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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04704219




Registration number
NCT04704219
Ethics application status
Date submitted
7/01/2021
Date registered
11/01/2021
Date last updated
25/11/2024

Titles & IDs
Public title
Pembrolizumab Plus Lenvatinib for First-line Advanced/Metastatic Non-clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma (1L nccRCC) (MK-3475-B61)
Scientific title
A Phase 2, Single-arm, Open-label Clinical Trial of Pembrolizumab Plus Lenvatinib in Participants With First-line Advanced/Metastatic Non-clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma (nccRCC) (KEYNOTE-B61)
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
MK-3475-B61
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
3475-B61
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
KEYNOTE-B61
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Renal Cell Carcinoma 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Non melanoma skin cancer
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Kidney

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Other - Pembrolizumab
Treatment: Drugs - Lenvatinib

Experimental: Pembrolizumab + Lenvatinib - Pembrolizumab 400 mg, every 6 weeks (Q6W) intravenous (IV) up to 18 infusions or up to progressive disease or discontinuation PLUS Lenvatinib 20 mg, daily (QD), oral, until progressive disease or discontinuation.


Treatment: Other: Pembrolizumab
Pembrolizumab 400 mg, every 6 weeks (Q6W) intravenous (IV) up to 18 infusions or up to progressive disease or discontinuation.

Treatment: Drugs: Lenvatinib
Lenvatinib 20 mg, daily (QD), oral, until progressive disease or discontinuation.
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Other
Intervention code [2] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Objective Response Rate (ORR)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Up to approximately 3 years
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Duration of Response (DOR)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Up to approximately 4.5 years
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Progression-free Survival (PFS)
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Up to approximately 4.5 years
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Overall Survival (OS)
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Up to approximately 4.5 years
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Clinical Benefit Ratio (CBR)
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Up to approximately 4.5 years
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Disease Control Rate (DCR)
Timepoint [5] 0 0
Up to approximately 4.5 years
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Number of Participants Who Experienced One or More Adverse Events (AEs)
Timepoint [6] 0 0
Up to approximately 4.5 years
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Number of Participants Who Discontinued Study Medication Due to an AE
Timepoint [7] 0 0
Up to approximately 4.5 years

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
1. Must have a histologically confirmed diagnosis of nccRCC.
2. Has locally advanced/metastatic disease (ie, Stage IV per the American Joint Committee on Cancer).
3. Has received no prior systemic therapy for advanced nccRCC. Note: Prior neoadjuvant/adjuvant therapy for nccRCC is acceptable if completed >12 months prior to allocation.
4. Male participants agree to use approved contraception during the treatment period for at least 7 days after the last dose of study medication, or refrain from heterosexual intercourse during this period.
5. Female participants are not pregnant or breastfeeding, and are not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP), OR are a WOCBP that agrees to use contraception during the treatment period and for at least 120 days post pembrolizumab, or 30 days post lenvatinib, whichever occurs last.
6. Has measurable disease per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by BICR. Lesions situated in a previously irradiated area are considered measurable if progression has been demonstrated in such lesions.
7. Has submitted an archival tumor tissue sample or newly obtained core or incisional biopsy of a tumor lesion not previously irradiated. Formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue blocks are preferred to slides. Newly obtained biopsies are preferred to archived tissue.
8. Has Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) =70% as assessed within 10 days prior to the start of study intervention.
9. Has adequately controlled blood pressure with or without antihypertensive medications
10. Have adequate organ function.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
120 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
1. Has collecting duct histology.
2. A WOCBP who has a positive urine pregnancy test within 24 hours before the first dose of study intervention.
3. Has a left ventricular ejection fraction below the institutional (or local laboratory) normal range.
4. Has radiographic encasement or invasion of a major blood vessel, or of intratumoral cavitation.
5. Has clinically significant cardiovascular disease within 12 months from first dose of study intervention.
6. Has gastrointestinal malabsorption, gastrointestinal anastomosis, or any other condition that might affect the absorption of lenvatinib.
7. Has active hemoptysis (bright red blood of at least 0.5 teaspoon) within 3 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug.
8. Has had major surgery within 3 weeks prior to first dose of study intervention.
9. Has received prior therapy with an anti-programmed cell-death 1 (PD-1), anti-programmed cell-death ligand 1 (PD-L1), or anti-programmed cell-death ligand 2 (PD-L2) agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or co-inhibitory T-cell receptor (e.g., CTLA-4, OX-40, CD137).
10. Has received prior systemic anticancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 weeks prior to allocation.
11. Has received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study intervention. Participants must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicities, not require corticosteroids, and not have had radiation pneumonitis. A 1-week washout is permitted for palliative radiation (=2 weeks of radiotherapy) to non-central nervous system (CNS) disease.
12. Has received a live or attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention.
13. Is currently participating in or has participated in a study of an investigational agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study intervention.
14. 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 intervention.
15. Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 3 years.

