18 and older, any sex, with Renal Cell Carcinoma. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov
Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.
Objective Response Rate (ORR)Primary· Up to approximately 52 months
ORR was defined as the percentage of participants who had a Complete Response (CR: Disappearance of all target lesions) or a Partial Response (PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions) as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1).
Group
Value
95% CI
Cohort A: Clear Cell RCC (ccRCC)
36.4
27.4 – 46.1
Cohort B: Non-clear Cell RCC (nccRCC)
26.7
20.1 – 34.1
Duration of Response (DOR)Secondary· Up to approximately 66 months
For participants who demonstrated a confirmed Complete Response (CR: disappearance of all target lesions) or Partial Response (PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions) per RECIST 1.1, DOR was defined as the time from first documented evidence of a CR or PR until progressive disease (PD) or death. DOR for participants who had not progressed or died at the time of analysis was to be censored at the date of their last tumor assessment. Per RECIST 1.1, PD was defined as at least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions as well as an absolute increase o
Disease Control Rate (DCR)Secondary· Up to approximately 66 months
DCR is defined as the percentage of participants who have achieved CR, PR, or Stable Disease (SD) for at least 6 months based on assessments by the BICR per RECIST 1.1. CR is defined as disappearance of all target lesions, PR is defined as at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, SD is defined as neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for progressive disease (PD): At least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions and an absolute increase of at least 5 mm. The appearance of one or more new lesions is also consi
Progression-free Survival (PFS)Secondary· Up to approximately 66 months
PFS is defined as the time from first dose of study treatment to the first documented progressive disease (PD) per RECIST 1.1 based on BICR, or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first. Per RECIST 1.1, PD is defined as ≥20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions. In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of ≥5 mm. The appearance of one or more new lesions is also considered PD.
Number of Participants Who Experienced an Adverse Event (AE)Secondary· Up to approximately 27 months
An adverse event is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered a pharmaceutical product and which does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with this treatment. An adverse event can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding, for example), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product or protocol-specified procedure, whether or not considered related to the medicinal product or protocol-specified procedure.
Number of Participants Who Discontinued Study Drug Due to an AESecondary· Up to approximately 24 months
An adverse event is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered a pharmaceutical product and which does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with this treatment. An adverse event can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding, for example), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product or protocol-specified procedure, whether or not considered related to the medicinal product or protocol-specified procedure.
Time frame: Up to approximately 66 months.
Reporting threshold: 5%.
Adverse-event reports describe events observed during the trial — not all are caused by the drug.
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of monotherapy pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in participants with renal cell carcinoma (RCC). There will be two cohorts in this study: Cohort A will consist of participants with clear cell (cc) RCC and Cohort B will consist of participants with non-clear cell (ncc) RCC.
Publications & conference data
8 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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· not yet recruiting
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· Phase 2
· not yet recruiting
NCT07302347 — A Study of Pembrolizumab in Japanese Pediatric Participants With Solid Tumors or Lymphomas and Japanese Adult Participan
· Phase 1, PHASE2
· recruiting
NCT06724042 — Study of ISM5939 in Patients With Advanced and/or Metastatic Solid Tumors
· Phase 1
· not yet recruiting
NCT07383441 — Adding Biotherapy or Placebo to Standard Treatment for Advanced Kidney Cancer
· Phase 3
· not yet recruiting
NCT07195682 — A First-in-Human Study of BMS-986506 in Participants With Advanced Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma (ccRCC)
· Phase 1
· recruiting
NCT07285044 — The Cancer Connected Access and Remote Expertise Beyond Walls Program to Provide In-Home Cancer Treatment and Improve Tr
· Phase 2
· recruiting
NCT07227402 — A Clinical Study of Belzutifan and Zanzalintinib in People With Recurrent Kidney Cancer Following Adjuvant Therapy (MK-6
· Phase 3
· recruiting
NCT07123090 — A Study of Sasanlimab, Palbociclib and Axitinib in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
· Phase 2
· recruiting
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Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Last refreshed: 11 April 2023
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