Clinical trial · Interventional
An Efficacy Study of Adjuvant Treatment With the Personalized Cancer Vaccine mRNA-4157 and Pembrolizumab in Participants With High-Risk Melanoma (KEYNOTE-942)
A Phase 2 Randomized Study of Adjuvant Immunotherapy With the Personalized Cancer Vaccine mRNA-4157 and Pembrolizumab Versus Pembrolizumab Alone After Complete Resection of High-Risk Melanoma (KEYNOTE- 942)
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- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 9, 2026
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- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260909-000002
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this study is to assess whether postoperative adjuvant therapy with mRNA-4157 and pembrolizumab improves recurrence free survival (RFS) compared to pembrolizumab alone in participants with complete resection of cutaneous melanoma and a high risk of recurrence.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mRNA-4157 | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Pembrolizumab | Biological | Pembrolizumab | ALIAS |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- mRNA-4157 and Pembrolizumab
- description
- Participants will receive up to 9 doses of mRNA-4157 (every 21 days). Participants may continue on pembrolizumab (every 21 days) until disease recurrence, unacceptable toxicity, or they undergo up to 18 total cycles (approximately 1 year of treatment), whichever is sooner.
- interventionNames
- Drug: mRNA-4157
- Biological: Pembrolizumab
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Pembrolizumab
- description
- Participants will receive pembrolizumab (every 21 days) until disease recurrence, unacceptable toxicity, or they undergo up to 18 total cycles (approximately 1 year of treatment), whichever is sooner.
- interventionNames
- Biological: Pembrolizumab
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
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Key Inclusion Criteria: * Resectable cutaneous melanoma metastatic to a lymph node and at high risk of recurrence * Complete resection within 13 weeks prior to the first dose of pembrolizumab * Disease free at study entry (after surgery) with no loco-regional relapse or distant metastasis and no clinical evidence of brain metastases * Has an formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tumor sample available suitable for sequencing * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status 0 or 1 * Normal organ and marrow function reported at screening Key Exclusion Criteria: * Prior malignancy, unless no evidence of that disease for at least 5 years prior to study entry * Prior systemic anti-cancer treatment (except surgery and interferon for thick primary melanomas. Radiotherapy after lymph node dissection is permitted) * Live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of pembrolizumab * Transfusion of blood or administration of colony stimulating factors within 2 weeks of the screening blood sample * Active autoimmune disease * Immunodeficiency, systemic steroid therapy, or any other immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of pembrolizumab * Solid organ or allogeneic bone marrow transplant * Pneumonitis or a history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis that required steroids * Prior interstitial lung disease * Clinically significant heart failure * Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) * Known active hepatitis B or C * Active infection requiring treatment
References
Publications (1)
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- PubMed (NLM)
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- PubMed E-utilities
- Retrieved
- Sep 30, 2026
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- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
Adnan Khattak, Matteo S Carlino, Tarek Meniawy et al. · J Clin Oncol · Sep 10, 2026 · PMID 42223134 pubmed
- DERIVEDKhattak A, Carlino MS, Meniawy T, Ansstas G, Taylor MH, Kim KB, McKean M, Long GV, Sullivan RJ, Faries M, Tran TT, Cowey CL, Pecora A, Medina T, Atkinson V, Krepler C, Jemielita T, Mao H, Chow J, Ojalvo LS, Mehnert JM; KEYNOTE-942 Investigators. Intismeran Autogene Plus Pembrolizumab Versus Pembrolizumab Alone in High-Risk Resected Melanoma: 5-Year Update of the Randomized Phase IIb KEYNOTE-942 Study. J Clin Oncol. 2026 Jun 1:JCO2600835. doi: 10.1200/JCO-26-00835. Online ahead of print. PMID 42223134
- DERIVEDWeber JS, Carlino MS, Khattak A, Meniawy T, Ansstas G, Taylor MH, Kim KB, McKean M, Long GV, Sullivan RJ, Faries M, Tran TT, Cowey CL, Pecora A, Shaheen M, Segar J, Medina T, Atkinson V, Gibney GT, Luke JJ, Thomas S, Buchbinder EI, Healy JA, Huang M, Morrissey M, Feldman I, Sehgal V, Robert-Tissot C, Hou P, Zhu L, Brown M, Aanur P, Meehan RS, Zaks T. Individualised neoantigen therapy mRNA-4157 (V940) plus pembrolizumab versus pembrolizumab monotherapy in resected melanoma (KEYNOTE-942): a randomised, phase 2b study. Lancet. 2024 Feb 17;403(10427):632-644. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02268-7. Epub 2024 Jan 18.