Neoadjuvant PD-1 Blockade in Patients with Stage IIB/C Melanoma
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Brief summary
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The main purpose of this study is to determine the rate of positive sentinel lymph nodes (i.e. the closest draining lymph node(s) to the primary melanoma site) and to test whether treatment with pembrolizumab before surgery to remove melanoma reduces the rate of positive sentinel lymph nodes in patients with Stage IIB/C melanoma. Subjects with stage II melanoma will receive one dose of pembrolizumab 200 mg, then undergo standard definitive surgery with wide excision and sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy approximately 3 weeks after the initial dose of pembrolizumab. Post-operatively, subjects will receive up to 1 year of adjuvant pembrolizumab 200 mg every 3 weeks.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03757689
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 63 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Pembrolizumab Drug
- Wide Excision and Sentinel Lymph Node (SLN) Biopsy Procedure
Drug · Procedure
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
- May 5, 2019
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2024
- Completion
- Jan 31, 2027
- Last update posted
- Feb 10, 2025
2019 – 2027
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 3
- U.S. states
- 3
- U.S. cities
- 3
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Louisville | Louisville | Kentucky | 40202 | — |
| Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19104 | — |
| The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Feb 10, 2025 · Synced Sep 7, 2026
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