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    Summary
    EudraCT Number:2014-004482-24
    Sponsor's Protocol Code Number:MK-3475-087
    National Competent Authority:Norway - NOMA
    Clinical Trial Type:EEA CTA
    Trial Status:Completed
    Date on which this record was first entered in the EudraCT database:2015-04-15
    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.1Member State ConcernedNorway - NOMA
    A.2EudraCT number2014-004482-24
    A.3Full title of the trial
    A Phase II clinical trial of MK-3475 (pembrolizumab) in subjects with relapsed or refractory (R/R) classical Hodgkin Lymphoma (cHL)
    A.3.1Title of the trial for lay people, in easily understood, i.e. non-technical, language
    MK-3475 (pembrolizumab) in subjects with Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma
    A.4.1Sponsor's protocol code numberMK-3475-087
    A.7Trial is part of a Paediatric Investigation Plan No
    A.8EMA Decision number of Paediatric Investigation Plan
    B. Sponsor Information
    B.Sponsor: 1
    B.1.1Name of SponsorMerck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc.
    B.1.3.4CountryUnited States
    B.3.1 and B.3.2Status of the sponsorCommercial
    B.4 Source(s) of Monetary or Material Support for the clinical trial:
    B.4.1Name of organisation providing supportMerck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc.
    B.4.2CountryUnited States
    B.5 Contact point designated by the sponsor for further information on the trial
    B.5.1Name of organisation
    B.5.2Functional name of contact pointGlobal Clinical Trials Operations
    D. IMP Identification
    D.IMP: 1
    D.1.2 and D.1.3IMP RoleTest
    D.2 Status of the IMP to be used in the clinical trial
    D.2.1IMP to be used in the trial has a marketing authorisation No
    D.2.5The IMP has been designated in this indication as an orphan drug in the Community No
    D.2.5.1Orphan drug designation number
    D.3 Description of the IMP
    D.3.1Product namePembrolizumab
    D.3.2Product code MK-3475
    D.3.4Pharmaceutical form Solution for infusion
    D.3.4.1Specific paediatric formulation No
    D.3.7Routes of administration for this IMPIntravenous use
    D.3.8 to D.3.10 IMP Identification Details (Active Substances)
    D.3.8INN - Proposed INNPEMBROLIZUMAB
    D.3.9.1CAS number 1374853-91-4
    D.3.9.2Current sponsor codeMK-3475
    D.3.9.3Other descriptive nameAnti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody
    D.3.9.4EV Substance CodeSUB167136
    D.3.10 Strength
    D.3.10.1Concentration unit mg/ml milligram(s)/millilitre
    D.3.10.2Concentration typeequal
    D.3.10.3Concentration number25
    D.3.11 The IMP contains an:
    D.3.11.1Active substance of chemical origin No
    D.3.11.2Active substance of biological/ biotechnological origin (other than Advanced Therapy IMP (ATIMP) Yes
    The IMP is a:
    D.3.11.3Advanced Therapy IMP (ATIMP) No
    D.3.11.3.1Somatic cell therapy medicinal product No
    D.3.11.3.2Gene therapy medical product No
    D.3.11.3.3Tissue Engineered Product No
    D.3.11.3.4Combination ATIMP (i.e. one involving a medical device) No
    D.3.11.3.5Committee on Advanced therapies (CAT) has issued a classification for this product No
    D.3.11.4Combination product that includes a device, but does not involve an Advanced Therapy No
    D.3.11.5Radiopharmaceutical medicinal product No
    D.3.11.6Immunological medicinal product (such as vaccine, allergen, immune serum) Yes
    D.3.11.7Plasma derived medicinal product No
    D.3.11.8Extractive medicinal product No
    D.3.11.9Recombinant medicinal product Yes
    D.3.11.10Medicinal product containing genetically modified organisms No
    D.3.11.11Herbal medicinal product No
    D.3.11.12Homeopathic medicinal product No
    D.3.11.13Another 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.1.1Medical condition(s) being investigated
    E.1.1.1Medical condition in easily understood language
    Hodgkin Lymphoma
    E.1.1.2Therapeutic area Diseases [C] - Cancer [C04]
    MedDRA Classification
    E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation
    E.1.2Version 20.0
    E.1.2Level LLT
    E.1.2Classification code 10020328
    E.1.2Term Hodgkin's lymphoma
    E.1.2System Organ Class 100000004864
    E.1.3Condition being studied is a rare disease No
    E.2 Objective of the trial
    E.2.1Main objective of the trial
    To determine the safety, tolerability and Overall Response Rate (ORR) of pembrolizumab in each of the three cohorts listed below.
