National Cancer Institute (NCI) is evaluating Pembrolizumab / CMP-001 for operable melanoma.

This phase II trial studies the effect of pembrolizumab alone or in combination with CMP-001 in treating patients with melanoma that can be treated by surgery (operable). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Immunotherapy with CMP-001 may induce changes in body's immune system and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. The addition of CMP-001 to pembrolizumab could improve the ability of the immune system to shrink tumors and to prevent them from returning.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To evaluate the rate of pathologic complete response (pCR) rate in each arm.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate the rate of pathologic near-complete/major response (pMR) of the neoadjuvant therapy in each arm. II. To evaluate the pathologic response rate of un-injected lesions on the combination arm. III. To evaluate relapse-free survival (RFS) in each arm. IV. To evaluate overall survival (OS) in each arm. V. To evaluate the preoperative radiographic response rate in each arm. VI. To evaluate safety and toxicity of neoadjuvant therapy in each arm.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM A: NEOADJUVANT PHASE: Patients receive pembrolizumab intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

SURGERY: Patients undergo surgery 1-2 weeks after completion of neoadjuvant phase.

ADJUVANT PHASE: After recovery from surgery, patients receive pembrolizumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of every other cycle. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 16 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

ARM B: NEOADJUVANT PHASE: Patients receive VLP-encapsulated TLR9 agonist CMP-001 (CMP-001) subcutaneously (SC) on day 1 of cycle 1 and then intratumorally on days 8 and 15 of cycle 1, days 1, 8, and 15 of cycle 2, and day 1 of cycle 3. Patients also receive pembrolizumab IV over 30 minutes on day 8 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

SURGERY: Patients undergo surgery 1-2 weeks after completion of neoadjuvant phase.

ADJUVANT PHASE: After recovery from surgery, patients receive pembrolizumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of every other cycle. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 16 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days and then every 3 months if < 2 years from study entry, every 6 months if 2-5 years from study entry, and every 12 months if > 5 years from study entry for up to 10 years (15 years total follow up).

The researchers plan that March 19, 2021 will be the study start date. The indicative completion of the clinical trial will be expected in March 19, 2022.

Among primary outcome measures are the Pathologic complete response rate and Will be estimated by the percentage of patients who achieve complete response, partial response or stable disease by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) and Immune-Modified (i)RECIST criteria, with exact 90% confidence intervals.

The page dedicated to this clinical trial with further details can be found here:https://ichgcp.net/clinical-trials-registry/NCT04708418

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