Testing the Addition of the Immunotherapy Drug Pembrolizumab to the Usual Chemotherapy Treatment (Paclitaxel and Carboplatin) in Stage III-IV or Recurrent Endometrial Cancer
Endometrial Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma, Endometrial Dedifferentiated Carcinoma, Endometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Endometrial Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Measurable stage III, measurable stage IVA, stage IVB (with or without measurable disease) or recurrent (with or without measurable disease) endometrial cancer.
- Pathology report showing results of institutional MMR IHC testing.
- Histologic confirmation of the original primary tumor is required (submission of pathology report(s) is required). Patients with the following histologic types are eligible: Endometrioid adenocarcinoma, serous adenocarcinoma, dedifferentiated/undifferentiated carcinoma, clear cell adenocarcinoma, mixed epithelial carcinoma, adenocarcinoma not otherwise specified (N.O.S.).
- Submission of tumor specimens for centralized MMR IHC testing is required after Step 1 and before Step 2 registration.
- In patients with measurable disease, lesions will be defined and monitored by RECIST version (v) 1.1. Measurable disease is defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded). Each lesion must be >= 10 mm when measured by computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Lymph nodes must be >= 15 mm in short axis when measured by CT or MRI.
Patients may have received
- NO prior chemotherapy for treatment of endometrial cancer OR
- Prior adjuvant chemotherapy (e.g., paclitaxel/carboplatin alone or as a component of concurrent chemotherapy and radiation therapy [with or without cisplatin]) provided adjuvant chemotherapy was completed >= 12 months prior to STEP 2 registration.
- Patients may have received prior radiation therapy for treatment of endometrial cancer. Prior radiation therapy may have included pelvic radiation therapy, extended field pelvic/para aortic radiation therapy, intravaginal brachytherapy and/or palliative radiation therapy. All radiation therapy must be completed at least 4 weeks prior to STEP 2 registration.
- Patients may have received prior hormonal therapy for treatment of endometrial cancer. All hormonal therapy must be discontinued at least three weeks prior to STEP 2 registration.
- Interval or cytoreductive surgery, after start of treatment on this trial, and prior to documentation of disease progression, is NOT permitted.
- Age >= 18
- Performance status of 0, 1 or 2.
- Platelets >= 100,000/mcl.
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1,500/mcl.
- Creatinine =< 1.5 x institutional/laboratory upper limit of normal (ULN).
- Total serum bilirubin level =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (patients with known Gilbert's disease who have bilirubin level =< 3 x ULN may be enrolled).
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =< 3 x ULN.
- Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) within normal limits. If TSH is not within normal range despite no symptoms of thyroid dysfunction, normal Free T4 level is required.
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients on effective anti-retroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months of Step 2 registration are eligible for this trial.
- For patients of child bearing potential: negative urine or serum pregnancy test. If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test is required.
Administration of study drugs (pembrolizumab [MK-3475], paclitaxel, carboplatin) may have an adverse effect on pregnancy and poses a risk to the human fetus, including embryo-lethality. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) from at least 14 days prior to Step 2 registration (for oral contraceptives), during treatment, and for 120 days after the last dose of study medication. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately. Patients will be considered of nonreproductive potential if they are either:
- Postmenopausal (defined as at least 12 months with no menses without an alternative medical cause; in women < 45 years of age, a high follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level in the postmenopausal range may be used to confirm a postmenopausal state in women not using hormonal contraception or hormonal replacement therapy. In the absence of 12 months of amenorrhea, a single FSH measurement is insufficient); OR
- Have a hysterectomy and/or bilateral oophorectomy, bilateral salpingectomy or bilateral tubal ligation/occlusion, at least 6 weeks prior to Step 2 registration; OR
- Have a congenital or acquired condition that prevents childbearing.
- Patients with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen are eligible for this trial.
- The patient or a legally authorized representative must provide study-specific informed consent prior to study entry and, for patients treated in the United States (U.S.), authorization permitting release of personal health information.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with prior treatment with anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1 or anti-CTLA-4 therapeutic antibody or other similar agents.
- Patients who have a history of a severe hypersensitivity reaction to monoclonal antibody or pembrolizumab (MK-3475) and/or its excipients; and/or a severe hypersensitivity reaction to paclitaxel and/or carboplatin
- Patients who are currently participating and receiving cancer-directed study therapy or have participated in a study of an investigational agent and received cancer-directed study therapy within 4 weeks prior to Step 2 registration.
