Overview

Trial of Pembrolizumab in Cancer of Unknown Primary

Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-11-30
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Abbreviated Title : CUPem Clinical Indication : A Phase II, Two-Stage, Trial of Pembrolizumab in Cancer of unknown primary Trial Type : Single Arm, non-randomised; Two-stage; Hypothesis generating Type of control : None Route of administration : IV Trial Blinding : N/A Treatment Groups :Two cohorts: (i) First Cohort: One or more lines of prior therapy (ii) Second Cohort: First Line untreated CUP patients Number of trial subjects : i) First Cohort: 20 ii) Second Cohort: 57 Eligibility Criteria : The Eligibility Criteria are the same as used in the A trial of chemotherapy for cancer of unknown primary (CUP-ONE) trial in the United Kingdom (UK), please see below. - Histologically confirmation of a diagnosis of CUP, with imaging and all diagnostic investigations confirmed as CUP within a CUP Multidisciplinary Team (MDT). - Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status 0-2 - Patients must have disease that is not amenable to potentially curative options such as resection or radical radiotherapy - If patient's disease presentation precludes tumour biopsy (inaccessible or biopsy thought not to be in the patient's best interest), the patient is not study eligible. Estimated recruitment period : 2 years Estimated duration of trial : 3.9 years including set up, recruitment, follow up and close down. Duration of Participation : Cohort 1 = 6-8 months; Cohort 2 = 8-18 months Estimated average length of treatment per patient =6 months
Phase:
Phase 2
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Imperial College London
Collaborator:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Treatments:
Pembrolizumab