Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Plus Enzalutamide Versus Placebo Plus Enzalutamide in Participants With Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC) (MK-3475-641/KEYNOTE-641)
Prostatic Neoplasms
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Prostatic Neoplasms focused on measuring Programmed Cell Death-1 (PD1, PD-1), Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PDL1, PD-L1)
Eligibility Criteria
The main inclusion and exclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Has histologically- or cytologically-confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate without small cell histology
- Has prostate cancer progression while on androgen deprivation therapy (or post bilateral orchiectomy) within 6 months prior to randomization
- Has current evidence of metastatic disease documented by either bone lesions on bone scan and/or soft tissue disease by computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (CT/MRI)
- Has met one of the following criteria with regard to abiraterone acetate exposure: (1) is abiraterone-naïve; (2) received prior abiraterone acetate for the treatment of mHSPC or mCRPC, for a minimum of 4 weeks and not progressed while on treatment; or (3) received prior abiraterone acetate for the treatment of mHSPC or mCRPC and progressed on treatment after a minimum of 8 weeks treatment (minimum 14 weeks for those with bone progression)
- Has ongoing androgen deprivation with serum testosterone <50 ng/dL (<2.0 nM)
- Participants receiving bone resorptive therapy (including, but not limited to, bisphosphonate or denosumab) must have been on stable doses prior to randomization
- Participants must agree to the following during the study treatment period and for ≥45 days after the last dose of enzalutamide: EITHER be abstinent OR must agree to use male condom
- Has provided newly obtained core or excisional biopsy (obtained within 12 months of screening) from soft tissue not previously irradiated (samples from tumors progressing in a prior site of radiation are allowed). Participants with bone only or bone predominant disease may provide a bone biopsy sample
- Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 assessed within 7 days of randomization
Exclusion Criteria:
- Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment in the last 3 years
- Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years
- Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy
- Has undergone major surgery including local prostate intervention (excluding prostate biopsy) within 28 days prior to randomization and not recovered adequately from the toxicities and/or complications
- Has a gastrointestinal disorder affecting absorption or is unable to swallow tablets/capsules
- Has an active infection (including tuberculosis) requiring systemic therapy
- Has a history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids or current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease
- Has known active human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), concurrent active hepatitis B virus (HBV) or known active hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection
- Has known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis
- Has hypersensitivity to pembrolizumab and/or enzalutamide and/or any of their excipients
- Has a history of seizure or any condition that may predispose to seizure
- Has a history of loss of consciousness within 12 months of screening
- Has hypotension (systolic blood pressure <86 millimeters of mercury [mmHg]) or uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure >170 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure >105 mmHg) at the screening visit
- Has bradycardia (heart rate of <50 beats per minute) on the screening electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Has history of prostate cancer progression on ketoconazole
- Has had prior treatment with enzalutamide, apalutamide, darolutamide or cytochrome P450 (CYP) 17 inhibitor other than abiraterone acetate
- Has received prior therapy with an anti-programmed cell death-1 (anti-PD-1), anti-programmed cell death-ligand 1 (anti-PD-L1), or anti PD-L2 agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or coinhibitory T-cell receptor
- Has received prior treatment with radium or other therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals for prostate cancer
- Has received prior treatment with docetaxel or another chemotherapy agent for mCRPC
- Has had a prior anti-cancer monoclonal antibody (mAb) prior to randomization
- Has used herbal products that may have hormonal anti-prostate cancer activity and/or are known to decrease PSA levels (eg, saw palmetto) prior to randomization
- Has received a live or live attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to randomization
- 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 treatment
- Has a "superscan" bone scan
- Is expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study, starting with the screening visit through 90 days after the last dose of enzalutamide
- Has had an allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant
Sites / Locations
- University of South Alabama, Mitchell Cancer Institute ( Site 0065)
- St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare ( Site 0069)
- UCLA Hematology/Oncology - Santa Monica ( Site 0081)
- University of Colorado Cancer Center ( Site 0022)
- Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven ( Site 0038)
- Moffitt Cancer Center ( Site 0080)
- Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University ( Site 0026)
- Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center ( Site 0042)
- Methodist Hospitals. ( Site 0008)
- Tulane Cancer Center ( Site 0066)
- University of Massachusetts Worcester ( Site 0053)
- Cancer & Hematology Centers of Western Michigan ( Site 0013)
- Munson Medical Center ( Site 0030)
- St. Vincent Frontier Cancer Center ( Site 0016)
- Oncology Hematology West, PC dba Nebraska Cancer Specialists ( Site 0034)
- Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada ( Site 0092)
- John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center ( Site 0004)
- Associated Medical Professionals of NY ( Site 0060)
- W. G. Bill Hefner VA Medical Center ( Site 0029)
- Gabrail Cancer Center-Research ( Site 0096)
- Tri-State Urologic Services PSC, Inc. ( Site 0094)
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center ( Site 0036)
- Oregon Health Sciences University ( Site 0031)
- Carolina Urologic Research Center ( Site 0070)
- Inova Schar Cancer Institute ( Site 0006)
- Virginia Cancer Institute ( Site 0052)
- Blue Ridge Cancer Care ( Site 0086)
- Froedtert Hospital & the Medical College of Wisconsin ( Site 0045)
- Centro de Oncologia e Investigacion Buenos Aires COIBA ( Site 1013)
- Instituto de Investigaciones Clinicas ( Site 1000)
- Centro de Diagnostico Urologico ( Site 1008)
- Instituto Medico Alexander Fleming ( Site 1010)
- Sanatorio Parque ( Site 1002)
- Instituto de Oncologia de Rosario ( Site 1015)
- Instituto de Investigaciones Metabolicas [Buenos Aires, Argentina] ( Site 1011)
- Hospital Aleman ( Site 1004)
- Centro Medico Dra De Salvo ( Site 1018)
- CEMAIC ( Site 1014)
- Centro Oncologico Riojano Integral ( Site 1005)
- Centro Oncologico de Integracion Regional. COIR ( Site 1007)
- St. Vincent's Hospital ( Site 0158)
- St George Hospital ( Site 0157)
- Macquarie University ( Site 0151)
- Port Macquarie Base Hospital ( Site 0153)
- Calvary Mater Newcastle ( Site 0148)
- Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation ( Site 0149)
- Gold Coast University Hospital ( Site 0150)
- Royal Adelaide Hospital ( Site 0154)
- Monash Health-Monash Medical Centre ( Site 0147)
- Fiona Stanley Hospital ( Site 0162)
- Ordensklinikum Linz GmbH Elisabethinen ( Site 0373)
- Medizinische Universität Wien ( Site 0375)
