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Summary
EudraCT Number:	2012-004907-10
Sponsor's Protocol Code Number:	MK-3475-006
National Competent Authority:	France - ANSM
Clinical Trial Type:	EEA CTA
Trial Status:	Completed
Date on which this record was first entered in the EudraCT database:	2013-04-19
Trial results	View results

Index
A. PROTOCOL INFORMATION
B. SPONSOR INFORMATION
C. APPLICANT IDENTIFICATION
D. IMP IDENTIFICATION
D.8 INFORMATION ON PLACEBO
E. GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE TRIAL
F. POPULATION OF TRIAL SUBJECTS
G. INVESTIGATOR NETWORKS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE TRIAL
N. REVIEW BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY OR ETHICS COMMITTEE IN THE COUNTRY CONCERNED
P. END OF TRIAL

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A. Protocol Information

A.1

Member State Concerned

France - ANSM

A.2

EudraCT number

2012-004907-10

A.3

Full title of the trial

A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled, Two-Arm, Phase III Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of MK-3475 Compared to Ipilimumab in Patients with Advanced Melanoma

A.4.1

Sponsor's protocol code number

MK-3475-006

A.7

Trial is part of a Paediatric Investigation Plan

A.8

EMA Decision number of Paediatric Investigation Plan

B. Sponsor Information
B.Sponsor: 1
B.1.1	Name of Sponsor	Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. (hereafter referred to as the SPONSOR or Merck)
B.1.3.4	Country	United States
B.3.1 and B.3.2	Status of the sponsor	Commercial
B.4 Source(s) of Monetary or Material Support for the clinical trial:
B.4.1	Name of organisation providing support	Merck
B.4.2	Country	United States
B.5 Contact point designated by the sponsor for further information on the trial
B.5.1	Name of organisation	Merck
B.5.2	Functional name of contact point	Ling Zhang, MD
B.5.3	Address:
B.5.3.1	Street Address	One Merck Drive, PO Box 100
B.5.3.2	Town/ city	Whitehouse Station, NJ
B.5.3.3	Post code	08889-0100
B.5.3.4	Country	United States
B.5.4	Telephone number	908740 5235
B.5.5	Fax number	908740 5705

