Phase 3 study

Recruiting Phase 3

Sources: ClinicalTrials.gov Checked: 14 October 2026 Not medical advice

This trial at a glance

Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 3
Sponsor Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Registry number NCT03486873
Started 21 August 2018 Today 16 October 2026 Estimated completion 4 August 2043

Where this trial is running

Trial sites and the status recorded for each
SiteCityState or countryStatus at this site
Chris OBrien Lifehouse ( Site 3003) Camperdown NSW Active not recruiting
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital-A.W. Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre ( Site 3016) Camperdown NSW Completed
Liverpool Hospital-Medical Oncology ( Site 3021) Liverpool NSW Recruiting
Macquarie University ( Site 3010) Macquarie University NSW Recruiting
Mater Hospital Sydney ( Site 3007) North Sydney NSW Recruiting
Orange Hospital-Clinical Trials Unit ( Site 3027) Orange NSW Recruiting
Port Macquarie - Mid North Coast Cancer Institute-Medical Oncology ( Site 3020) Port Macquarie NSW Recruiting
Royal North Shore Hospital-Medical Oncology Clinical Trials ( Site 3025) St Leonards NSW Recruiting
Calvary Mater Newcastle ( Site 3005) Waratah NSW Recruiting
Westmead Hospital ( Site 3000) Westmead NSW Recruiting
Melanoma Institute Australia ( Site 3001) Wollstonecraft NSW Recruiting
Mater Misericordiae Limited-Medical Oncology ( Site 3019) Brisbane QLD Completed
Gallipoli Medical Research Ltd ( Site 3011) Brisbane QLD Completed
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital ( Site 3009) Herston QLD Recruiting
Gold Coast University Hospital ( Site 3028) Southport QLD Recruiting
Tasman Oncology Research Pty Ltd ( Site 3012) Southport QLD Recruiting
Sunshine Coast University Private Hospital-Coastal Cancer Care ( Site 3032) Sunshine Coast QLD Active not recruiting
The Townsville Hospital ( Site 3017) Townsville QLD Active not recruiting
Princess Alexandra Hospital ( Site 3002) Woolloongabba QLD Recruiting
Royal Adelaide Hospital ( Site 3014) Adelaide SA Recruiting
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital ( Site 3026) Woodville SA Recruiting
Monash Health ( Site 3015) Clayton VIC Recruiting
Austin Health-Austin Hospital ( Site 3004) Heidelberg VIC Recruiting
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre-Parkville Cancer Clinical Trials Unit (PCCTU) ( Site 3008) Melbourne VIC Recruiting
St Vincent's Hospital-Oncology Clinical Trials ( Site 3018) Melbourne VIC Recruiting
Western Health-Sunshine & Footscray Hospitals ( Site 3023) St Albans VIC Recruiting
Ballarat Oncology & Haematology Services ( Site 3022) Wendouree VIC Recruiting
Fiona Stanley Hospital ( Site 3029) Murdock WA Recruiting
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital ( Site 3006) Nedlands WA Recruiting
St John of God Subiaco Hospital ( Site 3013) Subiaco WA Recruiting

voxsanity.com.au · trial sites from public registries · registry record synced 14 October 2026 · not medical advice

Who can join

Age 18 Years and over
Sex Anyone, regardless of sex
Healthy volunteers Not accepted
Enrolment target 3500

The official eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria:

* Treated on the parent pembrolizumab studies established by the Sponsor as MK-3475-587 ready.

* Currently receiving pembrolizumab, pembrolizumab based combinations or lenvatinib from parent studies or in a follow-up phase.

Additional eligibility criteria for participants who enter Second Course Phase once they are enrolled on MK-3475-587:

* Has not received any anticancer systemic treatment since the last dose of pembrolizumab or a pembrolizumab-based combination in First Course Phase.

* Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.

* Demonstrates adequate organ function.

* Have resolution of any toxic effect(s) of First Course Phase trial treatment with pembrolizumab or a pembrolizumab-based combination to Grade 1 or less (except alopecia) before trial treatment in Second Course Phase is started. If participant received major surgery or radiation therapy of \>30 Gray (Gy), they must have recovered from the toxicity and/or complications of the intervention.