- Hospital Erasto Gaertner-CEPEP - Pesquisa Clínica ( Site 1036)
- Liga Norte Riograndense Contra o Câncer-Centro de Pesquisa Clínica ( Site 1032)
- ONCOSITE - Centro de Pesquisa Clinica em Oncologia ( Site 1038)
- Uniao Brasileira de Educacao e Assistencia Hospital Sao Lucas da Pucrs ( Site 1021)
- Centro de Novos Tratamentos Itajai - Clinica de Neoplasias Litoral ( Site 1035)
- Hospital de Base de Sao Jose de Rio Preto ( Site 1022)
- Núcleo de Pesquisa Clínica da Rede São Camilo ( Site 1040)
- A.C. Camargo Cancer Center ( Site 1026)
- MHAT Serdika-Second Department of Medical Oncology ( Site 0505)
- MHAT Central Hospital ( Site 0503)
- Complex Cancer Center Plovdiv-First Medical Oncology Department ( Site 0507)
- BC Cancer - Victoria ( Site 0111)
- Hamilton Health Sciences-Juravinski Cancer Centre ( Site 0116)
- Grand River Hospital ( Site 0120)
- Lakeridge Health ( Site 0117)
- Health Sciences North ( Site 0122)
- Sunnybrook Research Institute ( Site 0108)
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre ( Site 0107)
- CISSS de la Monteregie-Centre ( Site 0119)
- Centre Hospitalier de l Universite de Montreal - CHUM ( Site 0106)
- CIUSSS du Bas Saint Laurent - Hopital Regional de Rimouski ( Site 0102)
- CIUSSS de l Estrie - CHUS - Centre Hosp. Univ. Sherbrooke ( Site 0105)
- CHUQ-Univ Laval-Hotel Dieu de Quebec ( Site 0103)
- Centro Investigación del Cáncer James Lind ( Site 1041)
- Rey y Oreilly Limitada ( Site 1048)
- Fundacion Arturo Lopez Perez ( Site 1049)
- Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile ( Site 1047)
- Bradfordhill ( Site 1044)
- Oncocentro ( Site 1045)
- Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe ( Site 1066)
- Biomelab S A S ( Site 1067)
- Clinica de la Costa Ltda. ( Site 1073)
- Sociedad de Oncología Y Hematología del Cesar S.A.S. ( Site 1068)
- Oncomedica S.A. ( Site 1057)
- Clinica Colsanitas S.A. Sede Clinica Universitaria Colombia ( Site 1062)
- Centro Medico Imbanaco de Cali S.A ( Site 1064)
- Hemato Oncologos S.A. ( Site 1065)
- Fakultni Nemocnice u sv. Anny v Brne-Onkologicko-chirurgicke oddeleni ( Site 1303)
- Nemocnice AGEL Novy Jicin a.s. ( Site 1304)
- Fakultni nemocnice Olomouc ( Site 1301)
- C.H. de Saint Quentin ( Site 0481)
- Clinique Sainte Anne ( Site 0431)
- Centre Jean Perrin ( Site 0434)
- CHU de Brest -Site Hopital Morvan ( Site 0441)
- CHU Jean Minjoz ( Site 0423)
- Institut Bergonie ( Site 0421)
- Institut Claudius Regaud IUCT Oncopole ( Site 0418)
- Hopital Foch ( Site 0428)
- Institut Regional du Cancer de Montpellier - ICM ( Site 0443)
- Institut De Cancerologie De L Ouest ( Site 0448)
- Centre Hospitalier Regional du Orleans ( Site 0430)
- Centre D Oncologie de Gentilly ( Site 0432)
- Centre Hospitalier de Valenciennes ( Site 0439)
- C.H.U. Lyon Sud ( Site 0436)
- CHU Amiens Picardie Site Sud Amiens ( Site 0438)
- Institut Gustave Roussy ( Site 0416)
- Institut Sainte Catherine ( Site 0447)
- Institut Mutualiste Montsouris ( Site 0446)
- Universitaetsklinikum Freiburg - Medizinische Klinik ( Site 0304)
- Studienpraxis Urologie ( Site 0309)
- Universitaetsklinik fuer Urologie ( Site 0307)
- Klinikum Rechts der Isar ( Site 0300)
- Universitaetsklinik der Paracelsus Medizinischen Privatuniversitaet ( Site 0318)
- Universitaetsklinikum Goettingen ( Site 0345)
- Uniklinik RWTH Aachen ( Site 0308)
- Universitaetsklinikum Muenster ( Site 0320)
- Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brueder Trier ( Site 0310)
- Universitaetsklinikum des Saarlandes ( Site 0348)
- Universitaetsklinikum Schleswig Holstein. ( Site 0346)
- Universitaetsklinikum Jena ( Site 0305)
- Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin ( Site 0301)
- Bacs-Kiskun Megyei Korhaz-Onkoradiologiai Kozpont ( Site 1321)
- Petz Aladár Megyei Oktató Kórház-Onkológiai Osztály ( Site 1324)
- Országos Onkológiai Intézet-Urogenital Tumors Department and Clinical Pharmacology ( Site 1325)
- Magyar Honvedseg Egeszsegugyi Kozpont-Onkologiai Osztaly ( Site 1326)
