Clinical trial • Phase I/II • Oncology
PEMBROLIZUMAB for Urothelial carcinoma
Phase I/II trial of PEMBROLIZUMAB for Urothelial carcinoma. open-label, none/not specified-controlled, adaptive. 38 participants.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Oncology
- Trial Disease
- Urothelial carcinoma
- Trial Stage
- Phase I/II
- Drug Modality
- Monoclonal antibody|ADC
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 29-09-2025
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 03-02-2026
Trial design
open-label, none/not specified-controlled, adaptive Phase I/II trial in Netherlands, Spain, France.
- Open Label
- Yes
- Comparator
- None/Not specified
- Adaptive
- True, Rolling-arm umbrella platform allowing investigational agents to be added in arms; specific adaptive rules (dose-escalation algorithm, interim analysis or stopping rules) are not detailed in the provided records.
- Single Multiple Or Escalation Dose Combined
- Yes
- Target Sample Size
- 38
Eligibility
Recruits 38 No vulnerable population selected; no specific consent/assent provisions for vulnerable groups are specified in the provided records..
- Vulnerable Population
- No vulnerable population selected; no specific consent/assent provisions for vulnerable groups are specified in the provided records.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Has histologically documented urothelial carcinoma (UC) that is locally advanced and unresectable or metastatic\n- Must provide a newly obtained or archival tumor tissue sample (core or excisional biopsy)\n- Must not have received prior systemic therapy for locally advanced or metastatic UC\n- If infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), has well controlled HIV on antiretroviral therapy\n- If positive for hepatitis B surface antigen, has received hepatitis B virus (HBV) antiviral therapy for at least 4 weeks and has undetectable HBV viral load before randomization\n- If participant has a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV), has undetectable HCV viral load before randomization"}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Has history of documented severe dry eye syndrome, severe Meibomian gland disease and/or blepharitis, or corneal disease that prevents/delays corneal healing\n- Has active keratitis or corneal ulcerations\n- Has active inflammatory bowel disease requiring immunosuppressive medication, or previous history of inflammatory bowel disease (eg, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, or chronic diarrhea)\n- Has uncontrolled, significant cardiovascular disease or cerebrovascular disease within the 6 months preceding study intervention\n- Has a history of uncontrolled diabetes\n- Has pleural effusion, ascites, and/or pericardial effusion that are symptomatic or require repeated drainage\n- Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years\n- Has known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 2 years\n- Has known active central nervous system metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis\n- Has a history of stem cell/solid organ transplant\n- Has active keratitis or corneal ulcerations\n- Has a history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids, or has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease\n- Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy\n- If infected with HIV, has a history of Kaposi’s sarcoma and/or Multicentric Castleman’s Disease\n- Has concurrent active HBV and HCV infection"}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Number of Participants Who Experienced At Least One Adverse Event (AE)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Number of Participants with Dose-limiting Toxicities","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Number of Participants Who Discontinued Study Treatment Due to an AE","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Objective Response Rate (ORR) as Assessed by Investigator","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Assessed by investigator per RECIST 1.1 (ORR per RECIST 1.1 as described in main objectives)"}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Duration of Response (DOR) as Assessed by Investigator","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Assessed by investigator (DOR per RECIST 1.1 referenced in objectives)"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Serum Maximum Concentration (Cmax) of MK-3120 Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Serum Cmax measurement of MK-3120 ADC"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Serum Trough Concentration (Ctrough) of MK-3120 ADC","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Serum Ctrough measurement of MK-3120 ADC"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Serum Cmax of MK-3120 Total Antibodies (TAb)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Serum Cmax measurement of MK-3120 total antibodies"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Serum Ctrough of MK-3120 TAb","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Serum Ctrough measurement of MK-3120 total antibodies"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Plasma Cmax of MK-3120 Free Payload","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Plasma Cmax measurement of MK-3120 free payload"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Plasma Ctrough of MK-3120 Free Payload","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Plasma Ctrough measurement of MK-3120 free payload"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Serum Cmax of Enfortumab Vedotin (EV) ADC","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Serum Cmax measurement of enfortumab vedotin ADC"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Serum Ctrough of EV ADC","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Serum Ctrough measurement of enfortumab vedotin ADC"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Serum Cmax of EV TAb","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Serum Cmax measurement of enfortumab vedotin total antibodies"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Serum Ctrough of EV TAb","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Serum Ctrough measurement of enfortumab vedotin total antibodies"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Plasma Cmax of EV Free Payload","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Plasma Cmax measurement of enfortumab vedotin free payload"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Plasma Ctrough of EV Free Payload","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Plasma Ctrough measurement of enfortumab vedotin free payload"}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 38
- Recruitment Window Months
- 58
- Consent Approach
- Informed consent obtained from participants (adult patients). Subject information and ICF documents are available for Netherlands (Dutch), Spain (Spanish) and France (French). Optional pregnancy follow-up and pregnant partner ICFs are available in the provided documents. No assent/child consent procedures are specified.
