New drug combo targets Hard-to-Treat cancers
NCT ID NCT06460961
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 28, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This early-phase study tests an experimental drug called MK-6837, given alone or with another drug (pembrolizumab), in people with advanced solid tumors that have not responded to standard treatments. The main goals are to check safety, find the right dose, and see if the drug shrinks tumors. About 168 adults with various metastatic cancers will take part.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2024
- Finished
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Jul 2026
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: The main inclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following: * Histologically or cytologically confirmed solid tumor by pathology report that is advanced or metastatic * Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infected participants must have well controlled HIV on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) * Participants who are Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg) positive are eligible if they have received Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) antiviral therapy for at least 4 weeks, and have undetectable HBV viral load before allocation * Participants with history of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable at screening Exclusion Criteria: The main exclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following: * Has not recovered to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Grade 1 or better from any Adverse Events (AEs) that were due to cancer therapeutics administered more than 4 weeks earlier * History of a second malignancy, unless potentially curative treatment has been completed with no evidence of malignancy for 2 years * Has clinically significant cardiovascular disease * HIV-infected participants with a history of Kaposi's sarcoma and/or Multicentric Castleman's Disease * Received prior systemic anticancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 weeks before the first dose of study intervention * Has received any prior immunotherapy and was discontinued from that treatment due to a Grade 3 or higher immune-related AE (except endocrine disorders that can be treated with replacement therapy) or was discontinued from that treatment due to Grade 2 myocarditis or recurrent Grade 2 pneumonitis * Received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study intervention, or has radiation-related toxicities, requiring corticosteroids * Received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention. Administration of killed vaccines is allowed * Diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days before the first dose of study intervention * Known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 2 years * Known active Central Nervous System (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis * Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years except replacement therapy * History of (noninfectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids or has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease * Active infection requiring systemic therapy * History of allogeneic tissue/solid organ transplant * Participants who have not adequately recovered from major surgery or have ongoing surgical complications
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Atlantic Health System Morristown Medical Center ( Site 4001)
Morristown, New Jersey, 07960, United States
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Princess Margaret Cancer Centre ( Site 2001)
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9, Canada
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Providence Portland Medical Center ( Site 4002)
Portland, Oregon, 97213, United States
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Sheba Medical Center-ONCOLOGY ( Site 3001)
Ramat Gan, 5265601, Israel
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South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics (START) ( Site 4003)
San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
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The Alfred Hospital ( Site 1001)
Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia
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Westmead Hospital ( Site 1002)
Westmead, New South Wales, 2145, Australia
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