* A female participant is eligible to enroll if she is not pregnant, not breastfeeding, and ≥1 of the following conditions applies: A woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP) who agrees to use contraception during the study treatment period and for ≥120 days (corresponding to time needed to eliminate any study combination treatment(s) plus 30 days (a menstruation cycle) for study treatments with risk of genotoxicity.

Additional eligibility criteria for participants who enter dosing with Lenvatinib:

* Adequately controlled blood pressure (BP) to \<150/90 mmHg, with or without antihypertensive medications.

* For male agrees to be abstinent from penile-vaginal intercourse OR agrees to use a highly effective contraceptive method while receiving study drug and for 7 days after the last dose of lenvatinib.

* Is female and not pregnant/breastfeeding and at least one of the following applies during the study and for ≥4 days after: is not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP), is a WOCBP and uses highly effective contraception (low user dependency method OR a user dependent hormonal method in combination with a barrier method) or is a WOCBP who is abstinent from heterosexual intercourse.

Exclusion Criteria:

-There are no exclusion criteria to participate in MK-3475-587.

Participants are excluded from entering Second Course trial treatment once they are enrolled on MK-3475-587 if any of the following criteria applies:

* Has severe hypersensitivity (≥ Grade 3) to pembrolizumab and/or any of its excipients.

* Has received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of Second Course Phase trial treatment.

* Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the Cycle 1 Day 1 of Second Course Phase.

* Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment. Exceptions include early stage cancers (carcinoma in situ or Stage 1) treated with curative intent, melanoma (non-ulcerated, thin primary), basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, in situ cervical cancer, or in situ breast cancer that has undergone potentially curative therapy.

* Has known active central nervous system metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis.

* Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years (i.e., use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (e.g. thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency) is not considered a form of systemic treatment and is allowed.

* Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or has current pneumonitis. Note: Participants that experienced pneumonitis during First Course that did not meet the criteria for permanent discontinuation are eligible.

* Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) participants only: Has interstitial lung disease.

* Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.

* Has a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.

* Has a known history of or is positive for hepatitis B or hepatitis C. For parent studies where inclusion of participants with hepatitis was permitted, MK-3475-587 will follow the parent study eligibility criteria for hepatitis.

* Is pregnant or breastfeeding or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study, starting with the Second Course Phase eligibility Visit through 120 days after the last dose of study treatment.

* Has severe cardiovascular disease, i.e., arrhythmias, requiring chronic treatment, congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association Class III or IV) or symptomatic ischemic heart disease.

* Has hepatic decompensation (Child-Pugh score \>6 \[class B and C\]).

* Has uncontrolled thyroid dysfunction.

* Has uncontrolled diabetes mellitus.

* Has had an allogeneic tissue/solid organ transplant.

* Has a known history of active tuberculosis (TB; Bacillus tuberculosis).

Additional exclusion criteria for participants who enter dosing with Lenvatinib:

* Has had major surgery within 3 weeks prior to first dose of study intervention(s).

* Has preexisting ≥Grade 3 gastrointestinal or non-gastrointestinal fistula.

* Has urine protein ≥1 g/24 hours.

* Has LVEF below the institutional (or local laboratory) normal range, as determined by multigated acquisition scan (MUGA) or echocardiogram (ECHO).

* Has radiographic evidence of encasement or invasion of a major blood vessel, or of intratumoral cavitation.

* Prolongation of QT intervals corrected for heart rate using Fridericia's (cube root) correction (QTcF) interval to \>480 ms.

* Has clinically significant cardiovascular disease within 12 months from first dose of study intervention, including New York Heart Association Class III or IV congestive heart failure, unstable angina, myocardial infarction, cerebral vascular accident, or cardiac arrhythmia associated with hemodynamic instability.

* Gastrointestinal malabsorption or any other condition that might affect the absorption of lenvatinib.

* Active hemoptysis (bright red blood of at least 0.5 teaspoon) within 3 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug.

* Has a history of any contraindication or has a severe hypersensitivity to any components of lenvatinib.

Dates on the record

Started 21 August 2018
Estimated completion 4 August 2043
Registry last updated 7 October 2026
Checked by Voxsanity 14 October 2026

Results, publications and the official record

Sources and dates

  • ClinicalTrials.gov – the record this page reformats
  • ClinicalTrials.gov processing date: 7 October 2026.
  • This page last checked by Voxsanity: 14 October 2026.

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