    Cohort 1: Subjects with relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin Lymphoma who have failed to achieve a response, or progressed after auto stem cell transplant (auto-SCT) and have relapsed after treatment with or failed to respond to brentuximab vedotin.
    Cohort 2: Subjects with relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin Lymphoma who were unable to achieve a complete or partial response to salvage chemotherapy and did not receive auto-SCT but have relapsed after treatment with or failed to respond to brentuximab vedotin.
    Cohort 3: Subjects with relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin Lymphoma who have failed to achieve a response to or progressed after auto-SCT and have not received brentuximab vedotin.
    These subjects may or may not have received brentuximab vedotin as part of primary treatment or salvage therapy.
    E.2.2Secondary objectives of the trial
    Within each of the 3 cohorts of subjects with R/R cHL:
    (1) Objective: Evaluate ORR of pembrolizumab by investigator assessment according to the IWG response criteria; and additionally by independent central review using the 5-point scale according to the Lugano Classification.
    (2) Objective: Evaluate Complete Remission Rate (CRR) of pembrolizumab by independent central review and by investigator assessment according to the IWG response criteria; and additionally by independent central review using the 5-point scale according to the
    Lugano Classification.
    (3) Objective: Evaluate Progression Free Survival (PFS) and Duration of Response (DOR) of pembrolizumab by independent central review and by investigator assessment according to the IWG response criteria.
    (4) Objective: Evaluate the Overall Survival (OS) of pembrolizumab.
    E.2.3Trial contains a sub-study Yes
    E.2.3.1Full 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 overarching goal is to use such information to develop safer, more effective drugs, and/or to ensure that subjects receive the correct dose of the correct drug at the correct time.
    E.3Principal inclusion criteria
    -Be willing and able to provide written informed consent/assent for the trial. The subject may also provide consent/assent for Future Biomedical Research. However, the subject may participate in the main trial without participating in Future Biomedical Research.
    -Be 18 years of age on day of signing informed consent.
    -Must have a performance status of 0 or 1 on the ECOG Performance Scale.
    -Must demonstrate adequate organ function as defined in the protocol, all screening labs should be performed within 7 days of treatment initiation.
    -Have relapsed or refractory de novo classical Hodgkin lymphoma and meet the requirements specified for one of the three cohorts in the protocol.
    -Have measurable disease by CT scan, as described in the protocol.
    -Be able to provide a core or excisional lymph node biopsy from an archival or newly obtained biopsy.
    -Female subjects of childbearing potential must test negative for pregnancy within 72 hours of the first dose.
    -Female subjects of childbearing potential must use appropriate contraception as specified in the protocol through 120 days after the last dose of study medication.
    E.4Principal exclusion criteria
    -Is currently participating in or has participated in a study of an investigational agent or using an investigational device within 4 weeks of the first dose of treatment.
    -Has a diagnosis of immunosuppression or is receiving systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment.
    -Has had a prior monoclonal antibody within 4 weeks prior to study Day 1 or who has not recovered (i.e. ≤ Grade 1 or at baseline) from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier.
    -Has undergone prior allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation within the last 5 years. (Subjects who have had a transplant greater than 5 years ago are eligible as long as there are no symptoms of GVHD.)
    -Additional exclusion criteria specified in the protocol.
    E.5 End points
    E.5.1Primary end point(s)
    Safety will be assessed by quantifying the toxicities and grades experienced by subjects who have received
    MK-3475, including serious adverse events (SAEs) and events of clinical interest (ECIs).
    The primary efficacy endpoint is the Overall Response Rate (ORR), defined as the proportion of subjects in the analysis population who have complete remission (CR) or partial remission (PR) using IWG criteria, Cheson 2007 at any time during the study. Response for the primary analysis will be determined by central review.
    E.5.1.1Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point
    At each cycle and as clinically deemed. Note. The primary analysis of ORR will be done when the last treated subject has reached the Wk12 response assessment/discontinued study therapy. At that time point, analyses of other efficacy endpoints (DOR, CRR, PFS,OS) will also be done. An efficacy update for all endpoints will be done when the last treated subject has at least reached the Wk24 response assessment/has discontinued study therapy. An update will be done 1 year after the last subject initiated treatment and then 2 years after the last subject initiated treatment (end of the protocol-specified treatment period). Subsequent yearly analyses will be done until the trial is complete, including follow-up information on subjects who enter the retreatment period.
    E.5.2Secondary end point(s)
    The key secondary endpoints are complete remission rate, duration of response, progression-free survival and overall survival.
    E.5.2.1Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point
    At each cycle and as clinically deemed. See also note above.
