Study of Chemoradiotherapy With or Without Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) For The Treatment of Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer (MK-3475-A18/KEYNOTE-A18/ENGOT-cx11/GOG-3047)
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Uterine Cervical Neoplasms focused on measuring Programmed Cell Death Receptor 1 (PD-1, PD1), Programmed Cell Death Receptor Ligand 1 (PD-L1, PDL1), Programmed Cell Death Receptor Ligand 2 (PD-L2, PDL2)
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Has high-risk locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC): The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) 2014 Stage IB2-IIB (with node-positive disease) or FIGO 2014 Stages III-IVA
- Has histologically-confirmed squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, or adenosquamous carcinoma of the cervix
- Has not previously received any definitive surgical, radiation, or systemic therapy for cervical cancer, including investigational agents, and is immunotherapy-naïve
- Female participants must not be pregnant or breastfeeding and agree to use highly effective contraception during the treatment period and for at least 120 days after the last dose of pembrolizumab or placebo and 180 days following the end of chemoradiotherapy and agrees not to donate eggs (ova, oocytes) to others or freeze/store for her own use for the purpose of reproduction during this period.
- Female participants must abstain from breastfeeding during the study intervention period and for at least 120 days after the last dose of pembrolizumab or placebo and 180 days following the end of chemoradiotherapy
- Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 within 7 days prior to the first dose of study treatment
- Has provided a tissue sample from a core incisional or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion
- Has radiographically evaluable disease, either measurable or non-measurable per RECIST 1.1, as assessed by the local site investigator/radiology
- Has adequate organ function within 7 days prior to the start of study treatment.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Has excluded subtypes of LACC
- Has FIGO 2014 Stage IVB disease
- Has undergone a previous hysterectomy defined as removal of the entire uterus or will have a hysterectomy as part of their initial cervical cancer therapy
- Has bilateral hydronephrosis, unless at least one side has been stented or resolved by positioning of nephrostomy or considered mild and not clinically significant in the opinion of the investigator
- Has anatomy or tumor geometry or any other reason or contraindication that cannot be treated with intracavitary brachytherapy or a combination of intracavitary and interstitial brachytherapy
- Has received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study treatment
- Has received treatment with systemic immunostimulatory agents, colony stimulating factors, interferons, interleukins and vaccine combinations within 6 weeks or 5 half-lives of the drug, whichever is shorter, prior to Cycle 1, Day 1
- Has received prior therapy with an anti-programmed cell death receptor 1 (PD-1), anti-programmed cell death receptor ligand 1 (PD-L1), or anti-programmed cell death receptor ligand 2 (PD-L2) agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or co-inhibitory T-cell receptor (eg, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4), OX-40, CD137)
- Has received prior systemic anticancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 weeks 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 randomization
- Has any contraindication to the use of cisplatin
- 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 to the first dose of study treatment
- Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 3 years
- Has severe hypersensitivity to pembrolizumab and/or any of its excipients
- Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years
- Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids or has 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 or known active Hepatitis C virus infection
- Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, lab abnormality, or other circumstance that may increase the risk associated with study participation or study treatment administration or may interfere with the interpretation of study results, and in the judgment of the investigator or Sponsor, would make the participant inappropriate for entry into this study
- Has a known psychiatric or substance abuse disorder that would interfere with the participant's ability to cooperate with the requirements of the study
- Has had an allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant
- Has evidence of metastatic disease per RECIST 1.1 including lymph nodes above the first lumbar vertebra (L1) cephalad body, in the inguinal region
Sites / Locations
- HonorHealth Research Institute - Biltmore ( Site 8009)
- UCLA Hematology/Oncology - Westwood (Building 200 Suite 120) ( Site 0027)
- Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian ( Site 0038)
- UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center ( Site 0017)
- University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Hospital ( Site 0028)
- Smilow Cancer Center at Yale-New Haven ( Site 0023)
- AdventHealth Orlando-AdventHealth Medical Group Gynecological Oncology ( Site 0009)
- Parkview Research Center at Parkview Regional Medical Center ( Site 0026)
- University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center ( Site 0015)
- Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. ( Site 0031)
- Women's Cancer Care ( Site 0039)
- Karmanos Cancer Institute ( Site 0018)
- Minnesota Oncology Hematology, PA ( Site 8007)
- University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center-Clinical Research Office ( Site 0019)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( Site 0025)
- Sanford Bismarck Medical Center ( Site 0046)
- The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at The Ohio State University Comprehensive C
- Willamette Valley Cancer Institute and Research Center ( Site 8000)
- Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center ( Site 0013)
- Allegheny Health Network West Penn Hospital-Gynecologic Oncology ( Site 0030)
- Hollings Cancer Center ( Site 0007)
- Sanford Gynecology Oncology ( Site 0003)
- Texas Oncology-Austin Central ( Site 8006)
- Texas Oncology-Fort Worth Cancer Center ( Site 8001)
- Texas Oncology-San Antonio Medical Center ( Site 8002)
- Texas Oncology-The Woodlands ( Site 8003)
- UVA Health System ( Site 0005)
- Virginia Commonwealth University ( Site 0024)
- Westmead Hospital ( Site 0973)
- Royal Brisbane and Women s Hospital ( Site 0972)
- Monash Health-Monash Medical Centre ( Site 0970)
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre ( Site 0971)
- St John of God Subiaco Hospital ( Site 0969)
- Medizinische Universitat Graz ( Site 0569)
- Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck ( Site 0566)
- Medizinische Universität Wien ( Site 0567)
- UZA University Hospital Antwerp ( Site 0351)
- GZA Sint Augustinus ( Site 0356)
- C.I.U. Hopital Ambroise Pare ( Site 0353)
- OLV Ziekenhuis ( Site 0352)
- AZ St Lucas ( Site 0349)
- UZ Leuven ( Site 0354)
- Hospital das Clinicas da UFMG ( Site 0172)
- Liga Norte Riograndense Contra o Cancer ( Site 0170)
- Hospital de Clínicas de Ribeirão Preto ( Site 0171)
- Núcleo de Pesquisa Clínica da Rede São Camilo ( Site 0166)
- Instituto Nacional Do Cancer II ( Site 0173)
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre ( Site 0102)
- Centre Hospitalier de l Universite de Montreal - CHUM ( Site 0101)
- McGill University Health Centre ( Site 0105)
- Centre intégré de cancérologie du CHU de Québec Université Laval, Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus ( Site 0
- Centro Investigación del Cáncer James Lind ( Site 0194)
- Sociedad Oncovida S.A. ( Site 0196)
- Iram Cancer Research ( Site 0198)
- Oncocentro ( Site 0195)
- Anhui Provincial Hospital ( Site 1029)
- Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital ( Site 1007)
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital ( Site 1001)
- Chongqing Cancer Hospital ( Site 1030)
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University ( Site 1025)
- The First Affiliated Hospital.Sun Yat-sen University ( Site 1005)
- Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Guangxi Medical University ( Site 1036)
- Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital ( Site 1013)
- Hunan Cancer Hospital ( Site 1015)
- Xiangya Hospital Central-South University ( Site 1009)
- Shanghai Cancer Hospital ( Site 1000)
- Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital-Gynecology department ( Site 1039)
- Sichuan Cancer Hospital ( Site 1018)
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University ( Site 1012)
- Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital ( Site 1021)
- Zhejiang Cancer Hospital ( Site 1004)
- Fundacion Centro de Investigacion Clinica CIC ( Site 0231)
- Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia E.S.E ( Site 0228)
- Fundacion Valle del Lili ( Site 0230)
- Centro Medico Imbanaco de Cali S.A ( Site 0227)
- Fakultni Nemocnice Brno Bohunice ( Site 0912)
- Fakultni nemocnice Ostrava ( Site 0909)
- Fakultni nemocnice Kralovske Vinohrady ( Site 0913)
- CHU Jean Minjoz ( Site 0411)
- Institut Claudius Regaud ( Site 0417)
- Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud ( Site 0413)
- Universitaetsklinikum Freiburg ( Site 0454)
- Universitätsmedizin Mannheim-Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ( Site 0443)
- Klinikum der Universitaet in Muenchen ( Site 0446)
- Klinikum Rechts der Isar. Technischen Universitaet Muenchen ( Site 0453)
- Universitaetsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der Technischen Univ ( Site 0452)
- Universitaetsklinik Leipzig ( Site 0456)
- Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin ( Site 0442)
- Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf ( Site 0445)
- General Hospital of Patras. St Andrews ( Site 0473)
- Alexandra General Hospital ( Site 0477)
- Hospital Hygeia ( Site 0478)
- Euromedica General Clinic of Thessaloniki ( Site 0474)
- Centro de Investigaciones Clinicas de Latinoamerica S.A. - CELAN ( Site 0321)
- Oncologika S.A. ( Site 0323)
- Oncomedica ( Site 0320)
- Grupo Angeles SA ( Site 0319)
- Medi-K Cayala ( Site 0318)
- Centro Medico Integral De Cancerología (CEMIC) ( Site 0322)
- Orszagos Onkologiai Intezet ( Site 0846)
- Debreceni Egyetem Klinikai Kozpont ( Site 0845)
- Cork University Hospital ( Site 0504)
- St James Hospital ( Site 0505)
- Rambam Medical Center ( Site 0815)
- Hadassah Medical Center. Ein Kerem ( Site 0816)
- Chaim Sheba Medical Center ( Site 0814)
- Sourasky Medical Center ( Site 0819)
- Istituto Europeo di Oncologia ( Site 0536)
- Istituto di Candiolo - IRCCS ( Site 0546)
- Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena ( Site 0540)
- A.O. Universitaria Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi ( Site 0541)
