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Optimal Sequencing of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) and Standard Platinum-based Chemotherapy in First-Line NSCLC

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02591615

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Official title

Randomized Phase II Trial Evaluating the Optimal Sequencing of PD-1 Inhibition With Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) and Standard Platinum-based Chemotherapy in Patients With Chemotherapy Naive Stage IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Brief summary

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This is a multicenter randomized phase II to determine if the administration of standard platinum-based chemotherapy before MK-3475 in with Chemotherapy naive stage IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) will improve the overall response rate (ORR) compared to MK-3475 administered before chemotherapy. Patients will be given Pembrolizumab as maintenance up to 2 years: Carboplatin and paclitaxel or pemetrexed every 3 weeks x 4 cycles followed by pembrolizumab every 3 weeks for up to 2 years. Pembrolizumab every 3 weeks x 4 cycles followed by carboplatin and paclitaxel or pemetrexed every 3 weeks x 4 cycles followed by pembrolizumab every 3 weeks for up to 2 years.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02591615
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Enrollment
91 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Feb 29, 2016
Primary completion
Jan 3, 2019
Completion
Jul 3, 2020
Last update posted
Dec 27, 2022

2016 – 2020

United States locations

U.S. sites
11
U.S. states
9
U.S. cities
11
Facility City State ZIP Site status
UCSD Moores Cancer Center La Jolla California 92093
The University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago Illinois 60637
NorthShore University HealthSystem Evanston Illinois 60201
Medical Oncology & Hematology Associates Des Moines Iowa 50309
EMMC Cancer Care Brewer Maine 04412
Metro MN Community Oncology Research Consortium Minneapolis Minnesota 55416
NH Oncology (Concord) Concord New Hampshire 03301
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon New Hampshire 03756
SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse New York 13210
The Ohio State University Columbus Ohio 43210
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Stephenson Cancer Center Oklahoma City Oklahoma 73104

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