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Criteria

Subjects must fulfill all the following inclusion criteria relevant to their tumor type to be eligible for participation in the study:

Inclusion Criteria

Malignant Melanoma

Histopathologically confirmed diagnosis of advanced, unresectable or metastatic malignant melanoma.
Subjects may have received no more than 3 previous lines of systemic anti-cancer therapy for advanced disease.
Subjects must have progressed on treatment with an anti-PD1/Ligand 1 (L1) monoclonal antibody (mAb) administered either as monotherapy, or in combination with other checkpoint inhibitors or other therapies. PD-1 treatment progression as defined by meeting all of the following criteria:
Has at least six weeks of anti PD-1/L1 exposure with an approved anti-PD-1/L1 mAb.
Has a best objective response (according to RECIST) of PD or SD < 6 months. If RECIST not performed, must be determined to have clinical progression within 6 months of initial treatment with anti-PD1 / PD-L1.

Ovarian Cancer

Histologically proven diagnosis of high grade serous, high grade endometroid or clear cell ovarian cancer, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal carcinoma.
Platinum refractory disease, defined as PD during the administration period of first-line platinum-based chemotherapy. Platinum resistant disease defined as PD within 6 months (182 days) after last receipt of first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.
Subjects may have received up to 3 previous lines of systemic anti-cancer therapy for advanced disease.
Ovarian cancer patients must be tested for the MSI phenotype. If subjects have high microsatellite instability (MSI-H) or mismatch-repair deficiency (dMMR) phenotype they must have been previously treated with anti-PD1 and demonstrated either PD or disease stabilization, for less than 6 months as best response.

Pancreatic Cancer

Histologically confirmed (previously obtained biopsied) metastatic or locally advanced unresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma or pancreatic adenocarcinoma that is recurrent after resection, including with intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm.
Subjects must have previously received and progressed on FOLFIRINOX or a gemcitabine-based regimen for their pancreatic cancer.
Subjects may have received no more than 2 previous lines of therapy for advanced/metastatic disease.
Pancreatic cancer patients must be tested for the MSI phenotype. If subjects have high microsatellite instability (MSI-H) or mismatch-repair deficiency (dMMR) phenotype they must have been previously treated with anti-PD1 and demonstrated either PD or disease stabilization for less than 6 months as best response.

Basket Study:

The first 10 subjects for each indication must be ETBR+.
Subjects must have progressed on at least one standard of care therapy and must not have received more than 3 prior systemic therapies.

SCC of the Head and Neck

Histologically confirmed metastatic SCC of the head and neck.
Subjects must have progressed on treatment with an anti-PD1/Ligand 1 (L1) monoclonal antibody (mAb) administered either as monotherapy, or in combination with other checkpoint inhibitors or other therapies. PD-1 treatment progression as defined by meeting all of the following criteria:
Has at least six weeks of anti PD-1/L1 exposure with an approved anti-PD-1/L1 mAb.
Has a best objective response (according to RECIST) of PD or SD < 6 months
If RECIST not performed, must be determined to have clinical progression within 6 months of initial treatment with anti-PD1 / PD-L1.

Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Histologically proven diagnosis of metastatic TNBC
TNBC subjects must be tested for PD-L1 expression. For CPS >10, Subjects must have progressed on treatment with an anti-PD1/Ligand 1 (L1) monoclonal antibody (mAb) administered either as monotherapy, or in combination with other checkpoint inhibitors or other therapies. PD-1 treatment progression as defined by meeting all of the following criteria:

Has at least six weeks of anti PD-1/L1 exposure with an approved anti-PD-1/L1 mAb.

Has a best objective response (according to RECIST) of PD or SD < 6 months. If RECIST not performed, must be determined to have clinical progression within 6 months of initial treatment with anti-PD1 / PD-L1.

All Subjects:

Be willing and able to provide written informed consent for the trial.
Be ≥18 years of age on day of signing informed consent.
Has a life expectancy of >3 months.
Must have confirmed slides or a tumor block available prior to dosing.
Fresh biopsies for ETBR and biomarker analysis are preferred for all subjects, especially those that have superficial (cutaneous or subcutaneous e.g. lymph nodes) primary or metastatic lesions. If obtaining a fresh biopsy is not possible, subjects must have archival tumor tissue obtained within 24 months of Screening and that is suitable for performing IHC and biomarker analyses.
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0 or 1.
A female subject 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), where a WOCBP is defined as:
Not surgically sterile i.e. bilateral tubal ligation, bilateral oophorectomy, or complete hysterectomy, or
Not post-menopausal, defined as amenorrhea for ≥ 2 years without an alternative medical cause.

Note: Women with amenorrhea for < 2 years and who are not surgically sterile i.e. tubal ligation, bilateral oophorectomy, or complete hysterectomy will only be considered not to be of reproductive potential if they have a documented follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) value in the postmenopausal range.

A WOCBP who agrees to follow contraceptive guidance from the date of informed consent and for at least 150 days after the last dose of study treatment.
A male subject must agree to use contraception from the date of informed consent and for at least 120 days after the last dose of study treatment AND must refrain from donating sperm during this period.
Has measurable disease per RECIST Version 1.1, defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured by CT scan or MRI. Minimum measurement must be ≥10 mm as assessed by the Investigator. Lesions situated in a previously irradiated area are considered measurable if progression has been demonstrated in such lesions.
Has adequate organ function, as defined in table below. Specimens must be collected within 3 days prior to the start of study treatment.

