Overview

MK-8294, the study medicine, is a type of targeted therapy designed to treat certain solid tumors. The main goals of this study are to learn about the safety of MK-8294 and if people can tolerate it and find the highest dose level of MK-8294 that people can tolerate.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

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

• Has histologically or cytologically confirmed advanced/metastatic solid tumor; including head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, cervical squamous cell carcinoma, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, breast cancer (triple negative breast cancer, Estrogen Receptor [ER]/progesterone receptor +, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative [HER2-]), endometrial, and bladder cancer by pathology report and have received, or been intolerant to/failed, all treatment known to confer clinical benefit
• Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected participants 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
• Participants with history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable

Exclusion Criteria:

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

• HIV-infected participants with a history of Kaposi's sarcoma and/or Multicentric Castleman's Disease
• Has a history of New Yok Heart Association Class II or greater heart failure
• Has received any prior immunotherapy and was discontinued from that treatment due to a Grade 3 or higher immune-related Adverse Event (irAE) (except endocrine disorders that can be treated with replacement therapy) or was discontinued from that treatment due to Grade 2 myocarditis or recurrent Grade 2 pneumonitis
• Has ongoing radiation-related toxicities, requiring corticosteroids
• Has known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 2 years
• Has known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis
• Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years except replacement therapy (eg, thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid)
• Has history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids or has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease
• Has active infection requiring systemic therapy
• Has history of stem cell/solid organ transplant
• Has not adequately recovered from major surgery or have ongoing surgical complications