Efficacy and Safety Study of First-line Treatment With Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Plus Chemotherapy Versus Placebo Plus Chemotherapy in Women With Persistent, Recurrent, or Metastatic Cervical Cancer (MK-3475-826/KEYNOTE-826)
Cervical Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Cervical Cancer focused on measuring Programmed Cell Death-1 (PD1, PD-1), Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PDL1, PD-L1)
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Has persistent, recurrent, or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma, adenosquamous carcinoma, or adenocarcinoma of the cervix which has not been treated with systemic chemotherapy and is not amenable to curative treatment (such as with surgery and/or radiation)
- Not pregnant or breastfeeding, and at least one of the following conditions applies: a.) Not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP), b.) A WOCBP must agree to use effective contraception during the treatment period and for at least 120 days after the last dose of pembrolizumab/placebo and 210 days after the last dose of chemotherapy/bevacizumab
- Has measurable disease per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by the local site investigator/radiology
- Has provided archival tumor tissue sample or newly obtained core or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion not previously irradiated for prospective determination of Programmed Cell Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) status prior to randomization
- Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1 within 14 days prior to randomization
- Has adequate organ function
Exclusion Criteria:
- A WOCBP who has a positive urine pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to randomization
- Has known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. Participants with known brain metastases may participate provided that the brain metastases have been previously treated (except with chemotherapy) and are radiographically stable.
- 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, transitional cell carcinoma of urothelial cancer, or carcinoma in situ (e.g. breast cancer) that have undergone potentially curative therapy are not excluded.
- Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in doses exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to randomization
- Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years (i.e., with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (e.g. thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency) is not considered a form of systemic treatment and is allowed
- Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or has current pneumonitis
- 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 known history of active tuberculosis (TB; Bacillus tuberculosis)
- Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti PD-L2 agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or co-inhibitory T-cell receptor (e.g. cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 [CTLA-4], OX 40, CD137)
- Has received prior systemic chemotherapy for treatment of cervical cancer.
- Has not recovered adequately from toxicity and/or complications from major surgery prior to randomization
- Has received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks prior to randomization. Participants must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicities, not require corticosteroids, and not have had radiation pneumonitis.
- Has received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to randomization
- Has severe hypersensitivity (≥Grade 3) to pembrolizumab and/or any of its excipients.
- Has a contraindication or hypersensitivity to any component of cisplatin, carboplatin, paclitaxel, or bevacizumab
- 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
- Is pregnant or breastfeeding or expecting to conceive within the projected duration of the study, starting with the screening visit through 120 days following last dose of pembrolizumab/placebo and 210 days following last dose of chemotherapy/bevacizumab
- Has had an allogeneic tissue/solid organ transplant
Sites / Locations
- Alaska Women's Cancer Care ( Site 1770)
- Arizona Oncology Associates, PC- HAL ( Site 8005)
- UC Irvine Health ( Site 1796)
- Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven ( Site 1809)
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute ( Site 1754)
- Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University ( Site 1767)
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute ( Site 1785)
- Henry Ford Health System ( Site 1810)