D. IMP Identification
D.IMP: 1
D.1.2 and D.1.3	IMP Role	Test
D.2	Status of the IMP to be used in the clinical trial
D.2.1	IMP to be used in the trial has a marketing authorisation	No
D.2.5	The IMP has been designated in this indication as an orphan drug in the Community	No
D.2.5.1	Orphan drug designation number
D.3 Description of the IMP
D.3.1	Product name	MK3475; SCH900475
D.3.2	Product code	PRD742198
D.3.4	Pharmaceutical form	Powder for injection
D.3.4.1	Specific paediatric formulation	No
D.3.7	Routes of administration for this IMP	Intravenous use
D.3.8 to D.3.10 IMP Identification Details (Active Substances)
D.3.8	INN - Proposed INN	ambrolizumab
D.3.9.1	CAS number	1374853-91-4
D.3.9.2	Current sponsor code	MK-3475
D.3.9.3	Other descriptive name	Anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody
D.3.9.4	EV Substance Code	SUB91641
D.3.10	Strength
D.3.10.1	Concentration unit	mg milligram(s)
D.3.10.2	Concentration type	equal
D.3.10.3	Concentration number	50
D.3.11 The IMP contains an:
D.3.11.1	Active substance of chemical origin	No
D.3.11.2	Active substance of biological/ biotechnological origin (other than Advanced Therapy IMP (ATIMP)	Yes
	The IMP is a:
D.3.11.3	Advanced Therapy IMP (ATIMP)	No
D.3.11.3.1	Somatic cell therapy medicinal product	No
D.3.11.3.2	Gene therapy medical product	No
D.3.11.3.3	Tissue Engineered Product	No
D.3.11.3.4	Combination ATIMP (i.e. one involving a medical device)	No
D.3.11.3.5	Committee on Advanced therapies (CAT) has issued a classification for this product	No
D.3.11.4	Combination product that includes a device, but does not involve an Advanced Therapy	No
D.3.11.5	Radiopharmaceutical medicinal product	No
D.3.11.6	Immunological medicinal product (such as vaccine, allergen, immune serum)	Yes
D.3.11.7	Plasma derived medicinal product	No
D.3.11.8	Extractive medicinal product	No
D.3.11.9	Recombinant medicinal product	Yes
D.3.11.10	Medicinal product containing genetically modified organisms	No
D.3.11.11	Herbal medicinal product	No
D.3.11.12	Homeopathic medicinal product	No
D.3.11.13	Another type of medicinal product	No
D.IMP: 2
D.1.2 and D.1.3	IMP Role	Comparator
D.2	Status of the IMP to be used in the clinical trial
D.2.1	IMP to be used in the trial has a marketing authorisation	Yes
D.2.1.1.1	Trade name	Yervoy
D.2.1.1.2	Name of the Marketing Authorisation holder	Bristol Myers-Squib
D.2.1.2	Country which granted the Marketing Authorisation	Switzerland
D.2.5	The IMP has been designated in this indication as an orphan drug in the Community	No
D.2.5.1	Orphan drug designation number
D.3 Description of the IMP
D.3.1	Product name	Yervoy
D.3.4	Pharmaceutical form	Solution for injection/infusion
D.3.4.1	Specific paediatric formulation	No
D.3.7	Routes of administration for this IMP	Intravenous use
D.3.8 to D.3.10 IMP Identification Details (Active Substances)
D.3.8	INN - Proposed INN	IPILIMUMAB
D.3.9.1	CAS number	477202-00-9
D.3.9.4	EV Substance Code	SUB29397
D.3.10	Strength
D.3.10.1	Concentration unit	mg/ml milligram(s)/millilitre
D.3.10.2	Concentration type	equal
D.3.10.3	Concentration number	5
D.3.11 The IMP contains an:
D.3.11.1	Active substance of chemical origin	No
D.3.11.2	Active substance of biological/ biotechnological origin (other than Advanced Therapy IMP (ATIMP)	Yes
	The IMP is a:
D.3.11.3	Advanced Therapy IMP (ATIMP)	No
D.3.11.3.1	Somatic cell therapy medicinal product	No
D.3.11.3.2	Gene therapy medical product	No
D.3.11.3.3	Tissue Engineered Product	No
D.3.11.3.4	Combination ATIMP (i.e. one involving a medical device)	No
D.3.11.3.5	Committee on Advanced therapies (CAT) has issued a classification for this product	No
D.3.11.4	Combination product that includes a device, but does not involve an Advanced Therapy	No
D.3.11.5	Radiopharmaceutical medicinal product	No
D.3.11.6	Immunological medicinal product (such as vaccine, allergen, immune serum)	Yes
D.3.11.7	Plasma derived medicinal product	No
D.3.11.8	Extractive medicinal product	No
D.3.11.9	Recombinant medicinal product	Yes
D.3.11.10	Medicinal product containing genetically modified organisms	No
D.3.11.11	Herbal medicinal product	No
D.3.11.12	Homeopathic medicinal product	No
D.3.11.13	Another type of medicinal product	No

D.8 Information on Placebo

E. General Information on the Trial

E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation

E.1.1

Medical condition(s) being investigated

Patients with advanced Melanoma

E.1.1.1

Medical condition in easily understood language

melanoma

E.1.1.2

Therapeutic area

Diseases [C] - Cancer [C04]

MedDRA Classification

E.1.3

Condition being studied is a rare disease

E.2 Objective of the trial

E.2.1

Main objective of the trial

To evaluate the overall survival (OS) in patients with advanced MEL receiving either MK-3475 or IPI.

E.2.2

Secondary objectives of the trial

To evaluate safety, tolerability and adverse experience profile of MK-3475 versus IPI.
2. To evaluate the progression-free-survival (PFS) in patients with advanced MEL receiving either MK-3475 or IPI.
3. To evaluate the overall response rate (ORR) in patients with advanced MEL receiving either MK-3475 or IPI.
4. To evaluate OS, PFS and ORR in a subgroup of patients with high PD-L1 expression level receiving either MK-3475 or IPI.
5. To further characterize the pharmacokinetics of MK-3475

E.2.3

Trial contains a sub-study

Yes

E.2.3.1

Full title, date and version of each sub-study and their related objectives

Merck will conduct Future Biomedical Research on DNA (blood) specimens collected during this clinical trial.
Such research is for biomarker testing to address emergent questions not described elsewhere in the protocol (as part of the main trial) and will only be conducted on specimens from appropriately consented subjects. The objective of collecting specimens for Future Biomedical Research is to explore and identify biomarkers that inform the scientific understanding of diseases and/or their therapeutic treatments. The overeaching goal is to use such information to develop safer, more effective drugs, and/or ensure that subjects receive the correct dose of the correct drug at the correct time.