- Beaumont Hospital ( Site 0726)
- Tallaght University Hospital ( Site 0730)
- Mid Western Cancer Centre ( Site 0728)
- HaEmek Medical Center ( Site 0548)
- Assuta Ashdod Medical Center ( Site 0550)
- Soroka Medical Center ( Site 0549)
- Rambam Health Care Campus-Oncology Division ( Site 0543)
- Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center ( Site 0546)
- Meir Medical Center ( Site 0544)
- Rabin Medical Center ( Site 0545)
- Chaim Sheba Medical Center ( Site 0541)
- Sourasky Medical Center ( Site 0542)
- Yitzhak Shamir Medical Center ( Site 0547)
- Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori-Oncologia Medica ( Site 0464)
- Istituto Clinico Humanitas Research Hospital ( Site 0452)
- Presidio Ospedaliero S. Maria Delle Grazie-U.O.C. ONCOLOGIA ( Site 0802)
- Centro Di Riferimento Oncologico ( Site 0800)
- Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona - Ospedale Borgo Roma-Oncology Unit ( Site 0465)
- Medical Oncology Ospedale San Donato ( Site 0461)
- Ospedale Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi ( Site 0453)
- Azienda Ospedaliera Cannizzaro ( Site 0458)
- A.O. Universitaria di Modena ( Site 0454)
- Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale ( Site 0462)
- Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini ( Site 0455)
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli ( Site 0801)
- Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria Terni ( Site 0456)
- Az. Osp. Univ. Sta Maria della Misericordia di Udine ( Site 0460)
- National Cancer Center Hospital East ( Site 0702)
- Toho University Sakura Medical Center ( Site 0703)
- National Hospital Organization Shikoku Cancer Center ( Site 0716)
- Iizuka Hospital ( Site 0744)
- Hakodate Goryoukaku Hospital ( Site 0739)
- Kanazawa University Hospital ( Site 0701)
- Kitasato University Hospital ( Site 0705)
- Yokohama City University Medical Center ( Site 0706)
- Miyagi Cancer Center ( Site 0747)
- Nara Medical University Hospital ( Site 0715)
- Kindai University Hospital ( Site 0714)
- Osaka University Hospital ( Site 0713)
- Saitama Medical University International Medical Center ( Site 0708)
- Saitama Medical Center ( Site 0743)
- Dokkyo Medical University Saitama Medical Center ( Site 0707)
- Hamamatsu University Hospital ( Site 0720)
- Yamaguchi University Hospital ( Site 0717)
- Chiba Cancer Center ( Site 0704)
- Kyushu University Hospital ( Site 0718)
- Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital ( Site 0748)
- University of Miyazaki Hospital ( Site 0721)
- Nagasaki University Hospital ( Site 0719)
- Toranomon Hospital ( Site 0711)
- Nippon Medical School Hospital ( Site 0709)
- Keio University Hospital ( Site 0710)
- National Cancer Center ( Site 0174)
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital ( Site 0175)
- Asan Medical Center ( Site 0176)
- Seoul National University Hospital ( Site 0171)
- Samsung Medical Center ( Site 0172)
- Radboud University Medical Center ( Site 0470)
- Maastricht University Medical Centre ( Site 0467)
- Amphia Hospital Location Molengracht ( Site 0474)
- Catharina Ziekenhuis ( Site 0472)
- Noordwest Ziekenhuisgroep NWZ ( Site 0468)
- Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum ( Site 0479)
- Tergooiziekenhuizen ( Site 0466)
- Spaarne Ziekenhuis ( Site 0473)
- Ziekenhuisgroep Twente ( Site 0469)
- Haaglanden MC - locatie Antoniushove ( Site 0471)
- Franciscus Gasthuis en Vlietland ( Site 0489)
- Tauranga Hospital ( Site 0215)
- Canterbury Regional Cancer & Blood Service ( Site 0195)
- Auckland City Hospital ( Site 0193)
- Centrum Onkologii im. Prof. Franciszka Lukaszczyka ( Site 0636)
- Salve Medica SP ( Site 0686)
- Provita Prolife Centrum Medyczne ( Site 0630)
- Clinical Best Solutions ( Site 0622)
- Przychodnia Lekarska Komed ( Site 0628)
- Szpital Wojewodzki im. Mikolaja Kopernika ( Site 0624)
- Puerto Rico Medical Research Center LLC ( Site 1122)
