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CompletedNCT05156268Updated Apr 27, 2026

A Study of Pembrolizumab and Olaparib in People With Endometrial Cancer or Endometrial Carcinosarcoma

A Phase 2 interventional study of Pembrolizumab and Olaparib in Endometrial Carcinosarcoma, sponsored by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Completed at 6 sites in United States. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-04-27.

Sponsored by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
26
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to find out whether the combination of pembrolizumab and olaparib is an effective treatment for people with persistent or recurrent endometrial cancer or endometrial carcinosarcoma. The researchers will also look at the safety of the drug combination and whether it causes few or mild side effects in participants.

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Conditions studied

  • Endometrial Carcinosarcoma

Keywords

  • Pembrolizumab
  • Olaparib
  • Endometrial Carcinosarcoma Recurrent
  • Endometrial Carcinosarcoma Persistent
  • 21-447
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In context

Lead sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is the lead sponsor of 1,930 studies on the registry; 328 are open to participants now.

Of its 129 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 66 (51%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Histologically confirmed persistent/recurrent endometrial carcinomas. Patients with the following types of endometrial cancer are eligible:

    1. Serous endometrial cancer (p53 IHC must be confirmed to be aberrant, aberrant p53 expression is consistent with mutant TP53)
    2. Carcinosarcoma of the endometrium NOTE: For this study, a histological diagnosis of carcinosarcoma must include identifying high grade malignant epithelial and mesenchymal components. The epithelial element must include serous, grade 3 endometrioid, and/or undifferentiated carcinoma (p53 IHC must be confirmed to be aberrant in the high-grade epithelial component, aberrant p53 expression is consistent with mutant TP53). If the epithelial component is grade 3 endometrioid and/or undifferentiated carcinoma, MMR IHC must show retained expression. Patients with known MSI-H tumors are not eligible. Patients with tumors that have known POLE hotspot mutations are not eligible. The mesenchymal component can be homologous or heterologous.
    3. Grade 3 Endometrioid and/or undifferentiated carcinoma (p53 IHC must be confirmed to be aberrant, aberrant p53 expression is consistent with mutant TP53; MMR IHC must show retained expression. Patients with known MSI-H tumors are not eligible. Patients with tumors that have known POLE hotspot mutations are not eligible).
  • Patients must have had at least one but no more than three prior regimens for management of endometrial carcinoma (including neoadjuvant/adjuvant chemotherapy).
  • Patients must have had at least one but no more than three prior regimens for management of endometrial carcinoma (including neoadjuvant/adjuvant chemotherapy).

    • Chemotherapy administered in conjunction with primary radiation as a radio-sensitizer WILL be counted as a systemic chemotherapy regimen.
    • All chemotherapy must have been completed at least 3 weeks prior to the start of study therapy.
    • Hormonal Therapy will NOT count as prior treatment line.
    • All hormonal therapy for treatment of endometrial cancer must be discontinued at least one week prior to start of study therapy.
  • Have measurable disease based on RECIST 1.1.
  • Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1.
  • Have adequate laboratory values as defined in the following table:

    °Hematologic

  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1500/μL
  • Hemoglobin ≥10.0 g/dL

    °Renal

  • Creatinine clearance (CrCL) or estimated Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) CrCL of ≥51 mL/minute estimated using either the Cockcroft-Gault equation, a 24 hour urine test or another validated test as per local practice (e.g., estimated GFR). Estimated CrCL =(140-age [years]) × weight (kg) × 0.85 (140-age [years]) × weight (kg) × 0.85 serum creatinine (mg/dL) × 72

    °Hepatic

  • Total bilirubin ≤1.5 ×ULN (patients with known Gilbert's disease who have bilirubin level ≤ 3 x ULN may be enrolled)
  • AST and ALT ≤3 × ULN (≤5 × ULN for participants with liver metastases)
  • TSH TSH within normal limits. If TSH is not within normal range despite no symptoms of thyroid dysfunction, normal free T4 level is required.
  • Age ≥ 18
  • A female participant is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant, not breastfeeding, and at least one of the following conditions applies:

    • Not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP) OR A WOCBP who agrees to follow the contraceptive guidance
    • For WOCBP: negative urine or serum pregnancy test is required
  • HIV-infected patients on effective anti-retroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months of registration are eligible for this trial.
  • Patients with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen are eligible for this trial.
  • The participant provides written informed consent for the trial.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-, anti-PD-L1 or anti-CTLA-4 agent.
  2. Has received prior PARP inhibitor to include but not limited to olaparib, rucaparib, niraparib, talozaporib.
  3. Has received prior lenvatinib or other VEGF TKI therapy to include but not limited to lucitinib, cederinib and cabozantonib in combination with anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 therapy.
  4. Has participated in a study of an investigational agent and received cancer directed study therapy within 4 weeks prior to start of study treatment.
  5. Has received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study treatment.
  6. Has received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study drugs. Examples of live vaccines include, but are not limited to, the following: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella/zoster (chicken pox), yellow fever, rabies, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), and typhoid vaccine. Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally killed virus vaccines and are allowed; however, intranasal influenza vaccines (eg, FluMist®) are live attenuated vaccines and are not allowed.
  7. Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study drugs.

    • Steroids as CT scan contrast premedication is allowed
    • The use of inhaled or topical corticosteroids is allowed
    • The use of mineralocorticoids (e.g., fludrocortisone) for patients with orthostatic hypotension or adrenocortical insufficiency is allowed.
  8. Patients with treated brain metastases are eligible if follow-up brain imaging after CNS-directed therapy shows no evidence of progression, and they have been off steroids for at least 4 weeks prior to start of study treatment and remain clinically stable.
  9. Has severe hypersensitivity to pembrolizumab and/or olaparib.
  10. Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years (i.e.,with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment.
  11. Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or has current pneumonitis.
  12. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to: ongoing or active infection (except for uncomplicated urinary tract infection), interstitial lung disease or active, noninfectious pneumonitis, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  13. Known clinically significant liver disease, including active viral, alcoholic, or other hepatitis; and cirrhosis.

    • For patients with evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the HBV viral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy, if indicated.
    • Patients with a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must have been treated and cured. For patients with HCV infection who are currently on treatment, they are eligible if they have an undetectable HCV viral load.
  14. Patients unable to swallow orally administered medication and patients with gastrointestinal disorders likely to interfere with absorption of the study medication.
  15. Patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)/acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or with features suggestive of MDS/AML.
  16. Patients currently receiving either strong (eg, itraconazole, telithromycin, clarithromycin, protease inhibitors boosted with ritonavir or cobicistat, indinavir, saquinavir, nelfinavir, boceprevir, telaprevir) or moderate (e.g. ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, diltiazem, fluconazole, verapamil) inhibitors of cytochrome P450 (CYP)3A4 that cannot be discontinued for the duration of the study. The required washout period prior to starting olaparib is 2 weeks.
  17. Participant is currently receiving either strong (phenobarbital, enzalutamide, phenytoin, rifampicin, rifabutin, rifapentine, carbamazepine, nevirapine and St John's Wort) or moderate (e.g. bosentan, efavirenz, modafinil) inducers of CYP3A4 that cannot be discontinued for the duration of the study. The required washout period prior to starting olaparib is 5 weeks for phenobarbital and 3 weeks for other agents.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
26 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Pembrolizumab with Olaparib

    Eligible patients will receive olaparib in combination with pembrolizumab. Olaparib will be administered orally at 300 mg every 12 hours. Pembrolizumab will be administered intravenously (IV) at 200mg every 3 weeks.

    Drug: Pembrolizumab · Drug: Olaparib

Interventions

  • DrugPembrolizumab

    Pembrolizumab will be administered intravenously (IV) at 200mg every 3 weeks.

  • DrugOlaparib

    Olaparib will be administered orally at 300 mg every 12 hours.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Overall response rate (ORR)

    per RECIST 1.1.

    Time frame: 24 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Frequency of AE's during therapy

    AE's based on CTCAE 5.0

    Time frame: 2 years

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Study locations

6 sites
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Basking Ridge
    Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920, United States
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth
    Middletown, New Jersey 07748, United States
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen
    Montvale, New Jersey 07645, United States
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk-Commack
    Commack, New York 11725, United States
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester
    Harrison, New York 10604, United States
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    New York, New York 10065, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center supports the international committee of medical journal editors (ICMJE) and the ethical obligation of responsible sharing of data from clinical trials. The protocol summary, a statistical summary, and informed consent form will be made available on clinicaltrials.gov when required as a condition of Federal awards, other agreements supporting the research and/or as otherwise required. Requests for deidentified individual participant data can be made beginning 12 months after publication and for up to 36 months post publication. Deidentified individual participant data reported in the manuscript will be shared under the terms of a Data Use Agreement and may only be used for approved proposals. Requests may be made to: crdatashare@mskcc.org.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 27, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05156268
Lead sponsor
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Collaborators
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 14, 2021
Start date
Jan 27, 2022
Primary completion
Apr 24, 2026
Completion
Apr 24, 2026
Last update
Apr 27, 2026

Study contacts

Maria Rubinstein, MD
principal investigator · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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