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Completed Phase 2 Interventional Results available

Lenvatinib (E7080/MK-7902) in Combination With Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) vs. Standard Chemotherapy and Lenvatinib Monotherapy in Participants With Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma That Progressed After Platinum Therapy and Immunotherapy (MK-7902-009/E7080-G000-228/LEAP-009)

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04428151

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Official title

A Phase 2, Randomized, Open-label Three-arm Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Lenvatinib (E7080/MK-7902) in Combination With Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Versus Standard of Care Chemotherapy and Lenvatinib Monotherapy in Participants With Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (R/M HNSCC) That Have Progressed After Platinum Therapy and Immunotherapy (PD-1/PD-L1 Inhibitors) (LEAP-009)

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT04428151
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Lead sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Industry
Enrollment
408 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

  • Capecitabine Drug
  • Cetuximab Drug
  • Docetaxel Drug
  • Lenvatinib Drug
  • Paclitaxel Drug
  • Pembrolizumab Biological

Drug · Biological

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Aug 5, 2020
Primary completion
May 30, 2024
Completion
Oct 29, 2025
Last update posted
Dec 3, 2025

2020 – 2025

United States locations

U.S. sites
55
U.S. states
31
U.S. cities
50
Facility City State ZIP Site status
City of Hope ( Site 1519) Duarte California 91010
UCLA Hematology/Oncology - Westwood (Building 100) ( Site 1568) Los Angeles California 90095
Yale-New Haven Hospital-Yale Cancer Center ( Site 1505) New Haven Connecticut 06510
Georgetown University Medical Center ( Site 1520) Washington D.C. District of Columbia 20007
UF Health ( Site 1554) Gainesville Florida 32608
Mid Florida Hematology and Oncology Center ( Site 1606) Orange City Florida 32763
Cleveland Clinic Florida ( Site 1596) Weston Florida 33331
Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University ( Site 1575) Augusta Georgia 30912
Northwest Georgia Oncology Centers, a Service of Wellstar Cobb Hospital-Research ( Site 1521) Marietta Georgia 30060
Memorial Health University Medical Center ( Site 1626) Savannah Georgia 31404
Beacon Cancer Care ( Site 1599) Post Falls Idaho 83854
Rush University Medical Center ( Site 1560) Chicago Illinois 60607
NorthShore University HealthSystem - Evanston Hospital ( Site 1614) Evanston Illinois 60201
IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital, Inc.-IU Health Ball Memorial Cancer Center ( Site 1612) Muncie Indiana 47303
University of Iowa ( Site 1572) Iowa City Iowa 52242
University of Kansas Cancer Center ( Site 1538) Westwood Kansas 66205
Norton Hospital-Norton Cancer Institute - Downtown ( Site 1601) Louisville Kentucky 40205
Mercy Health-Paducah Cancer Center ( Site 1623) Paducah Kentucky 42003
Our Lady of the Lake RMC-Clinical Research ( Site 1624) Baton Rouge Louisiana 70808
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Baton Rouge ( Site 1622) Baton Rouge Louisiana 70809
University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center ( Site 1522) Baltimore Maryland 21201
Boston Medical Center ( Site 1605) Boston Massachusetts 02118
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School ( Site 1616) Worcester Massachusetts 01655
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System ( Site 1584) Ann Arbor Michigan 48105
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute ( Site 1566) Detroit Michigan 48201
Henry Ford Health System ( Site 1544) Detroit Michigan 48202
Hattiesburg Clinic ( Site 1515) Hattiesburg Mississippi 39401
Jackson Oncology Associates, PLLC-Clinical Trials ( Site 1625) Jackson Mississippi 39202
Washington University School of Medicine ( Site 1500) St Louis Missouri 63110
St. Vincent Frontier Cancer Center ( Site 1507) Billings Montana 59102
University Of Nebraska Medical Center ( Site 1570) Omaha Nebraska 68105
Oncology Hematology West P.C. dba Nebraska Cancer Specialists ( Site 1627) Omaha Nebraska 68130
John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center ( Site 1555) Hackensack New Jersey 07601
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey ( Site 1523) New Brunswick New Jersey 08901
Perlmutter Cancer Center at Winthrop Oncology Hematology Associates NYU Langone Health ( Site 1597) Mineola New York 11501
Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center ( Site 1582) New York New York 10016
Levine Cancer Institute ( Site 1590) Charlotte North Carolina 28204
Duke Cancer Institute ( Site 1541) Durham North Carolina 27710
University of Cincinnati Medical Center ( Site 1567) Cincinnati Ohio 45219
University Hospital Cleveland ( Site 1578) Cleveland Ohio 44106
Cleveland Clinic Main ( Site 1598) Cleveland Ohio 44195
The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at The Ohio State University Comprehensive C ( Site 1558) Columbus Ohio 43210
Oklahoma Cancer Specialists and Research Institute, LLC ( Site 1508) Tulsa Oklahoma 74146
Gettysburg Cancer Center ( Site 1594) Gettysburg Pennsylvania 17325
Penn State Hershey Medical Center ( Site 1561) Hershey Pennsylvania 17033
Fox Chase Cancer Center ( Site 1502) Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19111
Medical University of South Carolina ( Site 1579) Charleston South Carolina 29425
St Francis Cancer Center-Research Office ( Site 1607) Greenville South Carolina 29607
The Center For Cancer And Blood Disorders ( Site 1569) Fort Worth Texas 76104
Utah Cancer Specialists ( Site 1621) Salt Lake City Utah 84106
Huntsman Cancer Institute ( Site 1532) Salt Lake City Utah 84112
Inova Schar Cancer Institute ( Site 1550) Fairfax Virginia 22031-4867
Hematology Oncology Associates of Fredericksburg ( Site 1537) Fredericksburg Virginia 22408
MultiCare Health System-MultiCare Oncology - Puget Sound ( Site 1609) Tacoma Washington 98405
Medical College of Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center ( Site 1574) Milwaukee Wisconsin 53226

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Non-U.S. locations

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What this page does not do
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