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Registration number
NCT02752074
Ethics application status
Date submitted
22/04/2016
Date registered
26/04/2016

Titles & IDs
Public title
A Phase 3 Study of Pembrolizumab + Epacadostat or Placebo in Subjects With Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma (Keynote-252 / ECHO-301)
Scientific title
A Phase 3 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Combination With Epacadostat or Placebo in Subjects With Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma (Keynote-252 / ECHO-301)
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
INCB 24360-301 (ECHO-301)
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Melanoma 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Malignant melanoma

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - pembrolizumab + epacadostat
Treatment: Drugs - pembrolizumab + placebo

Experimental: Pembrolizumab + Epacadostat - Pembrolizumab + Epacadostat

Active comparator: Pembrolizumab + Placebo - Pembrolizumab + Placebo


Treatment: Drugs: pembrolizumab + epacadostat
* Pembrolizumab will be administered intravenously every 3 weeks starting at Day 1 (Week 1)
* Epacadostat will be administered orally daily starting at Day 1 (Week 1)

Treatment: Drugs: pembrolizumab + placebo
* Pembrolizumab will be administered intravenously every 3 weeks starting at Day 1 (Week 1)
* Placebo will be administered orally daily starting at Day 1 (Week 1)

Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Progression-free Survival
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Assessed every 9 weeks for duration of study participation which is estimated to be 24 months
Primary outcome [2] 0 0
Overall Survival (OS) Rate at 6 Months
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Assessed every 9 weeks of study participation which is estimated to be 24 months. The OS rate at Month 6 was calculated.
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Objective Response Rate (ORR)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Assessed every 9 weeks for duration of study participation which is estimated to be 24 months
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Safety and Tolerability, as Assessed by Percentage of Participants With Adverse Events
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Through up to 90 days after end of treatment, up to 27 months
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Duration of Response (DOR)
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Assessed every 9 weeks for duration of study participation which is estimated to be 24 months
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Apparent Oral Clearance (CL/F) of Epacadostat
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Through up to 30 days after the end of treatment, up to 25 months
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Apparent Volume of Distribution (Vd/F) of Epacadostat
Timepoint [5] 0 0
Through up to 30 days after the end of treatment, up to 25 months
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Clearance (CL) of Pembrolizumab
Timepoint [6] 0 0
Through up to 30 days after the end of treatment, up to 25 months
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Volume of Distribution (V) of Pembrolizumab
Timepoint [7] 0 0
Through up to 30 days after the end of treatment, up to 25 months
Secondary outcome [8] 0 0
Formation of Anti-pembrolizumab Antibodies
Timepoint [8] 0 0
Through up to 30 days after the end of treatment, up to 25 months

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Have histologically or cytologically confirmed melanoma
* Have unresectable Stage III or Stage IV melanoma, as per AJCC staging system not amenable to local therapy
* A minimum of 1 measurable lesion by CT or MRI
* Provide a baseline tumor biopsy
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Has received prior systemic treatment for unresectable or metastatic melanoma (except BRAF directed therapy)
* Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, anti-CD137, or IDO1 inhibitor or any other antibody or drug specifically targeting checkpoint pathways other than anti-CTLA-4 which is permitted in the adjuvant setting
* Has received prior adjuvant therapy, monoclonal antibody or an investigational agent or device within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer)
* Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy
* Has known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (HIV 1/2 antibodies)
* Has known history of or is positive for Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C
* Is pregnant or breastfeeding or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study, starting with the screening visit through 120 days after the last dose of study treatment

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s
The people administering the treatment/s
The people assessing the outcomes
The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
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Target
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment in Australia
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NSW,QLD,SA,VIC
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- Camperdown
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- Westmead
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- Wollstonecraft
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- Cairns
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- Greenslopes
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- Kurralta Park
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- Melbourne
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- Kurralta Park
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- Melbourne
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Incyte Corporation
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Commercial sector/industry
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Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
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Contacts
Principal investigator
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Mark Jones, MD
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Incyte Corporation
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Data sharing statement
Will individual participant data (IPD) for this trial be available (including data dictionaries)?
No
No/undecided IPD sharing reason/comment


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