Note: Participants with basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ (e.g., breast carcinoma, cervical cancer in situ) that have undergone potentially curative therapy are not excluded.
16. Has known active CNS metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis.
17. Has severe hypersensitivity (=Grade 3) to pembrolizumab, lenvatinib and/or any of their excipients.
18. Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years
19. Has a history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids or has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease.
20. Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.
21. Has a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. No HIV testing is required unless mandated by local health authority.
22. Has a known history of Hepatitis B (defined as HBsAg reactive) or known active Hepatitis C virus.
23. Has a known history of active tuberculosis (TB; Bacillus tuberculosis).
24. Has had an allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Not applicable
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Single group
Other design features
Phase
Phase 2
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Active, not recruiting
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
23/02/2021
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
22/10/2025
Actual
Sample size
Target
152
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW,QLD,SA,VIC,WA
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Macquarie University-MQ Health Clinical Trials Unit ( Site 0405) - Macquarie Park
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Calvary Mater Newcastle ( Site 0403) - Waratah
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Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital-Medical Oncology Clinical Trials Unit, Cancer Care Services ( Si - Brisbane
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Ashford Cancer Centre Research ( Site 0404) - Kurralta Park
Recruitment hospital [5] 0 0
Monash Health ( Site 0400) - Clayton
Recruitment hospital [6] 0 0
Fiona Stanley Hospital ( Site 0402) - Murdoch
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
2109 - Macquarie Park
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
2298 - Waratah
Recruitment postcode(s) [3] 0 0
4029 - Brisbane
Recruitment postcode(s) [4] 0 0
5037 - Kurralta Park
Recruitment postcode(s) [5] 0 0
3168 - Clayton
Recruitment postcode(s) [6] 0 0
6150 - Murdoch
Recruitment outside Australia
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District of Columbia
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Moskva
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Nizhegorodskaya Oblast
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Russian Federation
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Sankt-Peterburg
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Madrid, Comunidad De
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Spain
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Izmir
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Ukraine
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Ukraine
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Dnipropetrovska Oblast
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Kharkivska Oblast
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England
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United Kingdom
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Manchester

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Address
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Other collaborator category [1] 0 0
Commercial sector/industry
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Eisai Inc.
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
This study is being performed as a single-arm open-label study in order to rapidly provide information on the potential benefits of the combination of pembrolizumab and lenvatinib in participants with previously untreated advanced/metastatic non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04704219
Trial related presentations / publications
Albiges L, Gurney H, Atduev V, Suarez C, Climent MA, Pook D, Tomczak P, Barthelemy P, Lee JL, Stus V, Ferguson T, Wiechno P, Gokmen E, Lacombe L, Gedye C, Perini RF, Sharma M, Peng X, Lee CH. Pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib as first-line therapy for advanced non-clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (KEYNOTE-B61): a single-arm, multicentre, phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2023 Aug;24(8):881-891. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(23)00276-0. Epub 2023 Jul 11.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Medical Director
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Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
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Contact person for public queries
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04704219