Patients who have a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or are receiving systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to Step 2 registration.
- Patients who have received steroids as CT scan contrast premedication may be enrolled.
- The use of inhaled or topical corticosteroids is allowed.
- The use of mineralocorticoids (e.g., fludrocortisone) for patients with orthostatic hypotension or adrenocortical insufficiency is allowed.
- The use of physiologic doses of corticosteroids may be approved after consultation with the study chair.
- Patients with treated brain metastases are eligible if follow-up brain imaging after central nervous system (CNS)-directed therapy shows no evidence of progression, and they have been off steroids for at least 4 weeks prior to Step 2 registration and remain clinically stable.
- Patients with active autoimmune disease or history of autoimmune disease that might recur, which may affect vital organ function or require immune suppressive treatment including systemic corticosteroids. This includes, but is not limited to, patients with a history of immune related neurologic disease, multiple sclerosis, autoimmune (demyelinating) neuropathy, Guillain-Barre syndrome, myasthenia gravis; systemic autoimmune disease such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), connective tissue diseases, scleroderma, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn's, ulcerative colitis, hepatitis; and patients with a history of toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), Stevens-Johnson syndrome, or phospholipid syndrome because of the risk of recurrence or exacerbation of disease.
- Patients with vitiligo, endocrine deficiencies including type I diabetes mellitus, thyroiditis managed with replacement hormones including physiologic corticosteroids are eligible.
- Patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other arthropathies, Sjogren's syndrome and psoriasis controlled with topical medication and patients with positive serology, such as antinuclear antibodies (ANA), anti-thyroid antibodies should be evaluated for the presence of target organ involvement and potential need for systemic treatment but should otherwise be eligible.
- Patients who have a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids, or current pneumonitis.
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to: ongoing or active infection (except for uncomplicated urinary tract infection), interstitial lung disease or active, non-infectious pneumonitis, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
Known clinically significant liver disease, including active viral, alcoholic, or other hepatitis; and cirrhosis.
- For patients with evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the HBV viral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy, if indicated.
- Patients with a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must have been treated and cured. For patients with HCV infection who are currently on treatment, they are eligible if they have an undetectable HCV viral load.
- Pregnant or lactating patients.
Sites / Locations
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Cancer Center
- Alaska Women's Cancer Care
- CTCA at Western Regional Medical Center
- NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital and Fowler Family Cancer Center - Jonesboro
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Kaiser Permanente-Baldwin Park
- Kaiser Permanente-Bellflower
- Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Herrick Campus
- Community Cancer Institute
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Kaiser Permanente - Harbor City
- Kaiser Permanente-Irvine
- UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center
- City of Hope Antelope Valley
- Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
- Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center
- USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Cedars Sinai Medical Center
- UCLA / Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Palo Alto Medical Foundation-Gynecologic Oncology
- Kaiser Permanente-Oakland
- Saint Joseph Hospital - Orange
- UC Irvine Health/Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Eisenhower Medical Center
- Mercy Regional Cancer Center
- Mercy Oncology Center
- Kaiser Permanente-Riverside
- Kaiser Permanente-Roseville
- Kaiser Permanente Downtown Commons
- Mercy Cancer Center - Sacramento
- University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Kaiser Permanente-San Diego Zion
- Naval Medical Center -San Diego
- Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
- California Pacific Medical Center-Pacific Campus
- Kaiser Permanente-San Francisco
- UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay
- Kaiser Permanente-Santa Teresa-San Jose
- Kaiser Permanente San Leandro
- Kaiser Permanente-San Marcos
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Santa Clara
- City of Hope South Pasadena
- Kaiser Permanente-South San Francisco
- Palo Alto Medical Foundation-Sunnyvale
- City of Hope Upland
- Kaiser Permanente-Vallejo
- Kaiser Permanente-Walnut Creek
- John Muir Medical Center-Walnut Creek
- Penrose-Saint Francis Healthcare
- UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central
- Memorial Hospital North
- Poudre Valley Hospital
- Cancer Care and Hematology-Fort Collins
- North Colorado Medical Center
- UCHealth Greeley Hospital
- Medical Center of the Rockies
- McKee Medical Center
- Danbury Hospital
- Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center - Guilford
- Hartford Hospital
- Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center at Saint Francis
- The Hospital of Central Connecticut
- Yale University
- Yale-New Haven Hospital North Haven Medical Center
- Norwalk Hospital
- Stamford Hospital/Bennett Cancer Center
- Smilow Cancer Hospital-Torrington Care Center
- Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center-Trumbull
- Smilow Cancer Hospital-Waterbury Care Center
- Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center - Waterford
- Helen F Graham Cancer Center
- MedStar Washington Hospital Center
- Sibley Memorial Hospital
- Florida Cancer Specialists - Bradenton Cancer Center
- Florida Cancer Specialists - Sarasota
- Florida Cancer Specialists - Sarasota Downtown
- Sarasota Memorial Hospital
- Florida Cancer Specialists - Venice Island
- Florida Cancer Specialists - Venice Healthpark
- Grady Health System
- Emory University Hospital Midtown
- Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute
- Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital
- Northside Hospital
- WellStar Cobb Hospital
- Piedmont Fayette Hospital
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center-Gainesville
- WellStar Health System Inc
- Wellstar Kennestone Hospital
- CTCA at Southeastern Regional Medical Center
- WellStar North Fulton Hospital
- Memorial Health University Medical Center
- Lewis Cancer and Research Pavilion at Saint Joseph's/Candler
- WellStar Vinings Health Park
- Queen's Medical Center
- Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
- Saint Alphonsus Cancer Care Center-Boise
- Saint Luke's Cancer Institute - Boise
- Saint Alphonsus Cancer Care Center-Caldwell
- Saint Luke's Cancer Institute - Fruitland
- Saint Luke's Cancer Institute - Meridian
- Saint Luke's Cancer Institute - Nampa
- Saint Alphonsus Cancer Care Center-Nampa
- Saint Luke's Cancer Institute - Twin Falls
- Northwestern University
- Rush University Medical Center
- University of Illinois
- University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Carle at The Riverfront
- Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois - Decatur
- Crossroads Cancer Center
- NorthShore University HealthSystem-Evanston Hospital
- Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Delnor
- NorthShore University HealthSystem-Glenbrook Hospital
- Ingalls Memorial Hospital
- NorthShore University HealthSystem-Highland Park Hospital
- Carle Physician Group-Mattoon/Charleston
- Loyola University Medical Center
- UC Comprehensive Cancer Center at Silver Cross
- Cancer Care Center of O'Fallon
- University of Chicago Medicine-Orland Park
- Springfield Clinic
- Carle Cancer Center
- Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Warrenville
- Midwestern Regional Medical Center
- Northwest Cancer Center - Main Campus
- Northwest Oncology LLC
- Northwest Cancer Center - Hobart
- Saint Mary Medical Center
- Indiana University/Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center
- Community Cancer Center East
- Community Cancer Center South
- Franciscan Health Indianapolis
- Community Cancer Center North
- Ascension Saint Vincent Indianapolis Hospital
- Saint Catherine Hospital
- Franciscan Health Mooresville
- The Community Hospital
- Women's Diagnostic Center - Munster
- Northwest Cancer Center - Valparaiso
- University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
- University of Kansas Clinical Research Center
- University of Kansas Cancer Center
- University of Kansas Hospital-Indian Creek Campus
- University of Kansas Hospital-Westwood Cancer Center
- Saint Elizabeth Healthcare Edgewood
- LSU Health Baton Rouge-North Clinic
- Our Lady of The Lake
- Our Lady of the Lake Physicians Group - Medical Oncology
- Our Lady of the Lake Medical Oncology
- Woman's Hospital
- East Jefferson General Hospital
- University Medical Center New Orleans
- Ochsner Baptist Medical Center
- Ochsner Medical Center Jefferson
- Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care
- Waldo County General Hospital
- MaineHealth/SMHC Cancer Care and Blood Disorders-Biddeford
- Lafayette Family Cancer Center-EMMC
- Penobscot Bay Medical Center
- MaineHealth/SMHC Cancer Care and Blood Disorders-Sanford
- Maine Medical Center- Scarborough Campus
- Anne Arundel Medical Center
- University of Maryland/Greenebaum Cancer Center
- Greater Baltimore Medical Center
- Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
- Saint Agnes Hospital
- MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center/Weinberg Cancer Institute
- Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
- UM Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
- University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton
- Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
- Lowell General Hospital
- Baystate Medical Center
- Winchester Hospital
