Clinical trial · Interventional
Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Participants With Advanced Urothelial Cancer (MK-3475-052/KEYNOTE-052)
A Phase II Clinical Trial of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Subjects With Advanced/Unresectable or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This is a study using pembrolizumab (MK-3475, KEYTRUDA®) for first-line treatment of participants with advanced/unresectable (inoperable) or metastatic urothelial cancer who are ineligible for cisplatin-based therapy. The primary study objective is to determine the objective response rate (ORR) in all participants and by programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) status. With Amendment 4, once a participant has achieved the study objective or the study has ended, the participant will be discontinued from this study and will be enrolled in an extension study to continue protocol-defined assessments and treatment.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urothelial Cancer | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| pembrolizumab | Biological | Pembrolizumab | ALIAS |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Pembrolizumab
- description
- Participants received pembrolizumab 200 mg by IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle (Q3W) for up to 2 years. Eligible participants who stopped the initial course of pembrolizumab due to complete response (CR) or completed initial course of pembrolizumab and had stable disease but progressed after discontinuation, initiated a second course of pembrolizumab at the investigator's discretion for up to an additional year.
- interventionNames
- Biological: pembrolizumab
Primary outcomes (3)
- measure
- Objective Response Rate (ORR) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) in All Participants
- timeFrame
- Up to approximately 80.5 months
- description
- ORR was determined in all participants and was defined as the percentage of participants who had a confirmed Complete Response (CR: Disappearance of all target lesions) or a Partial Response (PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions) per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR). Participants with missing data were considered non-responders. Per protocol, only data generated during the initial course of treatment contributed to the analysis.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Histologically- or cytologically-confirmed diagnosis of advanced/unresectable (inoperable) or metastatic urothelial cancer of the renal pelvis, ureter, bladder, or urethra (transitional cell and mixed transitional/non-transitional cell histologies) * Ineligible for cisplatin therapy * No prior systemic chemotherapy for metastatic disease (adjuvant or neoadjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy with recurrence \>12 months since completion of therapy is allowed) * Available tissue from a newly obtained core or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion not previously irradiated * Measurable disease * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1 or 2 * Adequate organ function * Female participants of childbearing potential have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test; surgically sterile, or willing to use 2 acceptable methods of birth control, or abstain from heterosexual activity for the course of the study through 120 days after the last dose of study treatment * Male participants must be willing to use an adequate method of contraception starting with the first dose of study medication through 120 days after the last dose of study treatment Exclusion Criteria: * Disease that is suitable for local therapy administered with curative intent * Currently participating or has participated in a study of an investigational agent and received study therapy or used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment * Prior anti-cancer monoclonal antibody (mAb) for direct anti-neoplastic treatment within 4 weeks prior to study Day 1 or who has not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier * Prior chemotherapy, targeted small molecule therapy, or radiation therapy within 2 weeks prior to study Day 1 or not recovered from AEs due to a previously administered agent * Known additional malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment excepting basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin that has undergone potentially curative therapy, or in situ cancer * Known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis * Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years * Evidence of interstitial lung disease or active non-infectious pneumonitis * Active infection requiring systemic therapy * Pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the trial, starting with the screening visit through 120 days after the last dose of study treatment * Prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent, or with an agent directed to another co-inhibitory T-cell receptor * Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) * Known active Hepatitis B or C * Received a live virus vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study treatment
References
Publications (6)
- RESULTBalar AV, Castellano D, O'Donnell PH, Grivas P, Vuky J, Powles T, Plimack ER, Hahn NM, de Wit R, Pang L, Savage MJ, Perini RF, Keefe SM, Bajorin D, Bellmunt J. First-line pembrolizumab in cisplatin-ineligible patients with locally advanced and unresectable or metastatic urothelial cancer (KEYNOTE-052): a multicentre, single-arm, phase 2 study. Lancet Oncol. 2017 Nov;18(11):1483-1492. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30616-2. Epub 2017 Sep 26. PMID 28967485
- RESULTVuky J, Balar AV, Castellano D, O'Donnell PH, Grivas P, Bellmunt J, Powles T, Bajorin D, Hahn NM, Savage MJ, Fang X, Godwin JL, Frenkl TL, Homet Moreno B, de Wit R, Plimack ER. Long-Term Outcomes in KEYNOTE-052: Phase II Study Investigating First-Line Pembrolizumab in Cisplatin-Ineligible Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2020 Aug 10;38(23):2658-2666. doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.01213. Epub 2020 Jun 17. PMID 32552471
- DERIVEDTopp BG, Channavazzala M, Mayawala K, De Alwis DP, Rubin E, Snyder A, Wolchok JD, Ribas A. Tumor dynamics in patients with solid tumors treated with pembrolizumab beyond disease progression. Cancer Cell. 2023 Sep 11;41(9):1680-1688.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2023.08.004. PMID 37699333
- DERIVEDBalar AV, Castellano DE, Grivas P, Vaughn DJ, Powles T, Vuky J, Fradet Y, Lee JL, Fong L, Vogelzang NJ, Climent MA, Necchi A, Petrylak DP, Plimack ER, Xu JZ, Imai K, Moreno BH, Bellmunt J, de Wit R, O'Donnell PH. Efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab in metastatic urothelial carcinoma: results from KEYNOTE-045 and KEYNOTE-052 after up to 5 years of follow-up. Ann Oncol. 2023 Mar;34(3):289-299. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.11.012. Epub 2022 Dec 6. PMID 36494006
- DERIVEDBellmunt J, de Wit R, Fradet Y, Climent MA, Petrylak DP, Lee JL, Fong L, Necchi A, Sternberg CN, O'Donnell PH, Powles T, Plimack ER, Bajorin DF, Balar AV, Castellano D, Choueiri TK, Culine S, Gerritsen W, Gurney H, Quinn DI, Vuky J, Vogelzang NJ, Cristescu R, Lunceford J, Saadatpour A, Loboda A, Ma J, Rajasagi M, Godwin JL, Homet Moreno B, Grivas P. Putative Biomarkers of Clinical Benefit With Pembrolizumab in Advanced Urothelial Cancer: Results from the KEYNOTE-045 and KEYNOTE-052 Landmark Trials. Clin Cancer Res. 2022 May 13;28(10):2050-2060. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-21-3089.