain