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A trial looking at pembrolizumab for people with liver cancer (KEYNOTE-937)

Overview

Cancer types:

Liver cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial is for people with cancer that started in the liver (primary liver cancer). It is for people who have had one of the following treatments to remove the cancer:

  • surgery

  • heat directly to the tumour (tumour ablation) such as radiofrequency ablation or microwave ablation

Recruitment start: 22 July 2019

Recruitment end: 8 July 2022

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Daniel Palmer

Supported by

Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd

Last reviewed: 11 Aug 2022

CRUK internal database number: 16404

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