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
Trial Description
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.
Eligibility Requirements
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