Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors (MK-3475-158/KEYNOTE-158)

Summary

In this study, participants with multiple types of advanced (unresectable and/or metastatic) solid tumors who have progressed on standard of care therapy will be treated with pembrolizumab (MK-3475).

Timeline

Start

2015-12-18

Primary completion

2027-05-04

Completion

2027-05-04

Publications

• Results Marabelle A, Le DT, Ascierto PA, Di Giacomo AM, De Jesus-Acosta A, Delord JP, Geva R, Gottfried M, Penel N, Hansen AR, Piha-Paul SA, Doi T, Gao B, Chung HC, Lopez-Martin J, Bang YJ, Frommer RS, Shah M, Ghori R, Joe AK, Pruitt SK, Diaz LA Jr. Efficacy of Pembrolizumab in Patients With Noncolorectal High Microsatellite Instability/Mismatch Repair-Deficient Cancer: Results From the Phase II KEYNOTE-158 Study. J Clin Oncol. 2020 Jan 1;38(1):1-10. doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.02105. Epub 2019 Nov 4.
• Results Marabelle A, O'Malley DM, Hendifar AE, Ascierto PA, Motola-Kuba D, Penel N, Cassier PA, Bariani G, De Jesus-Acosta A, Doi T, Longo F, Miller WH Jr, Oh DY, Gottfried M, Yao L, Jin F, Gozman A, Maio M. Pembrolizumab in microsatellite-instability-high and mismatch-repair-deficient advanced solid tumors: updated results of the KEYNOTE-158 trial. Nat Cancer. 2025 Feb;6(2):253-258. doi: 10.1038/s43018-024-00894-y. Epub 2025 Feb 20.
• Baldini C, Cassier PA, Delord JP, Simonelli M, Touat M, Yao L, Duic JP, Gozman A, Marabelle A. Pembrolizumab monotherapy for microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair deficient recurrent gliomas: results from the multicohort KEYNOTE-158 study. J Neurooncol. 2026 Apr 1;177(2):85. doi: 10.1007/s11060-026-05461-2.
• Wu X, Mao Y, Xu N, Bai Y, Wang D, Chen X, Yin X, Deng Y, Yang J, Zhang J, Tang J, Huang Y, Li J, Luo S, Zheng H, Zhao W, Xu M, Li N, Mao Y, Gozman A, Xu J. Pembrolizumab in Patients of Chinese Descent with Microsatellite Instability-high/Mismatch Repair Deficient Advanced Solid Tumors: KEYNOTE-158 Final Analysis. Adv Ther. 2025 May;42(5):2480-2489. doi: 10.1007/s12325-025-03142-6. Epub 2025 Mar 22.
• Oh DY, Algazi A, Capdevila J, Longo F, Miller W Jr, Chun Bing JT, Bonilla CE, Chung HC, Guren TK, Lin CC, Motola-Kuba D, Shah M, Hadoux J, Yao L, Jin F, Norwood K, Lebellec L. Efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab monotherapy in patients with advanced thyroid cancer in the phase 2 KEYNOTE-158 study. Cancer. 2023 Apr 15;129(8):1195-1204. doi: 10.1002/cncr.34657. Epub 2023 Feb 7.
• O'Malley DM, Bariani GM, Cassier PA, Marabelle A, Hansen AR, De Jesus Acosta A, Miller WH Jr, Safra T, Italiano A, Mileshkin L, Amonkar M, Yao L, Jin F, Norwood K, Maio M. Health-related quality of life with pembrolizumab monotherapy in patients with previously treated advanced microsatellite instability high/mismatch repair deficient endometrial cancer in the KEYNOTE-158 study. Gynecol Oncol. 2022 Aug;166(2):245-253. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2022.06.005. Epub 2022 Jul 11.
• Even C, Delord JP, Price KA, Nakagawa K, Oh DY, Burge M, Chung HC, Doi T, Fakih M, Takahashi S, Yao L, Jin F, Norwood K, Hansen AR. Evaluation of pembrolizumab monotherapy in patients with previously treated advanced salivary gland carcinoma in the phase 2 KEYNOTE-158 study. Eur J Cancer. 2022 Aug;171:259-268. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.05.007. Epub 2022 Jun 28.
• Maio M, Ascierto PA, Manzyuk L, Motola-Kuba D, Penel N, Cassier PA, Bariani GM, De Jesus Acosta A, Doi T, Longo F, Miller WH, Oh DY, Gottfried M, Xu L, Jin F, Norwood K, Marabelle A. Pembrolizumab in microsatellite instability high or mismatch repair deficient cancers: updated analysis from the phase II KEYNOTE-158 study. Ann Oncol. 2022 Sep;33(9):929-938. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.05.519. Epub 2022 Jun 6.
