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

Is NCT06947928 recruiting? Yes, currently enrolling (May 2026). This Phase 2/3 trial studies multiple treatments including IFx-Hu2.0 and Pembrolizumab for advanced or metastatic merkel cell carcinoma.

Phase 2/3RecruitingTuHURA Biosciences, Inc.NCT06947928Data as of May 2026

Treatment: IFx-Hu2.0 · PembrolizumabThis 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.

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Extracted eligibility criteria

Cancer type

Tumor Agnostic

Disease stage

Required: Stage III, IV

Performance status

ECOG 0–1(Restricted strenuous activity)

Prior therapy

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

Cannot have received: checkpoint inhibitor (pembrolizumab, avelumab, ipilimumab, nivolumab)

no prior therapy with CPI including but not limited to Pembrolizumab, avelumab, ipilimumab, nivolumab

Cannot have received: systemic chemotherapy

Participants with prior systemic chemotherapy

Lab requirements

Blood counts

adequate hematological function according to laboratory ranges and medical criteria defined within the study protocol

Kidney function

adequate renal function according to laboratory ranges and medical criteria defined within the study protocol

Liver function

adequate hepatic function according to laboratory ranges and medical criteria defined within the study protocol

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US trial sites

  • Stanford Health Care - Skin Cancer Program · Palo Alto, California
  • University of California San Francisco - Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center · San Francisco, California
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, Massachusetts
  • Atlantic Health System · Morristown, New Jersey
  • East Carolina University · Greenville, North Carolina

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