Overview
Enrollment of participants into the Phase 1 Perioperative Cohort of this study is planned to start in approximately February of 2025.
Principal investigator
Eligibility criteria
* Must provide blood samples per protocol, to enable V940 production, and circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid testing
* Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0 to 2 assessed within 7 days before randomization
* Must provide a formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor tissue sample for next generation sequencing Adjuvant Cohort:
* Has MIUC
* Has dominant histology of urothelial carcinoma (UC)
* Has high-risk pathologic disease after radical resection
* For participants who have not received cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy, are ineligible to receive cisplatin according to protocol pre-defined criteria Perioperative Cohort:
* Has MIBC
* Has a histological diagnosis of UC
* Is deemed eligible for RC and PLND and agrees to undergo curative intent standard RC and PLND and neoadjuvant and adjuvant treatment per protocol
* Is ineligible to receive cisplatin according to protocol pre-defined criteria
Exclusion Criteria: The main exclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:
* Has received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention
* Has known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment ≤3 years prior to study randomization
* Has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease
* Has active infection requiring systemic therapy
* Has active hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infection Adjuvant Cohort:
* Has received prior systemic anticancer therapy
* Has received prior neoadjuvant therapy, with the exception of neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy for MIUC
* Has severe hypersensitivity to either V940 or pembrolizumab (MK-3475) and/or any of their excipients Perioperative Cohort:
* Has received any prior systemic treatment, cancer vaccine treatment, chemoradiation, and/or radiation therapy treatment for MIBC
* Has severe hypersensitivity to either V940, pembrolizumab, or EV and/or any of their excipients
* Has ongoing sensory or motor neuropathy
* Has active keratitis or corneal ulcerations
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