Study Information

Alliance Study ID: AFT-09

NCT Study ID (ClinicalTrials.gov): NCT02591615

Alliance Committee: Respiratory Cancer

Disease or Cancer Type: Lung Cancer & Mesothelioma

Alliance Study Chair: Thomas Hensing, MD

Status: COMPLETED


Study Description

This is a multicenter randomized phase II to determine if the administration of standard platinum-based chemotherapy before MK-3475 in with Chemotherapy naive stage IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) will improve the overall response rate (ORR) compared to MK-3475 administered before chemotherapy. Patients will be given Pembrolizumab as maintenance up to 2 years: Carboplatin and paclitaxel or pemetrexed every 3 weeks x 4 cycles followed by pembrolizumab every 3 weeks for up to 2 years. Pembrolizumab every 3 weeks x 4 cycles followed by carboplatin and paclitaxel or pemetrexed every 3 weeks x 4 cycles followed by pembrolizumab every 3 weeks for up to 2 years.

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