System Laboratory Value Hematological

Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1500/µL or ≥1500/mm3
Platelets ≥100 000/µL or ≥100 000/mm3 Hemoglobin ≥90.0 g/L or ≥5.6 mmol/L1 Renal
Creatinine OR
Measured or calculated2 creatinine clearance (GFR can also be used in place of creatinine or CrCl) ≤1.5 ×ULN OR ≥60 mL/min for subject with creatinine levels >1.5 × institutional ULN

Hepatic

Total bilirubin ≤1.5 ×ULN OR direct bilirubin ≤ULN for subjects with total bilirubin levels >1.5 × ULN
AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) ≤2.5 × ULN (≤5 × ULN for subjects with liver metastases)

Coagulation

International normalized ratio (INR) OR prothrombin time (PT)
Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) ≤1.5 × ULN unless subject is receiving anticoagulant therapy provided PT or aPTT is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants
ALT (SGPT) = alanine aminotransferase (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase); AST (SGOT) = aspartate aminotransferase (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase);

GFR = glomerular filtration rate; ULN = upper limit of normal.

Criteria must be met without erythropoietin dependency and without packed red blood cell (pRBC) transfusion within last 2 weeks.
Creatinine clearance (CrCl) will be calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault equation.

Capable of understanding and complying with protocol requirements.

Exclusion Criteria

Subjects will be excluded if they fulfill any of the following exclusion criteria:

Pregnancy Exclusion

A WOCBP who has a positive urine pregnancy test (e.g. within 72 hours) prior to treatment. If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a negative serum pregnancy test will be required.
Is breastfeeding or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study, from the day date of informed consent through to 150 days after the last dose of study treatment for females, and 120 days after the last dose of study treatment for males.

Prior/Concomitant Therapy

Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti PD L2 agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or co-inhibitory T-cell receptor (e.g., CTLA-4, OX 40, CD137) and was discontinued from that treatment due to a Grade 3 or higher immune-related adverse event (irAE).
Has received prior systemic anti-cancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter, prior to treatment.

Note: Subjects must have recovered from all AEs due to previous therapies to ≤Grade 1 severity or baseline. Subjects with ≤Grade 2 neuropathy may be eligible at Investigator's discretion. Subjects with endocrine-related AEs Grade ≤2 requiring treatment or hormone replacement may be eligible.

Note: If subject received major surgery, they must have recovered adequately from the toxicity and/or complications from the surgery prior to starting study treatment, as determined by the Investigator.

Has received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study treatment or have had a history of radiation pneumonitis. Note: Subjects must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicities, and not require corticosteroids. A 1-week washout is permitted for palliative radiation (≤2 weeks of radiotherapy) to non-central nervous system (CNS) disease.
Has received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study drug. 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 (e.g., FluMist®) are live attenuated vaccines and are not allowed.

Prior/Concurrent Clinical Study Experience

Is currently participating in or has participated in a study of an investigational agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment.

Note: Subjects who have entered the follow-up phase of an investigational study may participate provided it has been 4 weeks after the last dose of the previous investigational agent.

Diagnostic Assessments

Average Fridericia-corrected QT interval (QTcF) >460 msec for males and QTcF >480 msec for females as measured by electrocardiogram (ECG) at Screening.
A family history of congenital long QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome or unexplained sudden cardiac death.
Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in doses exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior the first dose of study drug.
Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 3 years.

Note: Subjects with basal cell carcinoma of the skin, SCC of the skin, or carcinoma in situ, excluding carcinoma in situ of the bladder, that have undergone potentially curative therapy are not excluded.

Has known active CNS metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. Subjects with previously treated brain metastases may participate provided they are radiologically stable, i.e., without evidence of progression for at least 4 weeks by repeat imaging (note that the repeat imaging should be performed during study screening), clinically stable and without requirement of steroid treatment for at least 14 days prior to first dose of study treatment.
Has severe hypersensitivity (≥ Grade 3) to pembrolizumab and/or any of its excipients.
Has severe hypersensitivity (≥ Grade 3) to ENB-003 and/or any of its excipients
Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in 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) is not considered a form of systemic treatment and is allowed.
Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or has current pneumonitis.
Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.
Subjects with known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), active HBV or active HCV infections. Subjects who are HBsAg positive are eligible if they have received HBV antiviral therapy for at least 4 weeks and have undetectable HBV viral load prior to starting treatment (Note: Subjects should remain on HBV antiviral therapy throughout the study and follow local guidelines for HBV anti-viral therapy post completion of the study intervention).

Subjects with a history of HCV infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable at screening (Note: must have completed curative anti-viral therapy at least 4 weeks prior to starting treatment).

Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality, or other circumstance that might confound the results of the study or interfere with the subject's participation for the full duration of the study, such that it is not in the best interest of the subject to participate, in the opinion of the treating Investigator.
Has a known psychiatric or substance abuse disorder that would interfere with the subject's ability to cooperate with the requirements of the study.
History of myocardial infarction ≤ 6 months prior to Screening, or uncontrolled congestive heart failure or uncontrolled atrial fibrillation or uncontrolled ventricular arrythmia.
Has a history of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension or Renovascular Hypertension
Blood pressure ≥ (greater than or equal to)150/90 mm Hg.

Other Exclusions

Has had an allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant.
Has previously participated in this protocol [ENB-003-101 (MK3475-951)] i.e. a subject previously enrolled in Part A cannot participate in Part B.