Clinical Trial Finder

Inclusion Criteria:

The main inclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:

• - Has unresectable and histologically confirmed Stage III or IV cutaneous melanoma per American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Eighth Edition guidelines.

• - Has been untreated for melanoma except if participant received prior adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy with targeted therapy or immunotherapy (such as anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein [CTLA-4], anti-programmed cell death 1 protein [PD-1] therapy or interferon), and only if relapse did not occur within 12 months after treatment discontinuation.

• - Have documentation of serine/threonine-protein kinase B-raf (BRAF) V600-activating mutation status or had BRAF V600 mutation testing per local institutional standards during the screening period (participants with BRAF mutation positive melanoma as well as BRAF wild-type or unknown are eligible).

• - Have the presence of at least 1 measurable lesion by computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) per Response Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) as determined by the local site investigator/radiology assessment.

• - Provides tumor tissue (preferably from a metastatic site and, if not available, from the primary tumor) that is suitable for next generation sequencing and biomarker analysis as required for this study.

• - Participants with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) must have well controlled HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART).

• - Participants who are hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive are eligible if they have received hepatitis B virus (HBV) antiviral therapy for at least 4 weeks, and have undetectable HBV viral load prior to randomization.

• - Participants with history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable at screening.

Exclusion Criteria:

The main exclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:

• - Has clinically significant heart failure, defined as New York Heart Association class III or IV, within the past 6 months, unless the disease is well controlled in the opinion of the investigator.

• - HIV-infected participants with a history of Kaposi's sarcoma and/or Multicentric Castleman's Disease.

• - Has ocular or mucosal melanoma.

• - Received transfusion of blood products (including platelets or red blood cells) or administration of colony-stimulating factors (including granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor, or recombinant erythropoietin) within 2 weeks of the Screening blood sample (including the blood sample for V940 generation).

• - 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 coinhibitory T-cell receptor (eg, CTLA-4, lymphocyte activation gene 3 [LAG-3], tumor necrosis factor receptors [OX-40 or CD137]), with some exceptions.

• - Received prior systemic anticancer therapy for melanoma before randomization, with some exceptions.

• - Received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study intervention or has ongoing radiation related toxicities.

• - Received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention.

• - Received prior treatment with another universal or personalized cancer vaccine.

Arms

Experimental: V940 + Pembrolizumab

Participants will receive 1 mg of V940 via intramuscular (IM) injection every 3 weeks (q3w) for up to 9 doses (up to approximately 27 weeks) plus 400 mg of pembrolizumab via intravenous (IV) infusion every 6 weeks (q6w) for up to 17 doses, or for a total treatment duration of up to approximately 2 years, or until disease progression or discontinuation.

Active Comparator: Placebo + Pembrolizumab

Participants will receive placebo via IM injection q3w for up to 9 doses (up to approximately 27 weeks) plus 400 mg of pembrolizumab via IV infusion q6w for up to 17 doses, or for a total treatment duration of up to approximately 2 years, or until disease progression or discontinuation.

Interventions

Biological: - V940

IM injection

Biological: - Pembrolizumab

IV infusion

Other: - Placebo

IM injection