Neoplasms

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Urogenital Diseases

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Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications

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Renal Cell Carcinoma

Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma

Antineoplastic Agents

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Pembrolizumab

Lenvatinib

Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

Protein Kinase Inhibitors

Enzyme Inhibitors

Subjects will receive Pembrolizumab + Lenvatinib. Pembrolizumab 200 mg or 400 mg will be administered as a 30-minute IV infusion every 3 weeks. Lenvatinib 20 mg daily will be self-administered PO by subject for 28 consecutive days, beginning Day -7.

Subject will receive Pembrolizumab 200 mg or 400 mg will be administered as a 30-minute IV infusion every 3 weeks.

100 mg/ 4mL on Day 1 of each 3- or 6- week cycle (one 3 wk cycle; up to eight 6 wk cycles)

Pembrolizumab infusion

Lenvatinib tablet

Matt Doyle

Vivek Narayan, MD

This study will evaluate the effect of investigational drugs, pembrolizumab alone or pembrolizumab with lenvatinib, on the immune systems response to kidney cancer when given before and after surgery to remove kidney cancer.

This is a randomized, single-center, unblinded, pilot treatment study to evaluate pembrolizumab with or without lenvatinib as neoadjuvant therapy for RCC planned for surgical nephrectomy. Study objectives include the assessment of immunologic and histologic response measures following neoadjuvant therapy and their association with post-operative clinical outcomes. This trial will generate preliminary data on immune pharmacodynamic outcomes and tumor response for neoadjuvant pembrolizumab +/- lenvatinib and is not powered for comparison between the arms. Up to 33 participants will be enrolled to ensure 30 evaluable patients. Patients who receive neoadjuvant therapy and undergo nephrectomy are considered evaluable. The study will consist of 5 phases: 1) Study Screening; 2) Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy; 3) Surgical Resection; 4) Adjuvant Systemic Pembrolizumab Therapy; and 5) Post-Treatment Follow-up. The total study participant duration, including participant follow-up across all 4 study phases, will be approximately 60 months.

Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab and Lenvatinib for Renal Cell Carcinoma

Randomized Pilot Clinical Trial of Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab +/- Lenvatinib for High Risk Renal Cell Carcinoma

as defined by time from surgery to first documented disease recurrence or death due to any cause, or last date that documents recurrence-free status.

We will apply two 32-parameter spectral flow cytometry panels for phenotypic characterization of paired blood and tumor specimens over the course of multiple timepoints during three distinct treatment periods (Figure 1: Study Schema): 1) before and after neoadjuvant pembrolizumab + lenvatinib (Arm A), and pembrolizumab alone (Arm B); 2) the initial post-operative adjuvant pembrolizumab period; and 3) upon any tumor recurrence.

Evaluated as a marker of T cell reinvigoration, in peripheral blood during neoadjuvant pembrolizumab +/- lenvatinib and in tumor tissue.

Scored as: 0%; 1-10%, 11-20%, 21-30% and increasing 10% increments, per Immune-Related Pathologic Response Criteria (irPRC) after pembrolizumab +/- lenvatinib therapy.

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

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