Study of Avelumab and/or Radiation Therapy in People With Advanced Merkel Cell Carcinoma

NCT04792073 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2026-04-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will test the use of comprehensive ablative radiation therapy (CART), with the immunotherapy drug avelumab, in people with Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) that has progressed after treatment and cannot be removed with surgery. The study researchers want to find out if CART works well when combined with avelumab.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Avelumab

Avelumab 800 mg given intravenously over 60 minutes (+20 minutes / -10 minutes) every 2 weeks (+/- 3 days)

RADIATION

Comprehensive Ablative Radiation Therapy

Comprehensive ablative radiation therapy 24 Gy in 3 fractions every 2-3 days

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Christoper Barker, MD · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-03-08
Primary Completion
2027-03-31
Completion
2027-03-31
FDA Drug
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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