    E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial
    E.6Scope of the trial
    E.6.1Diagnosis No
    E.6.2Prophylaxis No
    E.6.3Therapy No
    E.6.4Safety Yes
    E.6.5Efficacy Yes
    E.6.6Pharmacokinetic Yes
    E.6.7Pharmacodynamic Yes
    E.6.8Bioequivalence No
    E.6.9Dose response No
    E.6.10Pharmacogenetic Yes
    E.6.11Pharmacogenomic Yes
    E.6.12Pharmacoeconomic No
    E.6.13Others No
    E.7Trial type and phase
    E.7.1Human pharmacology (Phase I) No
    E.7.1.1First administration to humans No
    E.7.1.2Bioequivalence study No
    E.7.1.3Other No
    E.7.1.3.1Other trial type description
    E.7.2Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) Yes
    E.7.3Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) No
    E.7.4Therapeutic use (Phase IV) No
    E.8 Design of the trial
    E.8.1Controlled No
    E.8.1.1Randomised No
    E.8.1.2Open Yes
    E.8.1.3Single blind No
    E.8.1.4Double blind No
    E.8.1.5Parallel group No
    E.8.1.6Cross over No
    E.8.1.7Other No
    E.8.2 Comparator of controlled trial
    E.8.2.1Other medicinal product(s) No
    E.8.2.2Placebo No
    E.8.2.3Other No
    E.8.2.4Number of treatment arms in the trial1
    E.8.3 The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned Information not present in EudraCT
    E.8.4 The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned Information not present in EudraCT
    E.8.5The trial involves multiple Member States Yes
    E.8.5.1Number of sites anticipated in the EEA38
    E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA
    E.8.6.1Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA Yes
    E.8.6.2Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA No
    E.8.6.3If E.8.6.1 or E.8.6.2 are Yes, specify the regions in which trial sites are planned
    Australia
    Brazil
    Canada
    Israel
    Japan
    Russian Federation
    United States
    Austria
    France
    Germany
    Greece
    Hungary
    Ireland
    Italy
    Netherlands
    Norway
    Spain
    Sweden
    United Kingdom
    E.8.7Trial has a data monitoring committee No
    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
    The overall trial ends when the last subject completes the last trial visit, discontinues from the trial or is lost to follow-up (i.e. the subject is unable to be contacted by the investigator).
    E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial
    E.8.9.1In the Member State concerned years0
    E.8.9.1In the Member State concerned months42
    E.8.9.1In the Member State concerned days0
    E.8.9.2In all countries concerned by the trial years0
    E.8.9.2In all countries concerned by the trial months42
    E.8.9.2In all countries concerned by the trial days0
    F. Population of Trial Subjects
    F.1 Age Range
    F.1.1Trial has subjects under 18 No
    F.1.1.1In Utero No
    F.1.1.2Preterm newborn infants (up to gestational age < 37 weeks) No
    F.1.1.3Newborns (0-27 days) No
    F.1.1.4Infants and toddlers (28 days-23 months) No
    F.1.1.5Children (2-11years) No
    F.1.1.6Adolescents (12-17 years) No
    F.1.2Adults (18-64 years) Yes
    F.1.2.1Number of subjects for this age range: 153
    F.1.3Elderly (>=65 years) Yes
    F.1.3.1Number of subjects for this age range: 27
    F.2 Gender
    F.2.1Female Yes
    F.2.2Male Yes
    F.3 Group of trial subjects
    F.3.1Healthy volunteers No
    F.3.2Patients Yes
    F.3.3Specific vulnerable populations Yes
    F.3.3.1Women of childbearing potential not using contraception No
    F.3.3.2Women of child-bearing potential using contraception Yes
    F.3.3.3Pregnant women No
    F.3.3.4Nursing women No
    F.3.3.5Emergency situation No
    F.3.3.6Subjects incapable of giving consent personally No
    F.3.3.7Others No
    F.4 Planned number of subjects to be included
    F.4.1In the member state3
    F.4.2 For a multinational trial
    F.4.2.1In the EEA 134
    F.4.2.2In the whole clinical trial 180
    F.5 Plans for treatment or care after the subject has ended the participation in the trial (if it is different from the expected normal treatment of that condition)
    none
    G. Investigator Networks to be involved in the Trial
    N. Review by the Competent Authority or Ethics Committee in the country concerned
    N.Competent Authority Decision Authorised
    N.Date of Competent Authority Decision2015-05-29
    N.Ethics Committee Opinion of the trial applicationFavourable
    N.Ethics Committee Opinion: Reason(s) for unfavourable opinion
    N.Date of Ethics Committee Opinion2015-05-27
    P. End of Trial
    P.End of Trial StatusCompleted
    P.Date of the global end of the trial2023-09-18
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