Primary Outcome Measures
- Objective Response Rate (ORR) [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ]
Eligibility
- Inclusion Criteria
- Histologically or cytologically-documented, advanced solid tumor of one of the following types:
- Anal Carcinoma
- Biliary Adenocarcinoma (gallbladder or biliary tree (intrahepatic or extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma) except Ampulla of Vater cancers)
- Neuroendocrine Tumors (well- and moderately-differentiated) of the lung, appendix, small intestine, colon, rectum, or pancreas
- Endometrial Carcinoma (sarcomas and mesenchymal tumors are excluded)
- Cervical Carcinoma
- Vulvar Carcinoma
- Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
- Mesothelioma
- Thyroid Carcinoma
- Salivary Gland Carcinoma (sarcomas and mesenchymal tumors are excluded)
- Any advanced solid tumor, with the exception of colorectal carcinoma (CRC), which is Microsatellite Instability (MSI)-High (MSI-H)
- Exclusion Criteria
- Currently participating and receiving study therapy or has participated in a study of an investigational agent and received study therapy or used an investigational device within 4 weeks of the first dose of study medication
- Diagnosis of immunodeficiency or receiving systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study medication
- Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years
- Prior anti-cancer monoclonal antibody (mAb) within 4 weeks prior to study Day 1 or not recovered from an adverse event caused by mAbs administered more than 4 weeks earlier
- Prior chemotherapy, targeted small molecule therapy, or radiation therapy within 2 weeks of study Day 1 or not recovered from adverse events caused by a previously administered agent
- Known additional malignancy within 2 years prior to enrollment with the exception of curatively treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin and/or curatively resected in situ cancers
- Known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis
- Has known glioblastoma multiforme of the brainstem
- History of non-infectious pneumonitis that required steroids or current pneumonitis
- Active infection requiring systemic therapy
- Known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the study
- Pregnant, 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 study medication
- Previously participated in any other pembrolizumab (MK-3475) study, or received prior therapy with an anti-programmed cell death (PD)-1, anti-PD-Ligand 1 (anti-PD-L1), anti-PD-L2, or any other immunomodulating mAb or drug specifically targeting T-cell co-stimulation or checkpoint pathways
- Known history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- Known active Hepatitis B or C
- Received live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study medication
- Diagnosis of immunodeficiency or receiving systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study medication
