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A Study to Assess Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab With or Without Sacituzumab Tirumotecan (MK- 2870) in Adult Participants With Resectable Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Not Achieving Pathological Complete Response (pCR) (MK-2870-019)

RecruitingPhase 3

A Phase 3 Randomized Open-Label Study of Adjuvant Pembrolizumab With or Without MK-2870 in Participants With Resectable Stage II to IIIB (N2) NSCLC Not Achieving pCR After Receiving Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab With Platinum-based Doublet Chemotherapy Followed by Surgery

Who can join

Ages 18 and older · All sexes

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

Inclusion Criteria:

* Has histological or cytological confirmation of squamous or nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), resectable clinical Stage II, IIIA or IIIB (with nodal involvement \[N2\]) per AJCC eighth edition guidelines
* Has confirmation that either epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-directed or anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-directed therapy is not indicated as primary therapy
* Is able to undergo surgery based on opinion of investigator after consultation with surgeon
* Is able to receive neoadjuvant pembrolizumab and platinum-based doublet chemotherapy
* Applies to screening for the adjuvant period only, before randomization: Has not achieved pathological complete response (pCR) at surgery by local review of pathology.
* Applies to screening for the adjuvant period only, before randomization: Tumor tissue sample from surgical resection has been provided for determination of programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) and trophoblast cell surface antigen 2 (TROP2) status by central vendor before randomization into the adjuvant period
* Applies to screening for the adjuvant period only, before randomization: Confirmed to be disease-free based on re-baseline radiological assessment as documented by contrast enhanced chest/abdomen/pelvis computed tomography (CT) (or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)) within 28 days before randomization
* Participants who have 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 are eligible
* Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected participants must have well controlled HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART)
* Participants who are hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive are eligible if they have received hepatitis B virus (HBV) antiviral therapy for at least 4 weeks, and have undetectable HBV viral load at screening
* Participants with history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable at least 4 weeks before the start of study intervention

Exclusion Criteria:

* Has one of the following tumor locations/types:

  * NSCLC involving the superior sulcus
  * Large cell neuro-endocrine cancer (LCNEC)
  * Sarcomatoid tumor
  * Diagnosis of SCLC or, for mixed tumors, presence of small cell elements
* Has Grade ≥2 peripheral neuropathy
* 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 uncontrolled, significant cardiovascular disease or cerebrovascular disease, including New York Heart Association Class III or IV congestive heart failure, unstable angina, myocardial infarction, uncontrolled symptomatic arrhythmia, prolongation of QT corrected for heart rate by Fridericia's cube root formula (QTcF) interval to \>480 ms, and/or other serious cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases within the 6 months preceding study intervention
* Has received prior neoadjuvant therapy for their current NSCLC diagnosis
* Has received prior systemic anticancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 weeks before the first dose of study intervention
* Has received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study intervention, or radiation-related toxicities, requiring corticosteroids
* Has received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention. Administration of killed vaccines is allowed
* Has received an investigational agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to study intervention administration
* Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior the first dose of study medication
* Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 5 years
* Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years
* Has a history of (noninfectious) interstitial lung disease (ILD)/pneumonitis, has current ILD/pneumonitis, or has suspected ILD or pneumonitis that cannot be ruled out by standard diagnostic assessments at screening
* Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy
* Is an HIV-infected participant with a history of Kaposi's sarcoma and/or Multicentric Castleman's Disease
* Has a concurrent active Hepatitis B (defined as HBsAg positive and/or detectable HBV deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)) and Hepatitis C virus (defined as anti-HCV antibody (Ab) positive and detectable HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA)) infection
* Has a history of allogeneic tissue/solid organ transplant
* Has not adequately recovered from major surgery or have ongoing surgical complications
* Severe hypersensitivity (≥Grade 3) to study intervention, any of its excipients, and/or to another biologic therapy

About the study

This study will assess if adding sacituzumab tirumotecan with pembrolizumab after surgery is effective in treating NSCLC for participants not achieving pathological complete response. The primary hypothesis of this study is sacituzumab tirumotecan plus pembrolizumab is superior to pembrolizumab monotherapy with respect to disease free survival (DFS) as assessed by blinded independent central review (BICR).

What is being tested

Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC · Participants: 780 · Started: Apr 3, 2024

Contact the study team

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06312137

Locations in the U.S.

ArkansasUAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute ( Site 0060), Little Rock
Highlands Oncology Group-Research Department ( Site 0062), Springdale
CaliforniaBeverly Hills Cancer Center ( Site 0070), Beverly Hills
UCLA Clinical & Translational Research Center (CTRC) ( Site 0033), Los Angeles
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian ( Site 0096), Newport Beach
St. Joseph Hospital-The Center for Cancer Prevention and Treatment ( Site 4002), Orange
San Francisco Oncology Associates ( Site 0066), San Francisco
ConnecticutStamford Hospital ( Site 0083), Stamford
FloridaMayo Clinic in Florida ( Site 0014), Jacksonville
Mount Sinai Cancer Center ( Site 0038), Miami Beach
Mid Florida Hematology and Oncology Center ( Site 0018), Orange City
GeorgiaEmory University School of Medicine-Phase I ( Site 0056), Atlanta
Northside Hospital ( Site 0055), Atlanta
Piedmont Atlanta Hospital ( Site 4000), Atlanta
Southeastern Regional Medical Center ( Site 0065), Newnan
Lewis Cancer and Research Pavilion ( Site 0063), Savannah
Archbold Cancer Center ( Site 0071), Thomasville
IllinoisNorth Shore University Health System ( Site 4014), Evanston
Accellacare of Duly ( Site 4005), Lisle
IndianaParkview Research Center at Parkview Regional Medical Center ( Site 0089), Fort Wayne
Indiana University Health Arnett Cancer Center ( Site 0076), Lafayette
KentuckySaint Elizabeth Medical Center Edgewood-Cancer Care Center ( Site 0061), Edgewood
LouisianaLSU Health Baton Rouge North Clinic ( Site 4003), Baton Rouge
Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group-Medical Oncology ( Site 0080), Baton Rouge
MaineNew England Cancer Specialists ( Site 0095), Westbrook
MinnesotaAllina Health Cancer Institute - Abbott Northwestern Hospital ( Site 0027), Minneapolis
Mayo Clinic - Rochester ( Site 0073), Rochester
MissouriMercy Research - David C. Pratt Cancer Center ( Site 0006), St Louis
Mercy South - David M Sindelar Cancer Center ( Site 0098), St Louis
NevadaRenown Regional Medical Center-Renown Health Medical Oncology ( Site 0037), Reno
New JerseyAtlantic Health Morristown Medical Center ( Site 0077), Morristown
New YorkCayuga Medical Center ( Site 0086), Ithaca
University Hospital at Stony Brook ( Site 0054), Stony Brook
White Plains Hospital ( Site 0091), White Plains
North DakotaSanford Fargo Medical Center-Roger Maris Cancer Center ( Site 0057), Fargo
OklahomaHightower Clinical, LLC ( Site 0084), Oklahoma City
OregonOregon Health and Science University ( Site 0052), Portland
PennsylvaniaPenn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center-Penn State Cancer Institute ( Site 0059), Hershey
Lancaster General Hospital - Ann B Barshinger Cancer Institute ( Site 0068), Lancaster
South CarolinaSaint Joseph's Candler Health System ( Site 4010), Bluffton
Medical University of South Carolina-Hollings Cancer Center ( Site 0045), Charleston
South DakotaAvera Cancer Institute- Research ( Site 0090), Sioux Falls
Sanford Cancer Center ( Site 0053), Sioux Falls
TennesseeUniversity of Tennessee Medical Center Knoxville ( Site 0082), Knoxville
UtahHuntsman Cancer Institute ( Site 0042), Salt Lake City

Conditions

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