Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) With Lenvatinib (E7080/MK-7902) vs. Docetaxel in Participants With Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) and Progressive Disease (PD) After Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy (MK-7902-008/E7080-G000-316/LEAP-008)
Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer focused on measuring programmed cell death 1 (PD-1, PD1), programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1, PDL1), programmed cell death-ligand 2 (PD-L2, PDL2)
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Has a histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of metastatic squamous or nonsquamous NSCLC (Stage IV: M1a, M1b, M1c).
Has PD on treatment with one prior anti-PD-1/PD-L1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) administered either as monotherapy or in combination with other checkpoint inhibitors or other therapies.
- Retreatment with the same anti-PD-L1/PD-L1 mAb is acceptable in the overall course of treatment
- Has PD during/after platinum doublet chemotherapy for metastatic disease.
- Has confirmation that EGFR-, ALK-, or ROS1-directed therapy is not indicated as primary therapy (documentation of absence of tumor-activating EGFR mutations [eg, DEL19 or L858R], and absence of ALK and ROS1 gene rearrangements OR presence of a K-ras mutation).
- Has submitted pre-study imaging that confirmed evidence of PD following initiation of an anti-PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor.
- Has at least 1 measurable lesion by computerized tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) per RECIST 1.1, as determined by the local site assessment.
- Has provided tumor tissue for PD-L1 biomarker analysis from an archival sample (defined as: from initial diagnosis of NSCLC and prior to receiving immunotherapy [antiPD-1/PD-L1], from the primary lesion or a metastatic lesion).
- Has provided prior to allocation tissue from a newly obtained formalin-fixed sample from a new biopsy (defined as: after completion of immunotherapy [anti-PD-1/PD-L1] and before receiving a randomization number), of a tumor lesion not previously irradiated.
- Has Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 within 7 days before the first dose of study intervention but before randomization.
- Has a life expectancy of at least 3 months.
- Male participants receiving pembrolizumab ± lenvatinib or lenvatinib must agree to refrain from donating sperm, and either 1) be abstinent from heterosexual intercourse; or 2) follow contraceptive guidance during the treatment period or 7 days after the last dose of lenvatinib. Male participants receiving docetaxel agree to adhere to the same conditions during the treatment period and for ≥90 days after the last dose of study treatment.
- Female participants must not be pregnant, not be breastfeeding, and not be a woman of child-bearing potential (WOCBP). If a WOCBP, agrees to not donate eggs and either use contraception, or be abstinent from heterosexual intercourse during the treatment period and for ≥120 days after the last dose of pembrolizumab or 30 days after the last dose of lenvatinib, whichever occurs last. If a WOCBP receiving docetaxel, agrees to adhere to the same conditions during the treatment period and for ≥30 days after the last dose of study treatment.
- Has adequately controlled blood pressure (BP) with or without antihypertensive medications, defined as BP ≤150/90 mm Hg and no change in antihypertensive medications within 1 week before randomization.
- If participant received major surgery or radiation therapy of >30 Gy, they have recovered from the toxicity and/or complications from the intervention.
- Has adequate organ function.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Has received docetaxel as monotherapy or in combination with other therapies.
- Has received lenvatinib as monotherapy or in combination with an anti-PD-1/PD-L1 mAb.
- Has received: 1) radiotherapy within 2 weeks before the first dose of study treatment; or 2) lung radiation therapy >30 Gy within 6 months before the first dose of study treatment.
- Has received a live vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study treatment.
- Has clinically significant hemoptysis or tumor bleeding within 2 weeks before the first dose of study treatment.
- Has radiographic evidence of intratumoral cavitation, encasement, or invasion of a major blood vessel.
- Has clinically significant cardiovascular impairment within 12 months of the first dose of study treatment.
- Has a history of a gastrointestinal condition or procedure that may affect oral absorption of study treatment.
- Has a pre-existing ≥Grade 3 gastrointestinal or non-gastrointestinal fistula.
- Is currently participating in a clinical trial and receiving study therapy or participated in a study of an investigational agent within 4 weeks of the first dose of study treatment.
- Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days before the first dose of study treatment.
- Has a known history of an additional malignancy, except if the participant has undergone potentially curative therapy with no evidence of disease recurrence for 3 years since initiation of that therapy.
- Has known active central nervous system metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis.
- Has severe hypersensitivity to pembrolizumab and/or any of its excipients.
- Has a sensitivity to any of the excipients contained in lenvatinib and/or docetaxel.
- Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years.
- Has a history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis that required systemic steroids or current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease.
- Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.
- Has a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
- Has a known history of hepatitis B reactive or known active hepatitis C virus infection.
- Has active tuberculosis.
- Has a known psychiatric or substance abuse disorder that would interfere with the participant's ability to cooperate with the requirements of the study.
