Clinical trials: open to volunteers, sponsored by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Crohn's Disease
A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Tulisokibart (MK-7240) in Participants With Moderate to Severe Crohn's Disease (MK-7240-008)
The purpose of this protocol is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tulisokibart in participants with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease.
- Trial name
- NCT06430801
- Testing
- IV Tulisokibart, SC Tulisokibart
- Where
- 499 sites in United States, Australia and 45 more
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Breast Neoplasms
A Clinical Study of Patritumab Deruxtecan to Treat Breast Cancer (MK-1022-016)
Researchers are looking for other ways to treat breast cancer (BC) that is hormone receptor-positive and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HR+/HER2-) and either unresectable locally advanced or metastatic.
- Trial name
- NCT07060807
- Testing
- Patritumab deruxtecan, Paclitaxel, Nab-paclitaxel
- Where
- 205 sites in United States, Argentina and 24 more
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis
A Clinical Study of Tulisokibart (MK-7240) to Treat Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis (MK-7240-013)
Researchers are looking for new ways to treat radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA). R-axSpA is a type of arthritis that causes pain, stiffness, and inflammation (swelling) in the spine and joints in the pelvis (hip…
- Trial name
- NCT07133633
- Testing
- Tulisokibart
- Where
- 107 sites in United States, Brazil and 12 more
- Volunteers
- 315 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Colitis Ulcerative, Ulcerative Colitis
A Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of MK-8690 in Participants With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis (MK-8690-002)
The purpose of this protocol is to evaluate the efficacy of MK-8690 in participants with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis.
- Trial name
- NCT07463183
- Testing
- MK-8690
- Where
- 39 sites in United States, Canada and 9 more
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Lipoprotein(a)
A Clinical Trial of MK-7262 and Enlicitide in Participants With High Lipoprotein(a) (MK-7262-004)
Researchers designed a trial medicine called MK-7262 to lower levels of Lp(a) in the blood. Researchers want to learn about giving MK-7262 with another trial medicine called enlicitide (also known as MK-0616 or enlicitide…
- Trial name
- NCT07614984
- Testing
- MK-7262, Enlicitide
- Where
- 76 sites in United States, Canada and 7 more
- Volunteers
- 750 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Malignant Neoplasm
A Study of Belzutifan in Adolescent Participants With Solid Tumors (MK-9999-01E/LIGHTBEAM-U01)
Researchers are looking for new ways to treat adolescents with locally advanced, unresectable, or metastatic solid tumors. Participants were enrolled into pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma (PPGL), wild type gastrointestinal stromal…
- Trial name
- NCT07700758
- Testing
- Belzutifan
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, Belgium and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Diabetic Retinopathy, Macular Edema
A Clinical Trial of MK-8748 Compared to Aflibercept in Participants With Diabetic Macular Edema (MK-8748-004)
Researchers are looking for new ways to treat diabetic macular edema (DME). In this trial, researchers want to learn if a trial medicine called MK-8748 can treat DME.
- Trial name
- NCT07705555
- Testing
- MK-8748, Aflibercept
- Where
- 33 sites in United States, Argentina and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 960 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Diabetic Retinopathy, Macular Edema
A Clinical Trial of MK-8748 Compared to Aflibercept in Participants With Diabetic Macular Edema (MK-8748-005)
Researchers are looking for new ways to treat diabetic macular edema (DME). In this trial, researchers want to learn if a trial medicine called MK-8748 can treat DME.
- Trial name
- NCT07705607
- Testing
- MK-8748, Aflibercept
- Where
- 19 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,104 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Pulmonary Hypertension
A Clinical Study of Sotatercept (MK-7962) in People With Combined Postcapillary and Precapillary Pulmonary Hypertension and Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (MK-7962-041)
Researchers are looking for other ways to treat people with combined postcapillary and precapillary pulmonary hypertension (CpcPH).
- Trial name
- CHORUS (NCT07839585)
- Testing
- Sotatercept
- Volunteers
- 352 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Bladder Cancer, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
A Clinical Study of MK-3120 in People With Bladder Cancer (MK-3120-003)
Researchers are looking for new ways to treat high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (HR NMIBC). NMIBC is cancer in the tissue that lines the inside of the bladder and has not spread to the bladder muscle or outside of the…
- Trial name
- NCT07222488
- Testing
- MK-3120
- Where
- 17 sites in United States, Austria and 10 more
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
A Study of Sotatercept (MK-7962) in People With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) in India (MK-7962-037)
Researchers are looking for other ways to treat people in India with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), also known as Group 1 pulmonary hypertension (PH).
