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A Clinical Study of Intismeran Autogene (V940) and Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in People With Melanoma (V940-012/INTerpath-012)

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Start Date

5/29/2025

Completion Date

9/5/2031

Summary

Researchers want to learn if intismeran autogene with pembrolizumab can stop advanced melanoma from growing or spreading. Melanoma is a type of skin cancer. Advanced means the cancer has spread to other parts of the body and cannot be removed with surgery. A standard (or usual) treatment for advanced melanoma is immunotherapy. Immunotherapy is a treatment that helps the immune system fight cancer. Intismeran autogene is a study treatment designed to help a person's immune system attack their specific cancer. Pembrolizumab is an immunotherapy. The goal of this study is to learn if people who receive intismeran autogene with pembrolizumab live longer without the cancer growing or spreading than people who receive placebo with pembrolizumab. A placebo looks like the study treatment but has no study treatment in it. Using a placebo helps researchers better understand the effects of a study treatment.

Eligibility Criteria

Age Range: 18 years to No maximum

Inclusion Criteria: The main inclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following: * Has unresectable and histologically confirmed Stage III or IV cutaneous melanoma per American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Eighth Edition guidelines. * Has been untreated for melanoma except if participant received prior adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy with targeted therapy or immunotherapy (such as anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein \[CTLA-4\], anti-programmed cell death 1 protein \[PD-1\] therapy or interferon), and only if relapse did not occur within 12 months after treatment discontinuation. * Have documentation of serine/threonine-protein kinase B-raf (BRAF) V600-activating mutation status or had BRAF V600 mutation testing per local institutional standards during the screening period (participants with BRAF mutation positive melanoma as well as BRAF wild-type or unknown are eligible). * Have the presence of at least 1 measurable lesion by computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) per Response Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) as determined by the local site investigator/radiology assessment. * Provides tumor tissue (preferably from a metastatic site and, if not available, from the primary tumor) that is suitable for next generation sequencing and biomarker analysis as required for this study. * Participants with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 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 prior to randomization. * Participants with history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable at screening. Exclusion Criteria: The main exclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following: * Has clinically significant heart failure, defined as New York Heart Association class III or IV, within the past 6 months, unless the disease is well controlled in the opinion of the investigator. * HIV-infected participants with a history of Kaposi's sarcoma and/or Multicentric Castleman's Disease. * Has ocular or mucosal melanoma. * Received transfusion of blood products (including platelets or red blood cells) or administration of colony-stimulating factors (including granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor, or recombinant erythropoietin) within 2 weeks of the Screening blood sample (including the blood sample for V940 generation). * Received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent, or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or coinhibitory T-cell receptor (eg, CTLA-4, lymphocyte activation gene 3 \[LAG-3\], tumor necrosis factor receptors \[OX-40 or CD137\]), with some exceptions. * Received prior systemic anticancer therapy for melanoma before randomization, with some exceptions. * Received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study intervention or has ongoing radiation related toxicities. * Received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention. * Received prior treatment with another universal or personalized cancer vaccine.

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

Intismeran autogene

BIOLOGICAL

Pembrolizumab

OTHER

Placebo

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Conditions

Malignant Melanoma

Locations

Highlands Oncology Group ( Site 4042)

Springdale, Arkansas 72762

United States

UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay ( Site 4044)

San Francisco, California 94158

United States

John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center ( Site 4047)

Hackensack, New Jersey 07601

United States

Inova Schar Cancer Institute ( Site 4046)

Fairfax, Virginia 22031

United States

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ( Site 4041)

Seattle, Washington 98109

United States

Blacktown Hospital ( Site 2001)

Blacktown, New South Wales 2148

Australia

Melanoma Institute Australia ( Site 2000)

Wollstonecraft, New South Wales 2065

Australia

One Clinical Research ( Site 2002)

Nedlands, Western Australia 6009

Australia

William Osler Health System (Brampton Civic Hospital) ( Site 2023)

Brampton, Ontario L6R 3J7

Canada

Sunnybrook Research Institute ( Site 2022)

Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5

Canada

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice - Hôpital l'Archet-Dermatology Department ( Site 2042)

Nice, Alpes-Maritimes 06202

France

Hôpital Saint-Louis ( Site 2041)

Paris, Île-de-France Region 75010

France

Gustave Roussy ( Site 2040)

Villejuif, Île-de-France Region 94800

France

NCT ( Site 2065)

Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg 69120

Germany

Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt Goethe-Universität ( Site 2063)

Frankfurt am Main, Hesse 60590

Germany

Universitaetsklinikum Koeln ( Site 2064)

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia 50937

Germany

Universitaetsklinikum Essen ( Site 2061)

Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia 45147

Germany

Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf ( Site 2060)

Hamburg, 20251

Germany

General Hospital of Athens "Laiko" ( Site 2080)

Athens, Attica 115 27

Greece

Metropolitan Hospital ( Site 2082)

Athens, Attica 18547

Greece

European Interbalkan Medical Center ( Site 2081)

Thessaloniki, 570 01

Greece

HaEmek Medical Center ( Site 3003)

Afula, 1834111

Israel

Hadassah Medical Center ( Site 3001)

Jerusalem, 9112001

Israel

Rabin Medical Center ( Site 3002)

Petah Tikva, 4941492

Israel

Sheba Medical Center ( Site 3000)

Ramat Gan, 5265601

Israel

Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano ( Site 3021)

Milan, Milano 20133

Italy

Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale ( Site 3020)

Naples, 80131

Italy

Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS ( Site 3022)

Padova, 35128

Italy

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore ( Site 3023)

Roma, 00168

Italy

Harbour Cancer & Wellness ( Site 3040)

Auckland, 1023

New Zealand

Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny w Poznaniu ( Site 3061)

Poznan, Greater Poland Voivodeship 50 659

Poland

Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie ( Site 3060)

Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship 02-781

Poland

Unidade Local de Saude Lisboa Ocidental - Hospital de São Francisco Xavier ( Site 4002)

Lisbon, Lisbon District 1449-005

Portugal

Unidade Local de Saude de Santa Maria - Hospital de Santa Maria ( Site 4001)

Lisbon, 1649-035

Portugal

Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, EPE ( Site 4000)

Porto, 4200-072

Portugal

Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron ( Site 3081)

Barcelona, 08035

Spain

Hospital Clínic Barcelona ( Site 3080)

Barcelona, 08036

Spain

Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal-Medical Oncology ( Site 3082)

Madrid, 28034

Spain