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A Study to Evaluate Investigational Agents With or Without Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Participants With Advanced Esophageal Cancer Previously Exposed to Programmed Cell Death 1 Protein (PD-1)/ Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Treatment (MK-3475-06B)

RecruitingPhase 1/2

A Phase 1/2 Open-Label, Umbrella Platform Design Study of Investigational Agents With or Without Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) and/or Chemotherapy in Participants With Advanced Esophageal Cancer Previously Exposed to PD-1/PD-L1 Treatment (KEYMAKER-U06): Substudy 06B

Who can join

Ages 18 and older · All sexes

Full eligibility criteria
The main inclusion and exclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:

Inclusion Criteria:

* Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of metastatic or locally advanced unresectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC)
* Has experienced investigator documented radiographic or clinical disease progression on one prior line of standard therapy, that includes a platinum agent and previous exposure to an anti-programmed cell death 1 (PD1)/programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) based immune oncology (IO) therapy
* Has provided an archival or most recent tumor tissue sample obtained as part of clinical practice
* Participants who have adverse events (AEs) due to previous anticancer therapies must have recovered to ≤Grade 1 or baseline. Participants with endocrine-related AEs who are adequately treated with hormone replacement or participants who have ≤Grade 2 neuropathy are eligible

Exclusion Criteria:

* Direct invasion into adjacent organs such as the aorta or trachea
* Has experienced weight loss \>10% over approximately 2 months prior to first dose of study therapy
* Has history of documented severe dry eye syndrome, severe Meibomian gland disease and/or blepharitis, or severe corneal disease that prevents/delays corneal healing
* Has active inflammatory bowel disease requiring immunosuppressive medication or previous history of inflammatory bowel disease
* Has received an investigational agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to study intervention administration
* Known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 3 years, except basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ that has undergone potentially curative therapy
* Known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis
* Participants with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with a history of Kaposi's sarcoma and/or Multicentric Castleman's Disease
* History of allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant
* Clinically significant cardiovascular disease within 12 months from first dose of study intervention
* Has risk for significant gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding such as a serious nonhealing wound, peptic ulcer, or bone fracture within 28 days prior to allocation/randomization, significant bleeding disorders, vasculitis, or has had a significant bleeding episode from the GI tract within 12 weeks prior to allocation/randomization

About the study

This is a Phase 1/2, multicenter, randomized, open-label umbrella platform study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of investigational agents with or without pembrolizumab and/or chemotherapy, for the treatment of participants with second line (2L) esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) who have previously been exposed to PD-1/PD-L1 based treatment.

What is being tested

Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC · Participants: 230 · Started: May 16, 2023

Contact the study team

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05319730

Locations in the U.S.

ArizonaUniversity of Arizona Cancer Center-University of Arizona Cancer Center ( Site 4927), Tucson
CaliforniaUCLA Hematology/Oncology - Santa Monica ( Site 4905), Los Angeles
New YorkHematology-Oncology Associates of Central NY, P.C. ( Site 4925), East Syracuse
PennsylvaniaUPMC Hillman Cancer Center-UPMC ( Site 4904), Pittsburgh

Conditions

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.