- UMass Memorial Medical Center - Memorial Division
- Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital
- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Genesee Cancer and Blood Disease Treatment Center
- Genesee Hematology Oncology PC
- Genesys Hurley Cancer Institute
- Spectrum Health at Butterworth Campus
- Bronson Methodist Hospital
- West Michigan Cancer Center
- Sparrow Hospital
- Munson Medical Center
- Sanford Joe Lueken Cancer Center
- Essentia Health Cancer Center
- Mayo Clinic in Rochester
- Mississippi Baptist Medical Center
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
- Washington University School of Medicine
- Mercy Hospital Saint Louis
- Mercy Hospital Springfield
- Community Hospital of Anaconda
- Billings Clinic Cancer Center
- CHI Health Saint Francis
- Nebraska Methodist Hospital
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center/Dartmouth Cancer Center
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge
- Cooper Hospital University Medical Center
- Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus
- Saint Barnabas Medical Center
- Monmouth Medical Center
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen
- Jersey Shore Medical Center
- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
- The Valley Hospital-Luckow Pavilion
- Neurosurgeons of New Jersey-Ridgewood
- Valley Hospital
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset
- Community Medical Center
- MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper-Voorhees
- Valley Medical Group - Wayne Multispecialty Practice
- Valley Health System-Hematology/Oncology
- University of New Mexico Cancer Center
- Southwest Gynecologic Oncology Associates Inc
- Northwell Health Imbert Cancer Center
- Island Gynecologic Oncology
- Montefiore Medical Center-Einstein Campus
- Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus
- New York-Presbyterian/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack
- The New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester
- Northwell Health/Center for Advanced Medicine
- NYU Winthrop Hospital
- Long Island Jewish Medical Center
- Mount Sinai Chelsea
- Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone
- Mount Sinai Hospital
- NYP/Columbia University Medical Center/Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- NYP/Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Highland Hospital
- University of Rochester
- Staten Island University Hospital
- Stony Brook University Medical Center
- State University of New York Upstate Medical University
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau
- Westchester Medical Center
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Carolinas Medical Center/Levine Cancer Institute
- Southeastern Medical Oncology Center-Clinton
- Atrium Health Cabarrus/LCI-Concord
- Southeastern Medical Oncology Center-Goldsboro
- Margaret R Pardee Memorial Hospital
- Southeastern Medical Oncology Center-Jacksonville
- Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- Sanford Bismarck Medical Center
- Sanford Broadway Medical Center
- Sanford Roger Maris Cancer Center
- Summa Health System - Akron Campus
- UHHS-Chagrin Highlands Medical Center
- Aultman Health Foundation
- Miami Valley Hospital South
- Geauga Hospital
- University of Cincinnati Cancer Center-UC Medical Center
- Good Samaritan Hospital - Cincinnati
- Case Western Reserve University
- MetroHealth Medical Center
- Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center/Fairview Hospital
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Riverside Methodist Hospital
- The Mark H Zangmeister Center
- Hillcrest Hospital Cancer Center
- UH Seidman Cancer Center at Lake Health Mentor Campus
- ProMedica Flower Hospital
- University of Cincinnati Cancer Center-West Chester
- UH Seidman Cancer Center at Saint John Medical Center
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
- Oklahoma Cancer Specialists and Research Institute-Tulsa
- Saint Charles Health System
- Saint Alphonsus Medical Center-Ontario
- Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center
- Providence Portland Medical Center
- Providence Saint Vincent Medical Center
- Legacy Meridian Park Hospital
- Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest
- Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg
- Geisinger Medical Center
- Ephrata Cancer Center
- Adams Cancer Center
- Cherry Tree Cancer Center
- Geisinger Medical Center-Cancer Center Hazleton
- Jefferson Hospital
- UPMC-Johnstown/John P. Murtha Regional Cancer Center
- Lancaster General Ann B Barshinger Cancer Institute
- Lancaster General Hospital
- Sechler Family Cancer Center
- Forbes Hospital
- UPMC Hillman Cancer Center - Monroeville
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
- UPMC-Magee Womens Hospital
- West Penn Hospital
- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)
- Geisinger Cancer Services-Pottsville
- Community Medical Center
- Reading Hospital
- Wexford Health and Wellness Pavilion
- Geisinger Wyoming Valley/Henry Cancer Center
- Asplundh Cancer Pavilion
- WellSpan Health-York Cancer Center
- WellSpan Health-York Hospital
- Women and Infants Hospital