- Is pregnant or breastfeeding or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study, starting with the screening visit through at least 120 days after the last dose of pembrolizumab or lenvatinib, or 90 days (male participants) or 30 days (for female participants) after the last dose of docetaxel.
- Has had an allogeneic tissue/solid organ transplant.
Sites / Locations
- Comprehensive Blood & Cancer Center [Bakersfield, CA] ( Site 1604)
- Cancer Specialists of North Florida - Fleming Island ( Site 1675)
- Mid-Florida Cancer Centers ( Site 1611)
- University of Kentucky School of Medicine & Hospitals ( Site 1621)
- Hematology Oncology Clinic ( Site 1680)
- Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Cancer Institute ( Site 1626)
- Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital ( Site 1625)
- Massachusetts General Hospital ( Site 1622)
- MGH - North Shore Cancer Center ( Site 1668)
- The Mass General Cancer Center at Newton-Wellesley ( Site 1692)
- University of Massachusetts Medical School ( Site 1693)
- Billings Clinic ( Site 1631)
- Bozeman Health Deaconness Cancer Center ( Site 1632)
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center At Basking Ridge ( Site 1664)
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center at Middletown ( Site 1665)
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center at Montvale ( Site 1667)
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center at Commack ( Site 1662)
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center at West Harrison ( Site 1666)
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center ( Site 1661)
- New York Cancer and Blood Specialists ( Site 1696)
- University of Rochester ( Site 1638)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - Nassau ( Site 1670)
- TriHealth Cancer Institute ( Site 1672)
- MetroHealth Medical Center ( Site 1694)
- Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research-Kaiser Permanente Medical Center ( Site 1644)
- Fox Chase Cancer Center ( Site 1647)
- Thompson Cancer Survival Center ( Site 1695)
- Millenium Physicians ( Site 1690)
- Instituto de Investigaciones Metabolicas ( Site 2004)
- Hospital Britanico de Buenos Aires ( Site 2002)
- Sanatorio Parque ( Site 2005)
- Hospital Aleman ( Site 2000)
- CEMIC ( Site 2003)
- Blacktown Hospital ( Site 0004)
- Port Macquarie Base Hospital ( Site 0003)
- Westmead Hospital ( Site 0005)
- Southern Medical Day Care Centre ( Site 0001)
- Princess Alexandra Hospital - Division of Cancer Services ( Site 0002)
- Calvary Central Districts Hospital ( Site 0007)
- Bendigo Cancer Centre ( Site 0008)
- CancerCare Manitoba ( Site 1504)
- Kingston Health Sciences Centre ( Site 1503)
- London Regional Cancer Program - London HSC ( Site 1505)
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre ( Site 1502)
- CIUSSS Ouest de l Ile - St-Mary s Hospital ( Site 1501)
- CHUQ-Univ Laval-Hotel Dieu de Quebec ( Site 1514)
- Rodrigo Botero SAS ( Site 1300)
- Clinica de la Costa Ltda. ( Site 1309)
- Sociedad de Oncología Y Hematología del Cesar S.A.S. ( Site 1305)
- Oncomedica S.A. ( Site 1302)
- Administradora Country SA - Clinica del Country ( Site 1307)
- Clinica Colsanitas S.A. Sede Clinica Universitaria Colombia ( Site 1304)
- Centro Medico Imbanaco de Cali S.A ( Site 1301)
- CHU Caen Service de Pneumologie ( Site 0401)
- HIA Percy-Clamart ( Site 0411)
- ICO Centre Paul Papin ( Site 0412)
- Clinique Ambroise Pare ( Site 0402)
- Centre Hospitalier General - Avignon ( Site 0407)
- Centre Hospitalier Le Mans ( Site 0406)
- Institut Curie ( Site 0400)
- Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou ( Site 0408)
- Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH am Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg ( Site 0501)
- Evangelisches Krankenhaus Hamm gGmbH ( Site 0504)
- SRH Wald-Klinikum Gera GmbH ( Site 0503)
- Vivantes Klinikum Spandau ( Site 0505)
- General Hospital of Chest Diseases "Sotiria" ( Site 1703)
- Metropolitan Hospital-4th Oncology Dept ( Site 1700)
- University Hospital of Ioannina ( Site 1701)
- European Interbalkan Medical Center ( Site 1704)
- Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Megyei Központi Kórház és Egyetemi Oktatókórház ( Site 0601)
- Fejer Megyei Szent Gyorgy Egyetemi Oktato Korhaz ( Site 0606)
- Petz Aladar Megyei Oktato Korhaz ( Site 0609)
- Jasz Nagykun Szolnok Megyei Hetenyi Geza Korhaz Rendelointezet ( Site 0610)
- Tudogyogyintezet Torokbalint ( Site 0602)
- Veszprem Megyei Tudogyogyintezet ( Site 0607)
- Semmelweis Egyetem.. ( Site 0604)
- Orszagos Koranyi Pulmonologiai Intezet ( Site 0603)
- Orszagos Koranyi Pulmonologiai Intezet ( Site 0608)