- Trial name
- NCT07600723
- Testing
- Sotatercept, Background PAH Therapy
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Papillomavirus Infections
A Clinical Study of V503 in Chinese Females Who Have Previously Received a Bivalent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine (V503-108)
Researchers want to learn if V503 (also called the 9-valent human papillomavirus [9vHPV] vaccine, recombinant) can induce an immune response to HPV types 6, 11, 16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52, and 58 in Chinese females who previously…
- Trial name
- NCT07785843
- Testing
- V503
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 930 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Hyperlipidemia, Hypercholesterolemia
A Clinical Study of Enlicitide (MK-0616) in Adults With Hyperlipidemia in India (MK-0616-038)
Researchers are looking for new ways to treat high cholesterol. Cholesterol is a type of fat in the blood. Enlicitide (also known as enlicitide decanoate or MK-0616), the study medicine, is in a class of medicines designed to…
- Trial name
- NCT07821944
- Testing
- Enlicitide Decanoate
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Pheochromocytoma/Paraganglioma, Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor
Belzutifan/MK-6482 for the Treatment of Advanced Pheochromocytoma/Paraganglioma (PPGL), Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor (pNET), Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) Disease-Associated Tumors, Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (wt GIST), or Solid Tumors With HIF-2α Related Genetic Alterations (MK-6482-015)
This is a study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of belzutifan monotherapy in participants with advanced pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma (PPGL), pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (pNET), von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease-associated…
- Conditions
- Pheochromocytoma/Paraganglioma, Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor, Von Hippel-Lindau Disease, Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
- Trial name
- NCT04924075
- Testing
- Belzutifan
- Where
- 84 sites in United States, Australia and 20 more
- Volunteers
- 355 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
DLBCL, Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
A Study of Zilovertamab Vedotin (MK-2140) in Combination With Standard of Care in Participants With Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (rrDLBCL) (MK-2140-003)
The purpose of this Phase 2/3, randomized, multisite, open-label, dose confirmation, and expansion study is to evaluate the safety, and efficacy of zilovertamab vedotin (ZV) in combination with standard of care options for the…
- Trial name
- NCT05139017
- Testing
- Zilovertamab vedotin, Rituximab, Gemcitabine
- Where
- 135 sites in United States, Argentina and 24 more
- Volunteers
- 290 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Prostatic Neoplasms, Castration-Resistant
Substudy 01A: Safety and Efficacy of Opevesostat (MK-5684)-Based Treatment Combinations or Opevesostat Alone in Participants With Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC) (MK-5684-01A)
Substudy 01A is part of a larger research study that is testing experimental treatments for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). The larger study is the umbrella study (U01).
- Trial name
- NCT06353386
- Testing
- Opevesostat, Olaparib, Docetaxel
- Where
- 77 sites in United States, Australia and 18 more
- Volunteers
- 220 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Breast Neoplasms, Breast Cancer
Study of Patritumab Deruxtecan With Other Anticancer Agents in Participants With HER2 Positive Breast Cancer That Has Spread and Cannot Be Surgically Removed (MK-1022-009)
Researchers want to learn if patritumab deruxtecan (MK-1022) can treat certain breast cancers. The breast cancers being studied are HER2 positive unresectable locally advanced or metastatic (the cancer has spread to other parts…
- Trial name
- NCT06686394
- Testing
- Patritumab deruxtecan, Trastuzumab, Trastuzumab Biosimilar
- Where
- 18 sites in United States, Canada and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 181 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
A Study to Evaluate Zilovertamab Vedotin (MK-2140) Combination With Rituximab Plus Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, and Prednisone (R-CHP) Versus Rituximab Plus Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, and Prednisone (R-CHOP) in Participants With Previously Untreated DLBCL (MK-2140-010)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate if zilovertamab vedotin with standard treatment can help people live longer without the cancer growing or spreading than people who receive standard treatment alone.
- Trial name
- NCT06717347
- Testing
- Zilovertamab vedotin, Rituximab, Cyclophosphamide
- Where
- 285 sites in United States, Argentina and 33 more
- Volunteers
- 1,046 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Ovarian Cancer Recurrent
A Clinical Study of Raludotatug Deruxtecan in People With Ovarian Cancer (MK-5909-003).
Researchers are looking for other ways to treat high-grade serous and certain other ovarian cancer. High-grade means the cancer cells grow and spread quickly.
- Trial name
- NCT06843447
- Testing
- Raludotatug Deruxtecan, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel
- Where
- 39 sites in United States, Canada and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 605 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Von Hippel-Lindau Disease, Malignant Neoplasms
Extension Study for Participants in Studies That Include Belzutifan (MK-6482-043/LITESPARK-043)
Researchers are looking for new ways to treat advanced solid tumors and von Hippel-Lindau (VHL)-related tumors: Advanced means the cancer has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic) or cannot be removed with surgery Solid…
- Trial name
- NCT07405164
- Testing
- Belzutifan, Nivolumab, Lenvatinib
- Where
- 57 sites in United States, Australia and 20 more
- Volunteers
- 450 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC