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Safety and Efficacy of Pembrolizumab Compared to Placebo in Resected High-risk Stage II Melanoma (MK-3475-716/KEYNOTE-716)

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03553836

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Official title

Adjuvant Therapy With Pembrolizumab Versus Placebo in Resected High-risk Stage II Melanoma: A Randomized, Double-blind Phase 3 Study (KEYNOTE-716)

Brief summary

Reproduced verbatim from the official ClinicalTrials.gov record. Not medical advice.

This 2-part study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) compared to placebo in participants with surgically resected high-risk Stage II melanoma. Participants in Part 1 will receive either pembrolizumab or placebo in a double-blind design every 3 weeks (Q3W) for up to 17 cycles/\~1 year (each cycle = 21 days). Participants who complete the initial treatment of 17 cycles of pembrolizumab in Part 1 and experience disease recurrence may be eligible for re-challenge with pembrolizumab at the same dose and schedule of 200 mg Q3W (21-day cycles) for up to 35 cycles (up to \~2 years) in Part 2 in an open label design. Participants who complete the initial treatment of placebo and experience disease recurrence may be eligible to switch over to pembrolizumab 200 mg Q3W (21-day cycles) for up to 35 cycles (up to \~2 years) in Part 2 in an open label design. The primary hypothesis of this study is that pembrolizumab increases recurrence-free survival (RFS) compared to placebo. Per protocol, response/ progression or adverse events (AEs) during re-challenge/switch-over in Part 2 will not be counted towards the RFS outcome measure or safety outcome measures respectively.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT03553836
Recruitment status
Active, not recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Lead sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Industry
Enrollment
976 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Biological · Other

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
12 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
Sep 11, 2018
Primary completion
Jun 20, 2021
Completion
Oct 11, 2033
Last update posted
Nov 28, 2024

2018 – 2033

United States locations

U.S. sites
39
U.S. states
23
U.S. cities
31
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Arizona Cancer Center ( Site 0121) Tucson Arizona 85719
UCSD Moores Cancer Center ( Site 0133) La Jolla California 92037
The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute ( Site 0029) Los Angeles California 90025
UCLA Hematology & Oncology ( Site 0130) Los Angeles California 90095
John Wayne Cancer Institute ( Site 0026) Santa Monica California 90404
University of Colorado Cancer Center ( Site 0027) Aurora Colorado 80045
Yale University ( Site 0035) New Haven Connecticut 06511
Mayo Clinic Florida ( Site 0024) Jacksonville Florida 32224
Moffitt McKinley Outpatient Center ( Site 0131) Tampa Florida 33612
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University ( Site 0046) Atlanta Georgia 30322-1013
Northside Hospital ( Site 0115) Atlanta Georgia 30341
Northwestern Medical Group ( Site 0135) Chicago Illinois 60611
The University of Chicago Medical Center ( Site 0007) Chicago Illinois 60637
Advocate Medical Group-Park Ridge ( Site 0025) Park Ridge Illinois 60068
University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics ( Site 0001) Iowa City Iowa 52242
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins ( Site 0047) Baltimore Maryland 21287
Massachusetts General Hospital ( Site 0126) Boston Massachusetts 02114
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ( Site 0141) Boston Massachusetts 02215
Dana Farber Cancer Institute ( Site 0124) Boston Massachusetts 02215
Karmanos Cancer Institute ( Site 0111) Detroit Michigan 48201
Mayo Clinic [Rochester, MN] ( Site 0016) Rochester Minnesota 55905
Siteman Cancer Center ( Site 0143) St Louis Missouri 63110
Memorial Sloan Kettering ( Site 0006) Harrison New York 10604
Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center ( Site 0137) New York New York 10016
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ( Site 0142) New York New York 10022
Mount Sinai Medical Center ( Site 0038) New York New York 10029
University of Rochester ( Site 0019) Rochester New York 14642
The Lindner Center for Research and Education at The Christ Hospital ( Site 0004) Cincinnati Ohio 45219
Stephenson Cancer Center ( Site 0042) Oklahoma City Oklahoma 73104
Oregon Health & Science University ( Site 0032) Portland Oregon 97239
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh UPMC ( Site 0144) Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15224
UPMC Hillman Cancer Centers ( Site 0043) Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15232
West Cancer Center - East Campus ( Site 0022) Germantown Tennessee 38138
University of Tennessee Medical Center Knoxville ( Site 0116) Knoxville Tennessee 37920
University of Texas-MD Anderson Cancer Center ( Site 0134) Houston Texas 77030
Inova Schar Cancer Institute ( Site 0014) Fairfax Virginia 22031
VCU Massey Cancer Center ( Site 0008) Richmond Virginia 23298
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance ( Site 0044) Seattle Washington 98109
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics ( Site 0030) Madison Wisconsin 53792

Site contact phone numbers, emails, and investigator names are intentionally not displayed here. Open the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for site contact information.

Non-U.S. locations

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About this trial record page

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