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A Phase 1/2 Open-Label Rolling-Arm Umbrella Platform Study of Investigational Agents With or Without Pembrolizumab in Participants With PD-1/L1 Refractory Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma (KEYMAKER-U04): Substudy 04A

NCT ID: NCT05562830Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCLast updated: 2026-05-27

Summary

This substudy is part of an umbrella platform study which is designed to evaluate investigational agents with or without pembrolizumab in participants with urothelial carcinoma who are in need of new treatment options. Substudy 04A will enroll participants with locally advanced or mUC whose disease is resistant to treatment with programmed cell death-1/ligand 1 (PD-1/L1) inhibitors. The protocol infrastructure will enable the rolling assignment of investigational treatments.

Arms & interventions

  • BiologicalZilovertamab vedotin

    Administered via intravenous (IV) infusion on day 1 and day 8 of Q3W cycles

  • BiologicalPembrolizumab

    Administered via IV infusion on Day 1 of each 6 week cycle.

  • BiologicalMK-3120

    Administered as an IV infusion on Day 1, Day 15, and Day 29 of each 6 week cycle.

Outcome measures

Primary

  • Percentage of Participants Who Experienced At Least One Adverse Event (AE)

    An AE is defined as any unfavorable and unintended sign, symptom, disease, or worsening of preexisting condition temporally associated with study treatment and irrespective of causality to study treatment.

    Time frame: Up to approximately 5 years

  • Percentage of Participants Who Discontinued Study Treatment Due to an AE

    An AE is defined as any unfavorable and unintended sign, symptom, disease, or worsening of preexisting condition temporally associated with study treatment and irrespective of causality to study treatment

    Time frame: Up to approximately 5 years

  • Arm A: Objective Response Rate (ORR) as Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR)

    ORR is defined as the percentage of participants who achieve a Complete Response (CR: disappearance of all target lesions) or Partial Response (PR: at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions) per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1). The percentage of participants who experience CR or PR as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) will be presented.

    Time frame: Up to approximately 2 years

  • Arm B: ORR as Assessed by Investigator

    ORR is defined as the percentage of participants who achieve a CR (disappearance of all target lesions) or PR (at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions) per RECIST 1.1. The percentage of participants who experience CR or PR as assessed by the investigator will be presented.

    Time frame: Up to approximately 2 years

Secondary

  • Arm A: Duration of Response (DOR) as Assessed by BICR

    Time frame: Up to approximately 2 years

  • Arm B: DOR as Assessed by Investigator

    Time frame: Up to approximately 2 years

Eligibility criteria

Sex: AllAge: 18 Years and olderHealthy volunteers: No
Inclusion Criteria: The main inclusion and exclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following: * Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of locally advanced/unresectable or mUC of the renal pelvis, ureter (upper urinary tract), bladder, or urethra. * Arm A: PD-1/L1 refractory locally advanced or mUC as evidenced by: EITHER disease progression while on treatment or after treatment with an anti-PD-1/L1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) for locally advanced/unresectable or mUC administered either as monotherapy, or in combination with other checkpoint inhibitors or other therapies OR disease recurrence while on treatment or after treatment with an anti-PD-1/L1 mAb for muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma (MIUC) administered as monotherapy. * Arm A: Participants must provide an archival tumor tissue sample or newly obtained core or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion demonstrating UC, not previously irradiated, and adequate for biomarker evaluation. * Arm B: PD-1/L1 refractory locally advanced or mUC as evidenced by: EITHER disease progression after treatment with an anti-PD-1/L1 mAb for locally advanced/unresectable or mUC administered either as monotherapy, or in combination with other checkpoint inhibitors or other therapies; OR disease recurrence after treatment with an anti-PD-1/L1 mAb for MIUC administered as monotherapy or in combination with other checkpoint therapies \>12 months after last dose of treatment with an anti-PD-1/L1 mAb. * Arm B: Participants must provide an archival tumor tissue sample or newly obtained core or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion from a metastatic site or from a primary tumor that has become locally advanced and not previously irradiated. Exclusion Criteria: * Known additional nonurothelial malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within 3 years prior to study randomization/allocation. * Received prior systemic anticancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 weeks before randomization/allocation. * Active infection requiring systemic therapy. * Received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention. Administration of killed vaccines are allowed. * Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). * Known history of hepatitis B or known hepatitis C virus infection.

Study locations (10)

University of California, Irvine (UCI) Health - UC Irvine Medical Center ( Site 1045)

Orange, California, 92868

Recruiting
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University of California San Francisco ( Site 1044)

San Francisco, California, 94158

Recruiting
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Anschutz Cancer Pavilion ( Site 1017)

Aurora, Colorado, 80045

Completed

University of Chicago Medical Center ( Site 1037)

Chicago, Illinois, 60637

Recruiting
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Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center ( Site 1011)

Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202

Recruiting
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Siteman Cancer Center ( Site 1038)

St Louis, Missouri, 63108

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ( Site 1031)

New York, New York, 10065

Recruiting
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Cleveland Clinic-Taussig Cancer Center ( Site 1036)

Cleveland, Ohio, 44195

Recruiting
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UPMC Hillman Cancer Center ( Site 1014)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232

Recruiting
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Huntsman Cancer Institute ( Site 1041)

Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112-5500

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