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Registration number
NCT03322540
Ethics application status
Date submitted
24/10/2017
Date registered
26/10/2017

Titles & IDs
Public title
Pembrolizumab Plus Epacadostat vs Pembrolizumab Plus Placebo in Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (KEYNOTE-654-05/ECHO-305-05)
Scientific title
A Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Plus Epacadostat (INCB024360) Versus Pembrolizumab Plus Placebo as First-Line Treatment in Patients With Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Expressing High Levels of PD-L1
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
KEYNOTE-654-05/ECHO-305-05
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Lung Cancer 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Lung - Mesothelioma
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Lung - Non small cell
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Lung - Small cell

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Pembrolizumab
Treatment: Drugs - Epacadostat
Treatment: Drugs - Placebo

Experimental: Pembrolizumab + Epacadostat - Participants received pembrolizumab 200 mg as an intravenous (IV) infusion, every three weeks (Q3W) starting on Day 1 of each cycle for up to 35 administrations in combination with epacadostat 100 mg orally, twice daily. Epacodostat administration was discontinued after the implementation of protocol amendment 05.

Active comparator: Pembrolizumab + Placebo - Participants received pembrolizumab 200 mg by IV infusion, Q3W starting on Day 1 of each cycle for up to 35 administrations in combination with matching placebo orally, twice daily. Placebo administration was discontinued after the implementation of protocol amendment 05.


Treatment: Drugs: Pembrolizumab
Pembrolizumab administered intravenously every 3 weeks.

Treatment: Drugs: Epacadostat
Epacadostat administered orally twice daily.

Treatment: Drugs: Placebo
Matching placebo administered orally twice daily.
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Objective Response Rate (ORR) of Pembrolizumab Plus Epacadostat Versus Pembrolizumab Plus Placebo
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Up to approximately 6 months
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Progression-free Survival (PFS) of Pembrolizumab + Epacadostat Versus Pembrolizumab + Placebo
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Up to approximately 36 months
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Overall Survival (OS) of Pembrolizumab + Epacadostat Versus Pembrolizumab + Placebo
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Up to approximately 36 months
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Duration of Response (DOR) of Pembrolizumab + Epacadostat Versus Pembrolizumab + Placebo
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Up to approximately 36 months
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Up to 37 months
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Number of Participants Who Discontinued Study Drug Due to AEs
Timepoint [5] 0 0
Up to 37 months

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of stage IV NSCLC without epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-sensitizing mutation, ROS1 and/or anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) translocation.
* Measurable disease based on RECIST 1.1.
* Tumor tissue that demonstrates programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression in = 50% of tumor cells (tumor proportion score [TPS] = 50%) as assessed by immunohistochemistry at a central laboratory.
* Life expectancy of at least 3 months.
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.
* Adequate organ function per protocol-defined criteria.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Known untreated central nervous system metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis.
* History of (noninfectious) pneumonitis that required systemic steroids or current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease.
* Symptomatic ascites or pleural effusion.
* Known history of an additional malignancy, except if the participant has undergone potentially curative therapy with no evidence of that disease recurrence for 5 years since initiation of that therapy.
* Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years.
* Has had an allogeneic tissue/solid organ transplant.
* Has a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. HIV testing is not required unless mandated by the local health authority.
* Has known history of or is positive for active Hepatitis B (HBsAg reactive) or has active Hepatitis C (HCV RNA). Note: Testing must be performed to determine eligibility.
* History or presence of an abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG) that, in the Investigator's opinion, is clinically meaningful.
* Use of protocol-defined prior/concomitant therapy.

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 2
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
15/12/2017
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
9/11/2020
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
154
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
VIC,WA
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Austin Health-Austin Hospital - Heidelberg
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
St John of God Murdoch Medical Clinic - Murdoch
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
3084 - Heidelberg
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
6150 - Murdoch
Recruitment outside Australia
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Zaporizhzhya
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Leeds

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Incyte Corporation
Address
Country
Other collaborator category [1] 0 0
Commercial sector/industry
Name [1] 0 0
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Address [1] 0 0
Country [1] 0 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Lance Leopold, MD
Address 0 0
Incyte Corporation
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Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries

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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