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A trial of pembrolizumab for triple negative breast cancer (KEYNOTE 086)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial is looking at pembrolizumab to treat triple negative breast cancer. If breast cancer doesn’t have receptors for the hormones oestrogen or progesterone, or for the protein HER2, it is called triple negative breast cancer.

The trial is for people whose cancer has spread to another part of their body.

Recruitment start: 1 October 2015

Recruitment end: 30 November 2016

How to join

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

Chief investigators

Professor Peter Schmid

Supported by

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd

Last reviewed: 11 Sept 2016

CRUK internal database number: 13431

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