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Active, not recruiting Phase 3 Interventional

Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Plus Chemotherapy Versus Placebo Plus Chemotherapy for HR+/HER2- Locally Recurrent Inoperable or Metastatic Breast Cancer (MK-3475-B49/KEYNOTE-B49)

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04895358

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Official title

A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Phase 3 Study of Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy Versus Placebo Plus Chemotherapy for the Treatment of Chemotherapy-Candidate Hormone Receptor-Positive, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Negative (HR+/HER2-) Locally Recurrent Inoperable or Metastatic Breast Cancer (KEYNOTE-B49)

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT04895358
Recruitment status
Active, not recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Lead sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Industry
Enrollment
340 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

  • capecitabine Drug
  • dextrose Drug
  • liposomal doxorubicin Drug
  • nab-paclitaxel Drug
  • normal saline Drug
  • paclitaxel Drug
  • pembrolizumab Biological

Drug · Biological

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
Jun 17, 2021
Primary completion
Dec 17, 2027
Completion
Dec 17, 2027
Last update posted
Mar 10, 2026

2021 – 2027

United States locations

U.S. sites
41
U.S. states
24
U.S. cities
36
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Alabama at Birmingham-Medicine ( Site 0065) Birmingham Alabama 35294-3300
Arizona Oncology Associates-Arizona Oncology ( Site 0049) Tucson Arizona 85711
Pacific Cancer Care ( Site 0023) Monterey California 93940
UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay ( Site 0043) San Francisco California 94158
Georgetown University Medical Center-Department of Medicine and Oncology ( Site 0026) Washington D.C. District of Columbia 20007
MedStar Washington Hospital Center ( Site 0063) Washington D.C. District of Columbia 20010
Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center ( Site 0013) Jacksonville Florida 32207
Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health, Inc. ( Site 0070) Miami Florida 33176
Miami Cancer Institute - Plantation ( Site 0076) Plantation Florida 33324
University Cancer & Blood Center, LLC ( Site 0032) Athens Georgia 30607
Northwest Georgia Oncology Centers, a Service of Wellstar Cobb Hospital-Research ( Site 0028) Marietta Georgia 30060
University of Illinois at Chicago ( Site 0061) Chicago Illinois 60612
Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare, Elmhurst Hospital-Nancy W. Knowles Cancer Center ( Site 0067) Elmhurst Illinois 60126
Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare, Edward Hospital-Edward Cancer Center ( Site 0066) Naperville Illinois 60540
Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare, Edward Hospital - Plainfield-Edward Cancer Center - Plainfield ( Site 00 Plainfield Illinois 60585
Orchard Healthcare Research Inc. ( Site 0037) Skokie Illinois 60077
Parkview Research Center at Parkview Regional Medical Center ( Site 0071) Fort Wayne Indiana 46845
McFarland Clinic, PC ( Site 0041) Ames Iowa 50010-3014
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Shreveport ( Site 0072) Shreveport Louisiana 71103
CHRISTUS Highland-Oncology Research ( Site 0073) Shreveport Louisiana 71105
New England Cancer Specialists ( Site 0007) Scarborough Maine 04074
Greater Baltimore Medical Center-Medical Oncology/Hematology ( Site 0062) Baltimore Maryland 21204
MFSMC-HJWCI ( Site 0064) Baltimore Maryland 21237
MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital-Oncology Research ( Site 0069) Baltimore Maryland 21239
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Division of Hematology/Oncology ( Site 0052) Worcester Massachusetts 01655
Henry Ford Hospital ( Site 0003) Detroit Michigan 48202
Oncology Hematology West, PC dba Nebraska Cancer Specialists ( Site 0009) Omaha Nebraska 68130
Broome Oncology ( Site 0018) Johnson City New York 13790
Hematology Oncology Associates of Rockland ( Site 0044) Nyack New York 10960
Waverly Hematology Oncology ( Site 0015) Cary North Carolina 27518
Sanford Fargo Medical Center ( Site 0040) Fargo North Dakota 58102
Providence Portland Medical Center ( Site 0038) Portland Oregon 97213
Oregon Health and Science University ( Site 0031) Portland Oregon 97239-3011
St Francis Cancer Center ( Site 0058) Greenville South Carolina 29607
Sanford Cancer Center ( Site 0021) Sioux Falls South Dakota 57104
University of Tennessee Medical Center ( Site 0039) Knoxville Tennessee 37920
Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center-Oncology Research ( Site 0020) Midlothian Virginia 23114
Kadlec Clinic Hematology and Oncology ( Site 0055) Kennewick Washington 99336
Medical Oncology Associates, PS ( Site 0010) Spokane Washington 99208
Northwest Medical Specialties, PLLC ( Site 0008) Tacoma Washington 98405
North Star Lodge ( Site 0035) Yakima Washington 98902

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Non-U.S. locations

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