E.3

Principal inclusion criteria

Patient must have a histologically confirmed diagnosis of unresectable stage III or metastatic MEL not amenable to local therapyPatient may not have a diagnosis of uveal or ocular melanoma.
• Patients who have not received prior systemic treatment (excluding adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy) for MEL (first line) or who have received prior systemic treatment (excluding adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy) for MEL (second line) are both eligible. However, the enrollment of either first line or second line patients will be limited to approximately 288 patients. After this limit is reached for either of the group, only patients from the other group will be enrolled
2) Patient is male or female and ≥16 years of age on day of signing informed consent, either by the patient or a parent or legal guardian.
3) Patient must have a performance status of 0 or 1 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Scale (Appendix 6.4).
4) Patient must have adequate organ function as indicated by the following laboratory values.
System Laboratory Value
Hematological
Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1,500 /mcL
Platelets ≥100,000 / mcL
Hemoglobin ≥9 g/dL or ≥5.6 mmol/L–
Renal
Serum creatinine ≤1.5 X upper limit of normal (ULN)
Hepatic
Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 X ULN OR
Direct bilirubin ≤ ULN for patients with total bilirubin levels > 1.5 ULN
AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 X ULN OR
≤ 5 X ULN for patients with liver metastases
Coagulation
International Normalized Ratio (INR) or Prothrombin Time (PT)
Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT) ≤1.5 X ULN unless patient is receiving anticoagulant therapy
as long as PT or PTT is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants
≤1.5 X ULN unless patient is receiving anticoagulant therapy
as long as PT or PTT is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants

5) Patient has agreed to submit a tumor tissue sample (can be an archived tissue sample or; a new biopsy of tumor that can be biopsied based on investigator's assessment) for biomarker analysis. Tissue obtained for the biopsy must not be previously irradiated.
6) Female patient of childbearing potential has a negative urine or serum pregnancy test. If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required. The serum pregnancy test must be negative for the patient to be eligible.
7) Female patients enrolled in the study, who are not free from menses for >2 years, post hysterectomy / oophorectomy, or surgically sterilized, must be willing to use either 2 adequate barrier methods or a barrier method plus a hormonal method of contraception to prevent pregnancy or to abstain from heterosexual activity throughout the study, starting with Visit 1 through 90 days after the last dose of study therapy. Approved contraceptive methods include for example; intra uterine device, diaphragm with spermicide, cervical cap with spermicide, male condoms, female condoms with spermicide, or oral contraceptives. Spermicides alone are not an acceptable method of contraception.
Male patients must agree to use an adequate method of contraception starting with the first dose of study drug through 90 days after the last dose of study therapy.
8) The subject may also provide consent for Future Biomedical Research. However, the subject may participate in the main trial without participating in Future Biomedical Research