- Washington University School of Medicine ( Site 1779)
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey at University Hospital ( Site 1762)
- Holy Name Medical Center ( Site 1776)
- Mount Sinai Chelsea ( Site 1760)
- Columbia University Medical Center ( Site 1800)
- OSU Wexner Medical Center ( Site 1817)
- University of Oklahoma- Stephenson Oklahoma Cancer Center ( Site 1784)
- Oklahoma Cancer Specialists and Research Institute, LLC ( Site 1768)
- MUSC Hollings Cancer Center ( Site 1819)
- West Cancer Center - East Campus ( Site 1763)
- Texas Oncology-San Antonio Medical Center ( Site 8001)
- Seattle Cancer Care Alliance ( Site 1777)
- Centro de Oncologia e Investigacion Buenos Aires COIBA ( Site 1006)
- Hospital Aleman ( Site 1005)
- Hospital de Oncologia Angel Roffo ( Site 1003)
- Instituto Medico Especializado Alexander Fleming ( Site 1009)
- Centro Oncologico Riojano Integral ( Site 1004)
- Centro Medico San Roque ( Site 1001)
- Royal North Shore Hospital ( Site 1514)
- Mater Misericordiae Ltd Mater Cancer Care Centre ( Site 1521)
- Flinders Medical Centre ( Site 1513)
- St John of God Subiaco Hospital ( Site 1512)
- Monash Health-Monash Medical Centre ( Site 1519)
- Tom Baker Cancer Centre ( Site 1728)
- BC Cancer-Kelowna - Sindi Ahluwalia Hawkins Centre ( Site 1734)
- BC Cancer - Vancouver Center ( Site 1722)
- CancerCare Manitoba ( Site 1725)
- Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre ( Site 1731)
- Juravinski Cancer Centre ( Site 1735)
- London Regional Cancer Program - London HSC ( Site 1723)
- The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre ( Site 1736)
- Sunnybrook Research Institute ( Site 1733)
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre ( Site 1732)
- CIUSSS du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean ( Site 1729)
- CIUSSS de l Est de L Ile de Montreal - Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont ( Site 1726)
- Centre Hospitalier de l Universite de Montreal - CHUM ( Site 1721)
- CIUSSS de l Estrie - CHUS - Centre Hosp. Univ. Sherbrooke ( Site 1730)
- CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval-Hotel Dieu de Quebec ( Site 1724)
- Oncocentro ( Site 1065)
- Fundacion Arturo Lopez Perez FALP ( Site 1061)
- Sociedad Oncovida S.A. ( Site 1069)
- Centro de Cancer Nuestra Senora de la Esperanza ( Site 1063)
- Instituto Clinico Oncologico del Sur ( Site 1062)
- Sociedad de Oncologia y Hematologia del Cesar Ltda. ( Site 1103)
- Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia E.S.E ( Site 1095)
- Hemato Oncologos S.A. ( Site 1100)
- Biomelab S A S ( Site 1104)
- Oncomedica S.A. ( Site 1098)
- Instituto Cancerologico de Narino Ltda ( Site 1097)
- Centre Jean Perrin ( Site 1181)
- Institut Paoli Calmettes ( Site 1182)
- Groupe Hospitalier Broca Cochin Hotel Dieu ( Site 1183)
- Centre Eugene Marquis ( Site 1187)
- Institut Curie - Centre Rene Huguenin ( Site 1185)
- Universitaetsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus ( Site 1211)
- Universitaetsklinikum Duesseldorf ( Site 1220)
- Universitatsklinikum Essen AoR ( Site 1213)
- Universitatsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf ( Site 1212)
- Gynoncological Practice Lueck. Schrader. Noeding ( Site 1224)
- Universitaetsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel ( Site 1214)
- Rotkreuzklinikum Muenchen gGmbH. Studienzentrale Frauenklinik ( Site 1225)
- Klinikum Oldenburg AoeR ( Site 1218)
- Universitaet Regensburg ( Site 1221)
- Soroka Medical Center ( Site 1363)
- Rambam Medical Center ( Site 1364)
- Shaare Zedek Medical Center ( Site 1366)
- Hadassah Medical Center. Ein Kerem ( Site 1367)
- Rabin Medical Center ( Site 1365)
- Chaim Sheba Medical Center ( Site 1361)
- Sourasky Medical Center ( Site 1362)
- Centro di Riferimento Oncologico de Aviano Istituto Nazionale Tumori ( Site 1243)
- A.O. Universitaria Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi ( Site 1245)
- Istituto Nazionale Tumori ( Site 1251)
- Istituto Europeo di Oncologia ( Site 1250)
- Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale ( Site 1242)
- Policlinico Universitario -Agostino Gemelli ( Site 1241)
- The Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital ( Site 1701)
- National Cancer Center Hospital East ( Site 1704)
- Ehime University Hospital ( Site 1693)
- Kurume University Hospital ( Site 1692)
- National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Cancer Center ( Site 1700)
- Hyogo Cancer Center ( Site 1705)
- Iwate Medical University Hospital ( Site 1695)
- University of the Ryukyus Hospital ( Site 1706)
- Saitama Medical University International Medical Center ( Site 1691)
- Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital and Research Institute ( Site 1703)
- National Cancer Center Hospital ( Site 1702)
- The Jikei University Hospital ( Site 1697)
- The Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR ( Site 1698)
- Keio University Hospital ( Site 1699)
- Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center ( Site 1603)
- Seoul National University Hospital ( Site 1602)
- Asan Medical Center ( Site 1601)
- Samsung Medical Center ( Site 1604)
- Medical Care and Research S.A. de C.V. ( Site 1135)
- Centro Estatal de Cancerologia de Chihuahua ( Site 1123)
- Consultorio de Medicina Especializada del Sector Privado ( Site 1129)
- CRYPTEX Investigacion Clinica S.A. de C.V. ( Site 1127)
- Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia. ( Site 1130)
- Centro de Urologia Avanzada del Noreste S.A. de C.V. ( Site 1125)
- Faicic S de RL de CV ( Site 1133)
- Hospital de Alta Complejidad de La Libertad Virgen de La Puerta ( Site 1152)
- Centro Medico Monte Carmelo ( Site 1156)
- Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen ( Site 1158)
- Instituto de Oncologia y Radioterapia Clinica Ricardo Palma ( Site 1157)
- Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplasicas ( Site 1153)
- Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza ( Site 1159)
- Hospital Nacional Maria Auxiliadora ( Site 1155)
- Republican Clinical Oncology Dispensary of Tatarstan MoH ( Site 1331)
- FSBI National Medical Oncology Research Center n.a. N.N. Blokhina ( Site 1334)
- Medical Rehabilitation Center ( Site 1337)
- Novosibirsk Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary ( Site 1358)
- Municipal Clinical Oncology Center ( Site 1346)
- National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University ( Site 1347)
- National Medical Research Center of Oncology n.a. N. N. Petrov ( Site 1348)
- Tomsk Scientific Research Institute of Oncology ( Site 1360)
- Republican Clinical Oncology Dispensary of Republic of Bashkortostan ( Site 1345)
- Onkologikoa - Instituto Oncologico de San Sebastian ( Site 1275)
- Hospital Quiron Madrid ( Site 1277)
- Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol. ICO de Badalona ( Site 1276)
- MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid ( Site 1273)
- Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena ( Site 1274)
- Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital ( Site 1632)
- China Medical University Hospital ( Site 1635)
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital ( Site 1634)
- Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center ( Site 1636)
- Taipei Veterans General Hospital ( Site 1631)
- Chang Gung Medical Foundation. Linkou ( Site 1633)
- Baskent Adana Dr Turgut Noyan Uygulama ve Arastirma Merkezi ( Site 1457)
- Hacettepe University Medical Faculty ( Site 1459)
- Baskent Universitesi Ankara Hastanesi ( Site 1451)
- Akdeniz Universitesi Tip Fakultesi ( Site 1453)
- Medeniyet University Goztepe Egitim ve Arastırma Hast. Merdivenkoy ( Site 1458)
- Ege University Medical Faculty Tulay Aktas Oncology Hospital ( Site 1456)
- Necmettin Erbakan Universitesi Meram Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi ( Site 1452)
- City Clinical Hosp.4 of DCC ( Site 1482)
- MI Precarpathian Clinical Oncology Center ( Site 1487)
- Communal non profit enterprise Regional Clinical Oncology Center ( Site 1489)
- National Cancer Institute of the MoH of Ukraine ( Site 1484)
- MI Odessa Regional Oncological Centre ( Site 1493)
- Medical Centre LLC Oncolife ( Site 1485)
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Pembrolizumab+Chemotherapy
Placebo+Chemotherapy
On Day 1 of each 21-day cycle, participants receive an intravenous (IV) infusion of pembrolizumab 200 mg for up to 35 cycles (up to approximately 2 years) PLUS Investigator choice of chemotherapy for up to 6 cycles (paclitaxel 175 mg/m^2 PLUS cisplatin 50 mg/m^2 WITH or WITHOUT bevacizumab 15 mg/kg per local label OR paclitaxel 175 mg/m^2 PLUS carboplatin Area Under the Curve (AUC) 5 for up to 6 cycles, WITH or WITHOUT bevacizumab 15 mg/kg per local label). All treatments are administered until disease progression or toxicity.
On Day 1 of each 21-day cycle, participants receive an IV infusion of placebo (Normal Saline or Dextrose solution) for up to 35 cycles (up to approximately 2 years) PLUS Investigator choice of chemotherapy for up to 6 cycles (paclitaxel 175 mg/m^2 PLUS cisplatin 50 mg/m^2 WITH or WITHOUT bevacizumab 15 mg/kg per local label OR paclitaxel 175 mg/m^2 PLUS carboplatin AUC 5 for up to 6 cycles, WITH or WITHOUT bevacizumab 15 mg/kg per local label). All treatments are administered until disease progression or toxicity.