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Saint Francis Hospital
- Prisma Health Cancer Institute - Faris
- Saint Francis Cancer Center
- Prisma Health Cancer Institute - Seneca
- Rapid City Regional Hospital
- Sanford Cancer Center Oncology Clinic
- Avera Cancer Institute
- Baptist Memorial Hospital and Cancer Center-Memphis
- Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center
- Parkland Memorial Hospital
- UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas
- Baylor College of Medicine/Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Ben Taub General Hospital
- Houston Methodist Hospital
- Methodist Willowbrook Hospital
- Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital
- Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital
- University of Utah Sugarhouse Health Center
- Huntsman Cancer Institute/University of Utah
- University of Vermont Medical Center
- University of Virginia Cancer Center
- Virginia Commonwealth University/Massey Cancer Center
- MultiCare Gig Harbor Medical Park
- Kadlec Clinic Hematology and Oncology
- MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
- Valley Medical Center
- Swedish Medical Center-First Hill
- MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital
- Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital
- West Virginia University Charleston Division
- Monongalia Hospital
- West Virginia University Healthcare
- Aurora Cancer Care-Southern Lakes VLCC
- Marshfield Medical Center-EC Cancer Center
- Aurora Health Care Germantown Health Center
- Aurora Cancer Care-Grafton
- Aurora BayCare Medical Center
- Aurora Cancer Care-Kenosha South
- University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center
- Aurora Bay Area Medical Group-Marinette
- Marshfield Medical Center-Marshfield
- Aurora Cancer Care-Milwaukee
- Aurora Saint Luke's Medical Center
- Aurora Sinai Medical Center
- Marshfield Clinic-Minocqua Center
- ProHealth Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital
- Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic - Oshkosh
- Aurora Cancer Care-Racine
- Marshfield Medical Center-Rice Lake
- Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic-Sheboygan
- Marshfield Medical Center-River Region at Stevens Point
- Aurora Medical Center in Summit
- Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic-Two Rivers
- UW Cancer Center at ProHealth Care
- Aurora Cancer Care-Milwaukee West
- Aurora West Allis Medical Center
- Marshfield Medical Center - Weston
- The Moncton Hospital
- Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre
- Juravinski Cancer Centre at Hamilton Health Sciences
- Kingston Health Sciences Centre
- London Regional Cancer Program
- Lakeridge Health Oshawa
- Algoma District Cancer Program Sault Area Hospital
- Health Sciences North
- Odette Cancer Centre- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- University Health Network-Princess Margaret Hospital
- Hopital de la Cite-de-la-Sante
- CHUM - Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal
- Allan Blair Cancer Centre
- Saskatoon Cancer Centre
- Ehime University Hospital
- Kure National Hospital
- Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital
- Saitama Medical University International Medical Center
- Keimyung University-Dongsan Medical Center
- Samsung Changwon Hospital
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
- Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital
- Asan Medical Center
- Gangnam Severance Hospital
- Yonsei University Health System-Severance Hospital
- Korea Cancer Center Hospital
- Centro Comprensivo de Cancer de UPR
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Experimental
Arm I (placebo, paclitaxel, carboplatin)
Arm II (pembrolizumab, paclitaxel, carboplatin)
COMBINATION PHASE: Patients receive placebo IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, paclitaxel IV over 3 hours on day 1 of each cycle, and carboplatin IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 6 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with SD or PR who still have measurable disease may continue treatment for up to a total of 10 cycles (if deemed necessary by the treating physician) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE PHASE: Patients receive placebo IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 6 weeks for up to 14 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo CT scan throughout the study. On February 6, 2023, all patient treatment assignments were unblinded. Patients randomized to Arm 1 will not receive additional placebo infusions.
COMBINATION PHASE: Patients receive pembrolizumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, paclitaxel IV over 3 hours on day 1 of each cycle, and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 6 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with SD or PR who still have measurable disease may continue treatment for up to a total of 10 cycles (if deemed necessary by the treating physician) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE PHASE: Patients receive pembrolizumab IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 6 weeks for up to 14 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo CT scan throughout the study.