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Pembrolizumab With or Without Maintenance Sacituzumab Tirumotecan (Sac-TMT; MK-2870) in Metastatic Squamous Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) [MK-2870-023]

Is NCT06422143 recruiting? Yes, currently enrolling (May 2026). This Phase 3 trial studies multiple treatments for non-small cell lung cancer.

Phase 3RecruitingMerck Sharp & Dohme LLCNCT06422143Data as of May 2026

Treatment: Pembrolizumab · sac-TMT · Carboplatin · Paclitaxel · Nab-paclitaxelThis is a phase 3 study of pembrolizumab in combination with carboplatin/taxane (paclitaxel or nab-paclitaxel) followed by pembrolizumab with or without maintenance sacituzumab tirumotecan (sac-TMT; MK-2870) in first-line treatment of metastatic squamous non-small cell lung cancer. It is hypothesized that pembrolizumab with maintenance sacituzumab tirumotecan is superior to pembrolizumab without sacituzumab tirumotecan maintenance with respect to overall survival (OS).

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Extracted eligibility criteria

Cancer type

Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma

Disease stage

Required: Stage IV (American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging Manual, version 8)

Metastatic disease required

Stage IV: M1a, M1b, M1c, American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging Manual, version 8

Performance status

ECOG 0–1(Restricted strenuous activity)

Prior therapy

No prior treatment (treatment-naive required)
Max 0 prior lines

Cannot have received: systemic chemotherapy

Exception: neoadjuvant/adjuvant/chemoradiation for nonmetastatic NSCLC allowed if completed ≥12 months before diagnosis of metastatic NSCLC

Received prior systemic chemotherapy or other targeted or biological antineoplastic therapy for their metastatic NSCLC. Note: Prior treatment with chemotherapy and/or radiation as a part of neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy or chemoradiation therapy for nonmetastatic NSCLC is allowed as long as therapy was completed at least 12 months before diagnosis of metastatic NSCLC

Cannot have received: anti-PD-1 therapy

Exception: prior anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 for nonmetastatic NSCLC allowed if completed ≥12 months before diagnosis of metastatic NSCLC

Received prior therapy with an anti-programmed cell death 1 protein (PD-1), anti-programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1), or anti programmed cell death ligand 2 (PD-L2) agent, or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or coinhibitory T-cell receptor (eg, cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated protein 4, OX-40, CD137). Note: Prior treatment with an anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 agent for nonmetastatic NSCLC is allowed as long as therapy was completed at least 12 months before diagnosis of metastatic NSCLC

Cannot have received: TROP2-targeted antibody-drug conjugate

Received prior treatment with a trophoblast cell-surface antigen 2 (TROP2)-targeted antidrug conjugate (ADC)

Cannot have received: topoisomerase I inhibitor-containing antibody-drug conjugate

Received prior treatment with a topoisomerase I inhibitor-containing ADC

Lab requirements

Blood counts

Kidney function

Liver function

Has adequate organ function

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US trial sites

  • CARTI Cancer Center ( Site 0006) · Little Rock, Arkansas
  • Roy and Patricia Disney Family Cancer Center - Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center ( Site 0122) · Burbank, California
  • Exempla Lutheran Medical Center ( Site 0119) · Golden, Colorado
  • Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional Hospital ( Site 0116) · Grand Junction, Colorado
  • Mid Florida Hematology and Oncology Center ( Site 0109) · Orange City, Florida

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