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COMBINATION PHASE: Patients receive placebo IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, paclitaxel IV over 3 hours on day 1 of each cycle, and carboplatin IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 6 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with SD or PR who still have measurable disease may continue treatment for up to a total of 10 cycles (if deemed necessary by the treating physician) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

MAINTENANCE PHASE: Patients receive placebo IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 6 weeks for up to 14 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients undergo CT scan throughout the study.

On February 6, 2023, all patient treatment assignments were unblinded. Patients randomized to Arm 1 will not receive additional placebo infusions.

COMBINATION PHASE: Patients receive pembrolizumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, paclitaxel IV over 3 hours on day 1 of each cycle, and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 6 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with SD or PR who still have measurable disease may continue treatment for up to a total of 10 cycles (if deemed necessary by the treating physician) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

MAINTENANCE PHASE: Patients receive pembrolizumab IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 6 weeks for up to 14 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients undergo CT scan throughout the study.

Computed Tomography

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Quality-of-Life Assessment

Questionnaire Administration

Ramez N Eskander

This phase III trial studies how well the combination of pembrolizumab, paclitaxel and carboplatin works compared with paclitaxel and carboplatin alone in treating patients with endometrial cancer that is stage III or IV, or has come back after a period of improvement (recurrent). 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. Paclitaxel and carboplatin are chemotherapy drugs used as part of the usual treatment approach for this type of cancer. This study aims to assess if adding immunotherapy to these drugs is better or worse than the usual approach for treatment of this cancer.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To evaluate the efficacy of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin in patients with advanced stage (measurable stage III or IVA), stage IVB and recurrent endometrial cancer.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the nature, frequency and degree of toxicity as assessed by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) for each treatment arm.

II. To evaluate blinded independent central review (BICR) assessed or investigator assessed objective response rate (ORR) as assessed by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 by treatment arm and by mismatch repair (MMR) immunohistochemistry (IHC) status in patients who enter the study with measurable disease.

III. To evaluate BICR assessed or investigator assessed duration of response (DOR) by treatment arm and by MMR IHC status in patients who enter the study with measurable disease.

IV. To evaluate the effect of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) on overall survival (OS) in patients with mismatch repair protein proficient (pMMR) or mismatch repair deficiency (dMMR).

V. To determine whether the addition of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) to standard combination chemotherapy is associated with improved patient reported physical function as measured with the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)-physical function scale (short form), quality of life as measured with the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) - Endometrial Trial Outcome Index (En TOI) and worsened fatigue as measured with the PROMIS-Fatigue scale (short form) in the pMMR patients.

VI. To determine concordance between institutional MMR immunohistochemistry (IHC) testing and centralized MMR IHC.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

I. To explore the correlation between patient-reported physical function as measured with the PROMIS-physical function scale (short form) and quality of life as measure with the FACT-En TOI.

II. To explore whether the addition of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) to standard combination chemotherapy is associated with self-reported neurotoxicity as measured with the FACT/Gynecologic Oncology Group Neurotoxicity (GOG-Ntx) subscale (short) and the extent to which patients differ on their self-reported bother from side effects of cancer therapy in the pMMR patients.

III. To evaluate the efficacy of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin in patients with advanced stage (measurable stage III or IVA), stage IVB and recurrent endometrial cancer by Programmed Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) IHC (positive versus \[vs\] negative).

IV. To assess the association between PD-L1 IHC (positive vs negative) and mismatch repair status (pMMR and dMMR).

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM I:

COMBINATION PHASE: Patients receive placebo intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, paclitaxel IV over 3 hours on day 1 of each cycle, and carboplatin IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 6 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with stable disease (SD) or partial response (PR) who still have measurable disease may continue treatment for up to a total 10 cycles (if deemed necessary by the treating physician) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

MAINTENANCE PHASE: Patients receive placebo IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 6 weeks for up to 14 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

On February 6, 2023, all patient treatment assignments were unblinded. Patients randomized to Arm I will not receive additional placebo infusions.

