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Recruiting Phase 2 Interventional

Neoadjuvant PD-1 Blockade in Resectable Merkel Cell Carcinoma

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT05496036

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Brief summary

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The main purpose of this study is to determine the response of Merkel cell carcinoma to pembrolizumab before surgery and to determine whether it further reduces the risk for disease recurrence. Another purpose of this study is to look at the side effects that occur when the experimental drug pembrolizumab is given to people with Merkel cell carcinoma before and after their standard of care surgery to remove the Merkel cell carcinoma.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT05496036
Recruitment status
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Enrollment
15 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Drug

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 12, 2023
Primary completion
Dec 30, 2026
Completion
Sep 29, 2027
Last update posted
Feb 17, 2026

2023 – 2027

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Penn Medicine Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104 Recruiting

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