Clinical trial · Interventional
A Phase 3 Study of Pembrolizumab + Epacadostat or Placebo in Subjects With Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma (Keynote-252 / ECHO-301)
A Phase 3 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Combination With Epacadostat or Placebo in Subjects With Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma (Keynote-252 / ECHO-301)
- 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)
The purpose of the study is to assess the efficacy, safety, and tolerability when combining pembrolizumab with epacadostat or placebo in participants with unresectable or metastatic melanoma
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melanoma | Melanoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| pembrolizumab + epacadostat | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
| pembrolizumab + placebo | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Pembrolizumab + Epacadostat
- description
- Pembrolizumab + Epacadostat
- interventionNames
- Drug: pembrolizumab + epacadostat
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Pembrolizumab + Placebo
- description
- Pembrolizumab + Placebo
- interventionNames
- Drug: pembrolizumab + placebo
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Progression-free Survival
- timeFrame
- Assessed every 9 weeks for duration of study participation which is estimated to be 24 months
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Have histologically or cytologically confirmed melanoma * Have unresectable Stage III or Stage IV melanoma, as per AJCC staging system not amenable to local therapy * A minimum of 1 measurable lesion by CT or MRI * Provide a baseline tumor biopsy * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1 Exclusion Criteria: * Has received prior systemic treatment for unresectable or metastatic melanoma (except BRAF directed therapy) * Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, anti-CD137, or IDO1 inhibitor or any other antibody or drug specifically targeting checkpoint pathways other than anti-CTLA-4 which is permitted in the adjuvant setting * Has received prior adjuvant therapy, monoclonal antibody or an investigational agent or device within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) * Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy * Has known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (HIV 1/2 antibodies) * Has known history of or is positive for Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C * Is pregnant or breastfeeding or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study, starting with the screening visit through 120 days after the last dose of study treatment
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDLong GV, Dummer R, Hamid O, Gajewski TF, Caglevic C, Dalle S, Arance A, Carlino MS, Grob JJ, Kim TM, Demidov L, Robert C, Larkin J, Anderson JR, Maleski J, Jones M, Diede SJ, Mitchell TC. Epacadostat plus pembrolizumab versus placebo plus pembrolizumab in patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma (ECHO-301/KEYNOTE-252): a phase 3, randomised, double-blind study. Lancet Oncol. 2019 Aug;20(8):1083-1097. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30274-8. Epub 2019 Jun 17. PMID 31221619