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A trial of pembrolizumab and rituximab for Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia (PembroWM)

Overview

Cancer types:

Blood cancers, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial looked at pembrolizumab and rituximab for Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinaemia (WM). It was for people whose WM had come back after treatment or treatment had stopped working.

The trial was open for people to join between 2019 and 2022. The team published the results in 2024.

Recruitment start: 6 September 2019

Recruitment end: 18 February 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

Dr Jaimal Kothari

Supported by

CRUK & UCL Cancer Trials Centre

Merck, Sharp & Dohme LLC

University College London (UCL)

Last reviewed: 14 March 2025

CRUK internal database number: 15620

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