Pembrolizumab plus enfortumab vedotin for collecting duct and renal medullary carcinoma
Official title: Activity of Pembrolizumab Plus Enfortumab Vedotin in Collecting Duct and Renal Medullary Carcinoma
Run by Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano · NCT06302569 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This trial will test whether giving pembrolizumab together with enfortumab vedotin can shrink or control advanced or metastatic collecting duct carcinoma and renal medullary carcinoma in adults.
Quick facts
| Phase | Phase 2 |
|---|---|
| Study type | Interventional |
| Ages | 18 Years and up |
| Sex | All |
| Enrollment | 23 (estimated) |
| Sponsor | Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano Academic / other |
| Drugs / interventions | pembrolizumab, radiation, prednisone, Enfortumab, brentuximab, cabozantinib, chemotherapy, immunotherapy |
| Locations | 1 site (Milan) |
| Status | Recruiting |
| Started | May 30, 2025 |
| Main results expected | October 2027 |
| Study ends | May 2029 |
| Registry record updated | September 9, 2025 |
| Trial ID | NCT06302569 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
Is this trial a fit for you?
✓Likely a good fit
Adults (≥18) with centrally confirmed collecting duct carcinoma or renal medullary carcinoma that is locally advanced or metastatic, measurable by RECIST 1.1, and with available archival or new FFPE tumor tissue are ideal candidates.
✕Probably not a fit
Patients without these specific histologies, those with poor performance status or uncontrolled comorbidities, or those with rapidly progressing disease despite prior therapies may be unlikely to benefit.
A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.
What this trial studies
This is a single-arm, single-center phase II trial enrolling about 23 adults with histologically confirmed collecting duct carcinoma or renal medullary carcinoma and measurable advanced or metastatic disease. Participants provide archival or fresh tumor tissue for central pathology review and translational analyses, undergo baseline imaging, and receive pembrolizumab every 21 days with enfortumab vedotin given on a twice-per-cycle schedule for an initial three cycles. After imaging at that time, patients with stable disease, partial responses, or complete responses continue pembrolizumab up to the protocol-specified duration or until progression or unacceptable toxicity. Safety, radiologic response by RECIST 1.1, and translational biomarkers from FFPE tissue are key outcome elements.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the combination could shrink tumors and prolong disease control in patients with these rare, aggressive non–clear cell kidney cancers.
How similar studies have gone: Combinations of enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab have shown promising activity in urothelial carcinoma, but this regimen is largely untested in collecting duct and renal medullary carcinomas.
Who can join: the full rules
Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Male/female participants who are at least 18 years of age on the day of signing informed consent with histologically confirmed diagnosis of metastatic or advanced Collecting Duct Carcinoma or Medullary Renal Cell Carcinoma will be enrolled in this study.
* The participant (or legally acceptable representative if applicable) provides written informed consent for the trial.
* Have measurable disease based on RECIST 1.1. Lesions situated in a previously irradiated area are considered measurable if progression has been demonstrated in such lesions.
* Have confirmed histology diagnosis of Collecting Duct Carcinoma or Medullary Renal Cell Carcinoma by central pathology review.
* Archival tumor tissue sample or newly obtained \[core, incisional or excisional\] biopsy of a tumor lesion not previously irradiated has been provided. Formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue blocks are preferred to slides. Newly obtained biopsies are preferred to archived tissue.
* Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1. Evaluation of ECOG is to be performed within 7 days prior to the first dose of study intervention.
* Have adequate organ function as defined in the following table (Table 4). Specimens must be collected within 10 days prior to the start of study intervention.
* Participants who are HBsAg positive are eligible if they have received HBV anti-viral therapy for at least 4 weeks, and have undetectable HBV viral load prior to randomization.
Note: Participants should remain on anti-viral therapy throughout study intervention and follow local guidelines for HBV anti-viral therapy post completion of study intervention.
Hepatitis B screening tests are not required unless:
1. Known history of HBV infection
2. As mandated by local health authority
* Participants with a history of HCV infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable at screening.
Note: Participants must have completed curative anti-viral therapy at least 4 weeks prior to randomization.
Hepatitis C screening tests are not required unless:
a) Known history of HCV infection b) As mandated by local health authority
* HIV-infected participants must have well-controlled HIV on ART, defined as:
1. Participants on ART must have a CD4+ T-cell count ≥350 cells/mm3 at the time of screening
2. Participants on ART must have achieved and maintained virologic suppression defined as confirmed HIV RNA level below 50 or the LLOQ (below the limit of detection) using the locally available assay at the time of screening and for at least 12 weeks before screening
3. It is advised that participants must not have had any AIDS-defining opportunistic infections within the past 12 months.
4. Participants on ART must have been on a stable regimen, without changes in drugs or dose modification, for at least 4 weeks before study entry (Day 1) and agree to continue ART throughout the study
5. The combination ART regimen must not contain any antiretroviral medications that interact with CYP3A4 inhibitors/inducers/substrates (https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-interactions-labeling/drug-development-and-drug-interactions-table-substrates-inhibitors-and-inducers)
Exclusion Criteria:
* Has received prior therapy with an anti-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).
* Has received prior systemic anti-cancer therapy, including investigational agents, within 2 weeks prior to treatment allocation.
* Has received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study intervention or radiation-related toxicities requiring corticosteroids. Note: Two weeks or fewer of palliative radiotherapy for non-CNS diseases permitted. The last radiotherapy treatment must have been performed at least 7 days before the first dose of study intervention.
* Has received a live vaccine or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention. Administration of killed vaccines is allowed.
* Has received an investigational agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to study intervention administration.
* Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study drug.
* Known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 2 years. Note: Participants with basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ, excluding carcinoma in situ of the bladder, that have undergone potentially curative therapy are not excluded. Participants with low-risk early-stage prostate cancer (T1-T2a, Gleason score ≤6, and PSA \<10 ng/mL) either treated with definitive intent or untreated in active surveillance with stable disease are not excluded.
* Has known active CNS metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. Participants with previously treated brain metastases may participate provided they are radiologically stable, i.e. without evidence of progression for at least 4 weeks by repeat imaging (note that the repeat imaging should be performed during study screening), clinically stable and without requirement of steroid treatment for at least 14 days prior to first dose of study intervention.
* Has severe hypersensitivity (≥Grade 3) to pembrolizumab and/or any of its excipients.
* Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years except replacement therapy (eg., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid)
* Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids or has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease.
* Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.
* Has not adequately recovered from major surgery or has ongoing surgical complications.
* Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality or other circumstance that might confound the results of the study, interfere with the participant's participation for the full duration of the study, such that it is not in the best interest of the participant to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator.
* Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial.
* Is pregnant or breastfeeding or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study, starting with the screening visit through 120 days after the last dose of trial treatment.
* Has had an allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant.
Where it's running
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Fondazione Irccs Istituto Dei Tumori Di Milano
Milan, Italy Recruiting
Study contacts
- Principal investigator: Giuseppe Procopio, MD — Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano
- Study coordinator: Giuseppe Procopio, MD
- Email: giuseppe.procopio@istitutotumori.mi.it
- Phone: 00390223902122
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How to take part
- Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
- Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
- Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.