ARM II:

COMBINATION PHASE: Patients receive pembrolizumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, paclitaxel IV over 3 hours on day 1 of each cycle, and carboplatin IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 6 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with SD or PR who still have measurable disease may continue treatment for up to a total of 10 cycles (if deemed necessary by the treating physician) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

MAINTENANCE PHASE: Patients receive pembrolizumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 6 weeks for up to 14 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients undergo computed tomography (CT) scan throughout the study.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 3 years.

On February 6, 2023, all patient treatment assignments were unblinded. Patients randomized to Arm I will not receive additional placebo infusions.

Testing the Addition of the Immunotherapy Drug Pembrolizumab to the Usual Chemotherapy Treatment (Paclitaxel and Carboplatin) in Stage III-IV or Recurrent Endometrial Cancer

A Phase III Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475, NSC #776864) in Addition to Paclitaxel and Carboplatin for Measurable Stage III or IVA, Stage IVB or Recurrent Endometrial Cancer

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Will be tested with a stratified log-rank statistic.

Assessed by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE). Toxicities will be screened for differences between treatments by using an exact method or a Chi-Square test. For a given adverse event, each patient will be graded according to the worse grade experienced while on therapy (and within 30 days of treatment). These toxicities will then be divided into two or three categories such as mild, moderate, and severe or mild to moderate versus severe. The rates of severe toxicities may be characterized by risk ratios or odds ratios with confidence intervals (unadjusted for multiplicity). The number of toxicities examined is usually fairly large, so these analyses will be considered exploratory and may be inspected in light of other studies.

Assessed by Response Evaluation Criteria for Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1.

The time difference between the dates of first response and first progression; patients who do not progress are considered censored.

Measured by the Function Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT)-Endometrial Trial Outcome Index (En-TOI), the FACT/Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG)-Neurotoxicity (Ntx) subscale (short), Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)-Fatigue (short form),the PROMIS-physical function (short form) and a single-item measuring bother from side effects of cancer therapy. A linear mixed model for repeated measures will be used to estimate and compare the mean differences between the treatment groups. Model covariates will include the patients' randomly assigned study treatment, age at enrollment onto the study, pre-treatment quality of life/patient reported outcome score, assessment time and treatment-by-time interaction. The stratification factors will be the same factors included in the clinical primary analysis. Hochberg's step-up multiple testing procedure (Hochberg, 1988) will be used to adjust p-values for each assessment time points estimated from the fitted model.

Concordance between institutional MMR IHC testing and centralized MMR IHC. The patient's MMR IHC status will be assessed for prognostic value by conducting stratified log-rank tests or Cox Proportional Hazards (PH) modeling when assessing the impact on PFS or OS. When assessing the impact on the probability of response, a logistic regression model will be considered and include other pertinent variables that may influence response. A Cox PH model will be used to assess predictive value of MMR IHC status for regimen efficacy through an interaction term. A similar type of analysis may be attempted with response using logistic regression. The concordance of institutional MMR IHC testing and centralized MMR IHC will be characterized by agreement statistics such as kappa statistics (e.g. Cohen's kappa coefficient).

Will assess the effect of pembrolizumab on PFS and OS by PD-L1 (combined positive score \[CPS\]) within proficient MMR (pMMR) and deficient MMR (dMMR) populations. The effectiveness of pembrolizumab will be compared by PD-L1 status (CPS). A formal test will be conducted by examining the interaction term between pembrolizumab treatment (yes or no) with PD-L1 status. The association between PD-L1 CPS status and MMR IHC status will be assessed with odds ratios. A test may be conducted with a Fisher's Exact Test, and confidence intervals will be provided.

Measures of association between PD-L1 IHC (CPS) and MMR IHC status. The concordance of institutional MMR IHC testing and centralized MMR IHC will be characterized by agreement statistics such as kappa statistics (e.g. Cohen's kappa coefficient).

Canadian Cancer Trials Group

NRG Oncology

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for recurrent endometrial mixed cell adenocarcinoma