Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Monotherapy in Advanced Solid Tumors and Pembrolizumab Combination Therapy in Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer/ Extensive-disease Small Cell Lung Cancer (MK-3475-011/KEYNOTE-011)

Summary

This study using pembrolizumab (MK-3475) will be done in 5 parts. In Part A, successive participant cohorts with advanced solid tumors will receive pembrolizumab to assess the safety and tolerability of monotherapy. In Parts B, C, and D, participants with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) will receive pembrolizumab in combination with either cisplatin/pemetrexed or carboplatin/pemetrexed (Part B); with either carboplatin/paclitaxel or carboplatin/nab-paclitaxel (Part C); or with ipilimumab (Part D) by non-random assignment to assess the safety and tolerability of the combination therapy. In Part E, participants with untreated Extensive-disease (ED) Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) will receive pembrolizumab in combination with either cisplatin/etoposide, carboplatin/etoposide, or cisplatin/etoposide with prophylactic use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (lasting G-CSF \[pegfilgrastim\]) by non-random assignment to assess the safety and tolerability of the combination therapy.

Timeline

Start

2013-04-26

Primary completion

2020-02-28

Completion

2020-02-28

Publications

• Results Shimizu T, Seto T, Hirai F, Takenoyama M, Nosaki K, Tsurutani J, Kaneda H, Iwasa T, Kawakami H, Noguchi K, Shimamoto T, Nakagawa K. Phase 1 study of pembrolizumab (MK-3475; anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody) in Japanese patients with advanced solid tumors. Invest New Drugs. 2016 Jun;34(3):347-54. doi: 10.1007/s10637-016-0347-6. Epub 2016 Mar 22.
• Nogami N, Umemura S, Kozuki T, Zenke Y, Ohtani J, Ishii M, Han S, Noguchi K, Horinouchi H. A phase 1 study of pembrolizumab plus ipilimumab as first-line treatment in Japanese patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. Respir Investig. 2025 May;63(3):296-302. doi: 10.1016/j.resinv.2025.02.010. Epub 2025 Mar 3.
• Nogami N, Tokito T, Zenke Y, Satouchi M, Seto T, Saka H, Ohtani J, Han S, Noguchi K, Nishio M. Phase 1 study of pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy in Japanese patients with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer. Invest New Drugs. 2024 Feb;42(1):136-144. doi: 10.1007/s10637-023-01411-1. Epub 2024 Feb 1.
• Kurata T, Nakagawa K, Satouchi M, Seto T, Sawada T, Han S, Homma M, Noguchi K, Nogami N. Phase 1 study of pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy as first-line treatment in Japanese patients with advanced NSCLC. Cancer Treat Res Commun. 2021;29:100458. doi: 10.1016/j.ctarc.2021.100458. Epub 2021 Sep 15.

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