Placebo-Controlled Trial of IFx-Hu2.0 Followed By Pembrolizumab In Checkpoint Inhibitor Naïve Participants With Advanced Or Metastatic Merkel Cell Carcinoma

NCT06947928 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 118

Last updated 2026-04-17

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Summary

This Phase 2/3, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial will evaluate the Objective Response Rate (ORR) of IFx-Hu2.0 as an adjunctive therapy to pembrolizumab in adult participants (≥18 years) with advanced or metastatic Merkel Cell Carcinoma. A total of 118 participants will be randomized to receive either IFx-Hu2.0 or placebo via intralesional injection in a single lesion, followed by pembrolizumab.

Conditions

  • Advanced Or Metastatic Merkel Cell Carcinoma

Interventions

DRUG

IFx-Hu2.0

Therapeutic Classification: • Innate immune agonist Route of Administration: • Intralesional

DRUG

Placebo

Route of Administration: • Intralesional

DRUG

Pembrolizumab

Therapeutic Classification: • Immunotherapy (Immune checkpoint inhibitor) Route of administration: • Intravenous (IV) infusion

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • TuHURA Biosciences, Inc.

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Andrew S Brohl, MD · Collaborator

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-12-11
Primary Completion
2027-03-31
Completion
2032-12-30
FDA Drug
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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