- Fundacion de Investigacion de Diego ( Site 1121)
- Chelyabinsk Regional Clinical Oncological Dispensary ( Site 0565)
- Krasnoyarsk Regional Clinical Oncological Dispensary ( Site 0585)
- Russian Scientific Center of Roentgenoradiology ( Site 0559)
- Central Clinical Hospital with Polyclinic ( Site 0562)
- Omsk Clinical Oncology Dispensary ( Site 0568)
- SBHI Samara Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary ( Site 0576)
- SBHI Leningrad Regional Oncology Dispensary ( Site 0588)
- Clinical Research Center of specialized types medical care-Oncology ( Site 0570)
- Russian Scientific Center of Radiology and Surgical Technologies ( Site 0567)
- Tomsk National Scientific Medical Center of Russian Academy of Science ( Site 0579)
- Instituto Catalan de Oncologia - ICO ( Site 0330)
- Hospital Parc Tauli ( Site 0335)
- Hospital Josep Trueta ( Site 0321)
- Hospital Quiron Madrid ( Site 0325)
- Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia ( Site 0331)
- Hospital del Mar ( Site 0333)
- Hospital Provincial San Pedro Alcantara ( Site 0326)
- Hospital Universitario Gregorio Maranon ( Site 0327)
- MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid ( Site 0332)
- Hospital Clinico San Carlos ( Site 0324)
- Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro ( Site 0322)
- Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria ( Site 0337)
- Hospital Virgen del Rocio ( Site 0329)
- National Cheng Kung University Hospital ( Site 0134)
- China Medical University Hospital ( Site 0132)
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital ( Site 0133)
- National Taiwan University Hospital ( Site 0131)
- Taipei Veterans General Hospital ( Site 0135)
- Ege University Medicine of Faculty ( Site 0661)
- Baskent University Dr. Turgut Noyan Research and Training Center-ONCCOLOGY ( Site 0618)
- Ankara University Hospital Cebeci ( Site 0613)
- Hacettepe Universitesi-oncology hospital ( Site 0615)
- Ankara City Hospital-Medical Oncology ( Site 0616)
- T.C. Saglik Bakanligi Turkiye Kamu Hastaneleri Kurumu - Baki-Istanbul Bakirkoy Sadi Konuk Training (
- Acıbadem Maslak Hastanesi ( Site 0660)
- TC Saglik Bakanligi Goztepe Prof. Dr. Suleyman Yalcin Sehir Hastanesi-oncology ( Site 0619)
- Cherkasy Regional Oncology Dispensary ( Site 1203)
- Dnepropetrovsk Regional Clinical Oncology Hospital-Clinical oncological dispensary ( Site 1201)
- Dnepropetrovsk Regional Clinical Hospital Mechnikov-Department of urology ( Site 1205)
- Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Hospital-Urology department ( Site 1208)
- Communal Non-Commercial Enterprise ""Prykarpatski Clinical Oncological Center"" of Ivano-Frankivsk R
- CNPE Regional Center of Oncology-oncourology department ( Site 1202)
- LISOD - Israeli Oncological Hospital ""MedX-ray Internationa-Department of Clinical and Scientific (
- Municipal non-profit enterprise Kyiv City Clinical Oncology -Oncourology department ( Site 1204)
- University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust ( Site 0530)
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust ( Site 0540)
- Torbay Hospital ( Site 0532)
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust ( Site 0482)
- Musgrove Park Hospital ( Site 0537)
- Royal Marsden Hospital (Sutton) ( Site 0526)
- Western General Hospital ( Site 0531)
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre ( Site 0536)
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Pembrolizumab + Enzalutamide
Placebo + Enzalutamide
Participants receive 200 mg pembrolizumab by intravenous (IV) infusion administered on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle (Q3W) for up to 35 cycles (approximately 2 years) PLUS enzalutamide 160 mg administered orally (PO) once a day (QD) continuously until progression.
Participants receive placebo by IV infusion administered on Day 1 Q3W for up to 35 cycles (approximately 2 years) PLUS enzalutamide 160 mg administered PO QD continuously until progression.