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 5
- Total Number Of Participants
- 16
Netherlands
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 06-01-2026
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 30-03-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 83
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 6
Sites
- Site Name
- Het Nederlands Kanker Instituut-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis Stichting
- Department Name
- Medical Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Michiel Van der Heijden
- Principal Investigator Email
- urologieinterne@nki.nl
- Contact Person Name
- Michiel Van der Heijden
- Contact Person Email
- urologieinterne@nki.nl
- Site Name
- Erasmus Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam (Erasmus MC)
- Department Name
- Medical Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Debbie Robbrecht
- Principal Investigator Email
- d.robbrecht@erasmusmc.nl
- Contact Person Name
- Debbie Robbrecht
- Contact Person Email
- d.robbrecht@erasmusmc.nl
Spain
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 07-01-2026
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 13-04-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 96
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 6
Sites
- Site Name
- Hospital Universitari Vall D Hebron
- Department Name
- Medical Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Rafael Morales Barrera
- Principal Investigator Email
- rmorales@vhio.net
- Contact Person Name
- Rafael Morales Barrera
- Contact Person Email
- rmorales@vhio.net
- Site Name
- Hospital Clinico San Carlos
- Department Name
- Medical Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Javier Puente Vázquez
- Principal Investigator Email
- javierpuente.hcsc@gmail.com
- Contact Person Name
- Javier Puente Vázquez
- Contact Person Email
- javierpuente.hcsc@gmail.com
France
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 19-12-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 31-03-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 102
- Number Of Sites
- 1
- Number Of Participants
- 4
Sites
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Bordeaux
- Department Name
- Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Marine Gross-Goupil
- Principal Investigator Email
- marine.gross-goupil@chu-bordeaux.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Marine Gross-Goupil
- Contact Person Email
- marine.gross-goupil@chu-bordeaux.fr
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
- Organisation Type
- Pharmaceutical company
- Country Of Registered Address
- United States
Contract research organisations
- Name
- Parexel International Corp.
- Responsibilities
- EUB services (call center and medical services)
- Name
- PPD Development LP
- Responsibilities
- Laboratory analysis - 3120 serum and plasma; Laboratory analysis - EV serum and plasma
- Name
- Fortrea Inc.
- Responsibilities
- code:1
- Name
- Almac Clinical Technologies LLC
- Responsibilities
- code:3
- Name
- QPS LLC
- Responsibilities
- code:4
- Name
- Almac Diagnostic Services Limited
- Responsibilities
- code:4
- Name
- Q Squared Solutions Holdings LLC
- Responsibilities
- Central Laboratory
- Name
- Hematogenix Laboratory Services LLC
- Responsibilities
- code:4
Third parties
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Hematogenix Laboratory Services LLC","duties_or_roles":"code:4","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Fortrea Inc.","duties_or_roles":"code:1","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Almac Clinical Technologies LLC","duties_or_roles":"code:3","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"PPD Development LP","duties_or_roles":"code:15; Laboratory analysis - 3120 serum and plasma","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"QPS LLC","duties_or_roles":"code:4","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)","full_name":"Almac Diagnostic Services Limited","duties_or_roles":"code:4","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"PPD Development LP","duties_or_roles":"code:15; Laboratory analysis - EV serum and plasma","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Parexel International Corp.","duties_or_roles":"code:15; EUB services (call center and medical services)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Q Squared Solutions Holdings LLC","duties_or_roles":"code:15; Central Laboratory","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- KEYTRUDA 25 mg/mL concentrate for solution for infusion.
- Active Substance
- PEMBROLIZUMAB
- Modality
- Monoclonal antibody
- Routes Of Administration
- INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
- Route
- Intravenous infusion
- Authorisation Status
- Marketing authorisation present (EU/1/15/1024/003)
- Investigational Product Name
- MK-3120
- Active Substance
- SKB410
- Modality
- ADC
- Routes Of Administration
- INTRAVENOUS USE
- Route
- Intravenous
- Authorisation Status
- Investigational (no marketing authorisation indicated)
- Investigational Product Name
- ENFORTUMAB VEDOTIN
- Active Substance
- Enfortumab vedotin
- Modality
- ADC
- Routes Of Administration
- INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
- Route
- Intravenous infusion
- Authorisation Status
- Marketing authorised product referenced (prodAuthStatus indicates authorised)
- Combination Treatment
- Yes
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