A Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) With or Without Lenvatinib (E7080/MK-7902) as First Line (1L) Intervention in a Programmed Cell Death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) Selected Population With Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (R/M HNSCC) (MK-7902-010) (KEYNOTE-010)

Summary

This is a study of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) with or without lenvatinib (E7080/MK-7902) as a first line intervention in a PD-L1 selected population with participants with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Hypotheses include: * Pembrolizumab + lenvatinib is superior to pembrolizumab + placebo with respect to Objective Response Rate (ORR) per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) by blinded independent central review (BICR). * Pembrolizumab + lenvatinib is superior to pembrolizumab + placebo with respect to Progression Free Survival (PFS) per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by BICR. * Pembrolizumab + lenvatinib is superior to pembrolizumab + placebo with respect to overall survival (OS).

Timeline

Start

2020-02-05

Primary completion

2023-05-30

Completion

2025-03-31

Publications

• Licitra L, Tahara M, Harrington K, Olivera Hurtado de Mendoza M, Guo Y, Aksoy S, Fang M, Csoszi T, Klochikhin M, Bueno de Oliveira T, Takahashi S, Yang MH, Swiecicki PL, Even C, Fayette J, Dutcus C, Okpara CE, Shen J, Benjamin K, Gumuscu B, Haddad RI; LEAP-010 investigators. Pembrolizumab With or Without Lenvatinib as First-Line Therapy for Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Phase III LEAP-010 Study. J Clin Oncol. 2026 Apr 20;44(12):1098-1107. doi: 10.1200/JCO-25-00570. Epub 2026 Mar 12.
• Taylor MH, Schmidt EV, Dutcus C, Pinheiro EM, Funahashi Y, Lubiniecki G, Rasco D. The LEAP program: lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab for the treatment of advanced solid tumors. Future Oncol. 2021 Feb;17(6):637-648. doi: 10.2217/fon-2020-0937. Epub 2020 Dec 10.

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