E.4

Principal exclusion criteria

Patient had prior treatment with IPI or other anti-CTLA-4 agent, any anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti- PD-L2 agent.
2 Patient who has had chemotherapy, radioactive, or biological cancer therapy within four weeks prior to the first dose of study drug, or who has not recovered to CTCAE Grade 1 or better from the AEs due to cancer therapeutics administered more than four weeks earlier.
3 Patient is currently participating or has participated in a study of an investigational agent or using an investigational device within 30 days of the first dose of study drug.
4 Patient is expected to require any other form of systemic or localized antineoplastic therapy while on study.
5 Patient is on any systemic steroid therapy within one week before the planned date for first dose of randomized treatment or on any other form of immunosuppressive medication.
6 Patient has a history of a malignancy (other than the disease under treatment in the study) within 5 years prior to first study drug administration. This should exclude adequately treated Stage 1 or Stage 2 basal/squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, carcinoma in situ of the cervix or breast, or other in situ cancers. Shorter intervals can be considered after discussion with Sponsor.
Patient has known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. Patients with previously treated brain metastases may participate provided they are stable (without evidence of progression by MRI for at least four weeks prior to the first dose of study drug), have no evidence of new or enlarging brain metastases and are off systemic steroids for at least two weeks.
8 Patient previously had a severe hypersensitivity reaction to treatment with another mAb.
9 Patient has an active autoimmune disease or a documented history of autoimmune disease or syndrome that requires systemic steroids or immunosuppressive agents. Patients with vitiligo or resolved childhood asthma/atopy would be an exception to this rule. Patients that require intermittent use of bronchodilators or local steroid injections would not be excluded from the study. Patients with hypothyroidism stable on hormone replacement will not be excluded from the study.
10 Patient has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.
11 Patient has known history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (HIV 1/2 antibodies).
12 Patient has a known history of or is positive for Hepatitis B (HBsAg reactive) or Hepatitis C (HCV RNA [qualitative] is detected).
13 Patient has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the study, interfere with the patient’s participation for the full duration of the study, or is not in the best interest of the patient to participate, in the opinion of the treating Investigator.
14 Patient has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial.
15 Patient is, at the time of signing informed consent, a regular user (including “recreational use”) of any illicit drugs or had a recent history (within the last year) of substance abuse (including alcohol).
16 Patient is pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study.

E.5 End points

E.5.1

Primary end point(s)

The primary efficacy endpoint is overall survival (OS) (i.e., the time from randomization to death due to any cause). The secondary endpoints include progression-free-survival (PFS) (i.e., time from randomization to documented progressive disease or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first), and overall response rate (ORR).

E.5.1.1

Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point

Interim analysis 1, 2 and final analysis

E.5.2

Secondary end point(s)

Overall response rate (ORR) and Progression free survival (PFS)

E.5.2.1

Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point

Interim analysis 2

E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial

E.6

Scope of the trial

E.6.1

Diagnosis

E.6.2

Prophylaxis

E.6.3

Therapy

E.6.4

Safety

Yes

E.6.5

Efficacy

Yes

E.6.6

Pharmacokinetic

Yes

E.6.7

Pharmacodynamic

E.6.8

Bioequivalence

E.6.9

Dose response

E.6.10

Pharmacogenetic

E.6.11

Pharmacogenomic

E.6.12

Pharmacoeconomic

E.6.13

Others

E.7

Trial type and phase

E.7.1

Human pharmacology (Phase I)

E.7.1.1

First administration to humans

E.7.1.2

Bioequivalence study

E.7.1.3

Other

E.7.1.3.1

Other trial type description

E.7.2

Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II)

E.7.3

Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III)

Yes

E.7.4

Therapeutic use (Phase IV)

E.8 Design of the trial

E.8.1

Controlled

Yes

E.8.1.1

Randomised

Yes

E.8.1.2

Open

Yes

E.8.1.3

Single blind

E.8.1.4

Double blind

E.8.1.5

Parallel group

E.8.1.6

Cross over

E.8.1.7

Other

E.8.2

Comparator of controlled trial

E.8.2.1

Other medicinal product(s)

Yes

E.8.2.2

Placebo

E.8.2.3

Other

Yes

E.8.2.3.1

Comparator description

Ipilimumab

E.8.2.4

Number of treatment arms in the trial

E.8.3

The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned

E.8.4

The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned

Yes

E.8.4.1

Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned

E.8.5

The trial involves multiple Member States

Yes

E.8.5.1

Number of sites anticipated in the EEA

E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA

E.8.6.1

Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA

Yes

E.8.6.2

Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA

E.8.6.3

If E.8.6.1 or E.8.6.2 are Yes, specify the regions in which trial sites are planned

Australia

Canada

Chile

Colombia

Israel

Mexico

United States

E.8.7

Trial has a data monitoring committee

Yes

E.8.8

Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last visit of the last subject undergoing the trial

LPLV after reaching primary endpoint

E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial

E.8.9.1

In the Member State concerned years

E.8.9.1

In the Member State concerned months

E.8.9.1

In the Member State concerned days

E.8.9.2

In all countries concerned by the trial months

F. Population of Trial Subjects

F.1 Age Range

F.1.1

Trial has subjects under 18

Yes

F.1.1