- Ospedale Vito Fazzi ( Site 0547)
- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele ( Site 0539)
- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano ( Site 0542)
- Fondazione Giovanni Pascale Di Napoli ( Site 0544)
- Policlinico Universitario Gemelli ( Site 0538)
- A.O.U. Citta della Salute e della Scienza di Torino ( Site 0535)
- Aichi Cancer Center Hospital ( Site 1155)
- National Cancer Center Hospital East ( Site 1159)
- National Hospital Organization Shikoku Cancer Center ( Site 1162)
- Ehime University Hospital ( Site 1157)
- Kurume University Hospital ( Site 1164)
- Hokkaido University Hospital ( Site 1163)
- Iwate Medical University Hospital ( Site 1165)
- University of the Ryukyus Hospital ( Site 1156)
- Saitama Medical University International Medical Center ( Site 1168)
- Saitama Cancer Center ( Site 1169)
- Kyorin University Hospital ( Site 1158)
- National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center ( Site 1167)
- Kagoshima City Hospital ( Site 1166)
- Osaka International Cancer Institute ( Site 1161)
- National Cancer Center Hospital ( Site 1172)
- Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research-Gynecologic Oncology ( Site 1171)
- Keio University Hospital ( Site 1170)
- National Cancer Center ( Site 1065)
- Asan Medical Center ( Site 1062)
- Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center ( Site 1066)
- Severance Hospital ( Site 1063)
- Samsung Medical Center ( Site 1064)
- Helse Bergen HF Haukeland Universitetssjukehus ( Site 0601)
- Oslo Universitetssykehus Radiumhospitalet ( Site 0600)
- Centro Medico Monte Carmelo ( Site 0289)
- Hospital de Alta Complejidad de La Libertad Virgen de La Puerta ( Site 0287)
- Hospital Nacional Daniel Alcides Carrion ( Site 0293)
- Clinica San Gabriel ( Site 0296)
- Instituto de Oncologia y Radioterapia Clinica Ricardo Palma ( Site 0290)
- Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza ( Site 0292)
- Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen ( Site 0291)
- Chelyabinsk Regional Clinical Center Oncology and Nuclear Medicine ( Site 0741)
- Krasnoyarsk Regional Clinical Oncological Dispensary ( Site 0729)
- MSROI named after P.A. Hertsen branch of FSBI NMRC Radiology ( Site 0722)
- GBUZ SPb CRPCstmc(o) ( Site 0746)
- National Medical Research Center of Oncology N.A. N.N. Petrov ( Site 0725)
- Yaroslavl Regional SBIH Clinical Oncology Hospital ( Site 0734)
- Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol-Instituto Catalán de Oncología de Badalona ( Site 0637)
- Hosp Clin Univ de Santiago ( Site 0629)
- HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO QUIRONSALUD MADRID-ONCOLOGIA MEDICA ( Site 0638)
- Hospital Universitari Vall d Hebron ( Site 0634)
- Complejo Hospitalario de Jaen ( Site 0632)
- Hospital Clinico Universitario Lozano Blesa ( Site 0630)
- Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset ( Site 0784)
- National Taiwan University Hospital ( Site 1095)
- Mackay Memorial Hospital ( Site 1094)
- Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital ( Site 1097)
- Srinagarind Hospital. Khon Kaen University ( Site 1132)
- Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University ( Site 1131)
- Songklanagarind Hospital ( Site 1130)
- Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital ( Site 1133)
- I.U. Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty ( Site 0755)
- Acibadem Adana Hastanesi ( Site 0756)
- Baskent Universitesi Ankara Hastanesi ( Site 0754)
- Grigoriev Institute for medical Radiology NAMS of Ukraine ( Site 0876)
- Lviv State Oncology Regional Treatment and Diagnostic Center ( Site 0882)
- Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust Hospital ( Site 0699)
- ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL (CHELSEA) ( Site 0701)
- Royal Marsden Hospital (Sutton)-Gynaecology Unit ( Site 0696)
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
chemoradiotherapy + pembrolizumab
chemoradiotherapy + placebo for pembrolizumab
Participants receive pembrolizumab 200 mg intravenously (IV) on Day 1 of each 3-week cycle (Q3W) for 5 cycles followed by pembrolizumab 400 mg IV on Day 1 of each 6-week cycle (Q6W) for an additional 15 cycles. During the Q3W dosing period of pembrolizumab, participants receive concurrent chemoradiotherapy. The standard of care chemoradiotherapy regimen includes cisplatin 40 mg/m^2 IV once per week (QW) for 5 or 6 weeks plus external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) followed by brachytherapy with minimum total radiotherapy dose of 80 Gray Units (Gy) for volume-directed and 75 Gy for point-directed given with the total duration of radiation treatment not to exceed 50 days (with an extension to a maximum of 56 days for unforeseen delays).
Participants receive placebo for pembrolizumab IV on Day 1 of each 3-week cycle (Q3W) for 5 cycles followed by placebo IV on Day 1 of each 6-week cycle (Q6W) for an additional 15 cycles. During the Q3W dosing period of placebo, participants receive concurrent chemoradiotherapy. The standard of care chemoradiotherapy regimen includes cisplatin 40 mg/m^2 IV once per week (QW) for 5 or 6 weeks plus external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) followed by brachytherapy with minimum total radiotherapy dose of 80 Gray Units (Gy) for volume-directed and 75 Gy for point-directed given with the total duration of radiation treatment not to exceed 50 days (with an extension to a maximum of 56 days for unforeseen delays).