• Maio M, Amonkar MM, Norquist JM, Ascierto PA, Manzyuk L, Motola-Kuba D, Penel N, Cassier PA, Bariani GM, De Jesus Acosta A, Doi T, Longo F, Miller WH Jr, Oh DY, Gottfried M, Wang R, Norwood K, Marabelle A. Health-related quality of life in patients treated with pembrolizumab for microsatellite instability-high/mismatch repair-deficient advanced solid tumours: Results from the KEYNOTE-158 study. Eur J Cancer. 2022 Jul;169:188-197. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.03.040. Epub 2022 May 16.
• Shapira-Frommer R, Mileshkin L, Manzyuk L, Penel N, Burge M, Piha-Paul SA, Girda E, Lopez Martin JA, van Dongen MGJ, Italiano A, Xu L, Jin F, Norwood K, Ott PA. Efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab for patients with previously treated advanced vulvar squamous cell carcinoma: Results from the phase 2 KEYNOTE-158 study. Gynecol Oncol. 2022 Aug;166(2):211-218. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2022.01.029. Epub 2022 Mar 28.
• Marabelle A, Cassier PA, Fakih M, Kao S, Nielsen D, Italiano A, Guren TK, van Dongen MGJ, Spencer K, Bariani GM, Ascierto PA, Santoro A, Shah M, Asselah J, Iqbal S, Takahashi S, Piha-Paul SA, Ott PA, Chatterjee A, Jin F, Norwood K, Delord JP. Pembrolizumab for previously treated advanced anal squamous cell carcinoma: results from the non-randomised, multicohort, multicentre, phase 2 KEYNOTE-158 study. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 May;7(5):446-454. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(21)00382-4. Epub 2022 Feb 1.
• O'Malley DM, Bariani GM, Cassier PA, Marabelle A, Hansen AR, De Jesus Acosta A, Miller WH Jr, Safra T, Italiano A, Mileshkin L, Xu L, Jin F, Norwood K, Maio M. Pembrolizumab in Patients With Microsatellite Instability-High Advanced Endometrial Cancer: Results From the KEYNOTE-158 Study. J Clin Oncol. 2022 Mar 1;40(7):752-761. doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.01874. Epub 2022 Jan 6.
• Yap TA, Nakagawa K, Fujimoto N, Kuribayashi K, Guren TK, Calabro L, Shapira-Frommer R, Gao B, Kao S, Matos I, Planchard D, Chatterjee A, Jin F, Norwood K, Kindler HL. Efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab in patients with advanced mesothelioma in the open-label, single-arm, phase 2 KEYNOTE-158 study. Lancet Respir Med. 2021 Jun;9(6):613-621. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30515-4. Epub 2021 Apr 6.
• Marabelle A, Fakih M, Lopez J, Shah M, Shapira-Frommer R, Nakagawa K, Chung HC, Kindler HL, Lopez-Martin JA, Miller WH Jr, Italiano A, Kao S, Piha-Paul SA, Delord JP, McWilliams RR, Fabrizio DA, Aurora-Garg D, Xu L, Jin F, Norwood K, Bang YJ. Association of tumour mutational burden with outcomes in patients with advanced solid tumours treated with pembrolizumab: prospective biomarker analysis of the multicohort, open-label, phase 2 KEYNOTE-158 study. Lancet Oncol. 2020 Oct;21(10):1353-1365. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30445-9. Epub 2020 Sep 10.
• Piha-Paul SA, Oh DY, Ueno M, Malka D, Chung HC, Nagrial A, Kelley RK, Ros W, Italiano A, Nakagawa K, Rugo HS, de Braud F, Varga AI, Hansen A, Wang H, Krishnan S, Norwood KG, Doi T. Efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab for the treatment of advanced biliary cancer: Results from the KEYNOTE-158 and KEYNOTE-028 studies. Int J Cancer. 2020 Oct 15;147(8):2190-2198. doi: 10.1002/ijc.33013. Epub 2020 May 2.
• Strosberg J, Mizuno N, Doi T, Grande E, Delord JP, Shapira-Frommer R, Bergsland E, Shah M, Fakih M, Takahashi S, Piha-Paul SA, O'Neil B, Thomas S, Lolkema MP, Chen M, Ibrahim N, Norwood K, Hadoux J. Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab in Previously Treated Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors: Results From the Phase II KEYNOTE-158 Study. Clin Cancer Res. 2020 May 1;26(9):2124-2130. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-3014. Epub 2020 Jan 24.
• Chung HC, Ros W, Delord JP, Perets R, Italiano A, Shapira-Frommer R, Manzuk L, Piha-Paul SA, Xu L, Zeigenfuss S, Pruitt SK, Leary A. Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab in Previously Treated Advanced Cervical Cancer: Results From the Phase II KEYNOTE-158 Study. J Clin Oncol. 2019 Jun 10;37(17):1470-1478. doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.01265. Epub 2019 Apr 3.

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