- Soroka Medical Center ( Site 0701)
- Rambam Medical Center ( Site 0703)
- Shaare Zedek Medical Center-Oncology ( Site 0706)
- Meir Medical Center ( Site 0702)
- Rabin Medical Center ( Site 0700)
- Chaim Sheba Medical Center ( Site 0704)
- Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov) - Oncology Clinic ( Site 0705)
- Ospedale San Gerardo - ASST Monza ( Site 0804)
- Istittuto Nazionale dei Tumori Regina Elena IRCCS - IFO ( Site 0807)
- A.O. Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia - Cervello P.O. Villa Sofia ( Site 0810)
- Ospedale San Luigi Gonzaga ( Site 0802)
- Azienda Ospedaliera San Giuseppe Moscati ( Site 0809)
- IRCCS Giovanni Paolo II. Ospedale Oncologico ( Site 0808)
- AOU Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele ( Site 0811)
- Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori ( Site 0806)
- Policlinico San Matteo - Fondazione IRCCS ( Site 0812)
- Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia ( Site 0805)
- Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center ( Site 0105)
- Sendai Kousei Hospital ( Site 0107)
- Kansai Medical University Hospital ( Site 0104)
- Chiba University Hospital ( Site 0106)
- Niigata Cancer Center Hospital ( Site 0101)
- National Cancer Center Hospital ( Site 0103)
- The Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR ( Site 0100)
- Chungbuk National University Hospital ( Site 0201)
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital ( Site 0204)
- Asan Medical Center ( Site 0203)
- Severance Hospital Yonsei University Health System ( Site 0202)
- Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte E.P.E. - Hospital Pulido Valente ( Site 1801)
- Hospital CUF Porto ( Site 1802)
- Inst. Portugues de Oncologia de Porto Francisco Gentil EPE ( Site 1800)
- Hematology and Oncology Institute ( Site 2105)
- Ad-Vance Medical Research LLC ( Site 2103)
- Puerto Rico Medical Research Center LLC ( Site 2101)
- GBUZ Republican Clinical Oncological Dispensary ( Site 0922)
- Krasnoyarsk Regional Clinical Oncological Dispensary ( Site 0918)
- Main Military Clinical Hospital n.a. N.N.Burdenko ( Site 0905)
- Central Clinical Hospital of the Administration of the President ( Site 0910)
- Budgetary Healthcare Institution of Omsk Region Clinical Oncology Dispensary-Chemotherapy #1 ( Site
- SPb SBHI City Clinical Oncological Dispensary ( Site 0901)
- Railway Hospital of OJSC ( Site 0907)
- Scientific Research Oncology Institute n.a. N.N.Petrov ( Site 0903)
- GBUZ SPb CRPCstmc(o) ( Site 0921)
- Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University ( Site 0917)
- Hospital Central de Asturias ( Site 1002)
- Consorci Hospitalari Mataro ( Site 1008)
- Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla ( Site 1003)
- Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria ( Site 1011)
- Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro ( Site 1007)
- Hospital Universitario Quiron Madrid ( Site 1012)
- Hospital Clinico de Valencia ( Site 1010)
- Hospital Universitari Vall d Hebron ( Site 1004)
- Hospital Ciudad de Jaen ( Site 1000)
- Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz ( Site 1005)
- Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre ( Site 1006)
- Hull & East Yorkshire NHS Trust. Castle Hill Hospital ( Site 1108)
- Nottingham City Hospital Campus ( Site 1105)
- Leicester Royal Infirmary ( Site 1110)
- North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust ( Site 1109)
- Guy s and St Thomas Hospital NHS Foundation Trust ( Site 1102)
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre ( Site 1107)
- Aberdeen Royal Infirmary ( Site 1114)
- University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust ( Site 1112)
- Birmingham Heartlands Hospital ( Site 1103)
- St James s University Hospital ( Site 1106)
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Active Comparator
Experimental
Pembrolizumab+Lenvatinib
Docetaxel
Lenvatinib Monotherapy
Participants receive pembrolizumab at 200 mg, every 3 weeks (Q3W) via intravenous (IV) infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle, in combination with lenvatinib at 20 mg, once daily (QD) via oral capsule. Pembrolizumab will be administered for up to 35 treatment cycles (~2 years). Lenvantinib will be administered until progressive disease or unacceptable toxicity.
Participants receive docetaxel at 75 mg/m^2, Q3W via IV infusion over 1-hour infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle. Docetaxel will be administered until progressive disease or unacceptable toxicity.
Participants receive lenvatinib at 24 mg, QD via oral capsule. Lenvantinib will be administered until progressive disease or unacceptable toxicity.