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A trial looking at pembrolizumab (MK3475) for advanced melanoma

Overview

Cancer types:

Melanoma, Secondary cancers, Skin cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial looked at a drug called pembrolizumab for melanoma that couldn’t be removed with surgery or that had spread to another part of the body. The trial was open to people with advanced melanoma who hadn’t had a drug called ipilimumab.

Recruitment start: 4 September 2013

Recruitment end: 31 January 2014

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

Dr James Larkin

Supported by

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd

Last reviewed: 4 August 2016

CRUK internal database number: 11476

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