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COLORECTAL: METASTATIC: 1ST LINE: BRAF MT: BREAKWATER

An open-label, multicenter, randomized Phase 3 study of first-line encorafenib plus cetuximab with or without chemotherapy versus standard of care therapy with a safety lead-in of encorafenib and cetuximab plus chemotherapy in participants with metastatic BRAF V600E-mutant colorectal cancer

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Malignancy

Colon, Rectum, Colorectal

Stage

Stage 4

Phase

Phase 3

Status

Open to Enrollment

Line Of Therapy

Investigational Agent

Encorafenib, cetuximab

Drug Class

BRAF inhibitor, EGFR antibody

PI

Sponsor

Pfizer

Path

Key Eligibility Criteria Details
  • Age 16 or greater
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed Stage IV CRC
  • Must contain a BRAF V600E mutation on local (FMI or Caris) or central testing
  • No prior systemic treatment in metastatic setting
  • Prior adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy is OK only if relapse/metastasis is 6 months or greater from the end of the neo/adjuvant treatment
  • No history of acute or chronic pancreatitis
  • No symptomatic brain mets
  • Must have measurable disease
COLON: METASTATIC: BRAFmt: MSI-h: 1st Line: SEAMARK

A PHASE 2, RANDOMIZED, OPEN-LABEL STUDY OF ENCORAFENIB AND CETUXIMAB PLUS PEMBROLIZUMAB VERSUS PEMBROLIZUMAB ALONE IN PARTICIPANTS WITH PREVIOUSLY UNTREATED BRAF V600E-MUTANT, MSI H/DMMR METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER

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Malignancy

Colon cancer, rectal cancer, colorectal cancer

Stage

Stage 4

Phase

Phase 2

Status

Open to Enrollment

Line Of Therapy

1st Line

Investigational Agent

encorafenib, cetuximab, pembrolizumab

Drug Class

BRAF inhibitor, EGFR mAb, PD-1 inhibitor

PI

Brad Somer, MD

Sponsor

Pfizer

Path

BRAF V600 mutant, MSI-h, dMMR

Key Eligibility Criteria Details
  • Locally confirmed microsatellite instability-high/ deficient mismatch repair (MSI-H/dMMR) stage IV colorectal carcinoma
  • Locally confirmed BRAF V600E mutation in tumor tissue or blood
  • ECOG PS 0 or 1
  • Have not received prior systemic regimens for metastatic disease.
  • Measurable disease
  • RAS wt
  • No known active central nervous system metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis; leptomeningeal disease
  • No immunodeficiency or active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment in the past 2 years
  • No presence of acute or chronic pancreatitis
  • No previous treatment with any selective BRAF inhibitor (eg, encorafenib, dabrafenib, vemurafenib, XL281/BMS-908662) or any epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor (eg, cetuximab, panitumumab).
  • No previous treatment with an immune checkpoint inhibitor (eg, anti-programmed cell death [PD-1], anti-PD-L1 or anti-PD-L2 agent); or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or co-inhibitory T-cell receptor (eg, CTLA-4, OX 40, CD137).
COLORECTAL: METASTATIC: MSI-h: MK-1308A-008

A Phase 2, Multicenter, Multi Arm, Study to Evaluate MK-1308A (Co-formulated Quavonlimab (MK-1308)/Pembrolizumab) Versus Other Treatments in Participants With Microsatellite Instability-High (MSI-H) or Mismatch Repair Deficient (dMMR) Stage IV Colorectal Cancer: (MK-1308A-008)

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Malignancy

Colon cancer, rectal cancer, colorectal cancer

Stage

Stage 4

Phase

Phase 2

Status

Open to Enrollment

Line Of Therapy

1st or later

Investigational Agent

pembrolizumab/quavonlimab, pembrolizumab/favezelimab, pembrolizumab/vibostolimab, pembrolizumab+MK-4830

Drug Class

Various immunotherapy combinations

PI

Brad Somer, MD

Sponsor

Merck Sharp and Dohme

Path

Adenocarcinoma, MSI-h, dMMR

Key Eligibility Criteria Details
  • HIstologically confirmed diagnosis of Stage IV CRC
  • Locally confirmed dMMR/MSI-H
  • Life expectancy of at least 3 months
  • Measurable disease
  • Cohort A:
    • Previously treated with 5-FU, oxaliplatin, irinotecan (and anti-EGFR if KRASwt and left-sided tumor)
  • Cohort B:
    • No prior thearpy for stage IV disease
  • No prior T-cell directed therapy
  • No concurrent use of high dose steroids
  • No known CNS mets
  • No active autoimmune disease
  • No known HIV or active HBV/HCV
  • No clinically significant cardiac disease
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