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Clinical Trials Using Pembrolizumab

Review the clinical trials studying pembrolizumab on this list and use the filters to refine the results by age and location. Some clinical trials are held at NCI-Designated Cancer Centers and may be supported by other organizations.

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Trials 1-25 of 437

Shorter Chemo-Immunotherapy Without Anthracycline Drugs for Early Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Status: Active
Location: 952 locations
Pembrolizumab versus Observation in Patients with Early Stage Triple-Negative Breast Cancer who had a Pathologic Complete Response after Chemotherapy plus Pembrolizumab, OptimICE-PCR Trial
Status: Active
Location: 802 locations
Testing the Addition of a Type of Drug Called Immunotherapy to the Usual Chemotherapy Treatment for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, an ALCHEMIST Treatment Trial (Chemo-IO [ACCIO])
Status: Active
Location: 1051 locations
Comparing the Outcome of Immunotherapy-Based Drug Combination Therapy with or without Surgery to Remove the Kidney in Metastatic Kidney Cancer, the PROBE Trial
Status: Active
Location: 443 locations
Testing the Addition of the Anti-Cancer Drug Tivozanib to Immunotherapy (Pembrolizumab) after Surgery to Remove all Known Sites of Kidney Cancer
Status: Active
Location: 393 locations
Comparing Impact of Treatment Before or After Surgery in Patients with Stage II-IIIB Resectable Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Status: Active
Location: 350 locations
Chemotherapy Combined with Immunotherapy versus Immunotherapy alone for Older Adults with Stage IIIB-IV Lung Cancer, The ACHIEVE Trial
Status: Active
Location: 306 locations
Testing the Addition of Stereotactic Radiation Therapy with Immune Therapy for the Treatment of Patients with Unresectable or Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer, SAMURAI Trial
Status: Active
Location: 279 locations
Measuring if Immunotherapy Plus Chemotherapy is Better Than Chemotherapy Alone for Patients with Aggressive Poorly Differentiated Sarcomas
Status: Active
Location: 237 locations
Testing the Addition of Anti-Cancer Drug, Cetuximab, to Standard of Care Treatment (Pembrolizumab) for Returning or Spreading Head and Neck Cancer after Previous Treatment
Status: Active
Location: 171 locations
Testing What Happens When an Immunotherapy Drug (Pembrolizumab) is Given by Itself Compared to the Usual Treatment of Chemotherapy with Radiation after Surgery for Recurrent Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Status: Active
Location: 138 locations
Induction Pembrolizumab and Chemotherapy followed by Pembrolizumab before Chemoradiation and Pembrolizumab Maintenance Compared to Standard Chemoradiation with Pembrolizumab followed by Pembrolizumab Maintenance in High-Risk Cervical Cancer
Status: Active
Location: 107 locations
Combining Immunotherapy and Radiation Therapy to Help Patients Avoid Bladder Removal After Treatment Shrinks Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, BRIGHT Trial
Status: Active
Location: 109 locations
Testing the Addition of the Immunotherapy Drug, Pembrolizumab, to Radiation Therapy Compared to the Usual Chemotherapy Treatment During Radiation Therapy for Bladder Cancer, PARRC Trial
Status: Active
Location: 99 locations
A Study Comparing the Combination of Pembrolizumab and Sacituzumab Govitecan versus Standard of Care in the Treatment of Advanced Urothelial Cancer
Status: Active
Location: 68 locations
Study of Sacituzumab Govitecan-hziy and Pembrolizumab Versus Treatment of Physician's Choice in Patients With Triple Negative Breast Cancer Who Have Residual Invasive Disease After Surgery and Neoadjuvant Therapy (ASCENT-05/AFT-65 OptimICE-RD/GBG 119/NSABP B-63)
Status: Active
Location: 42 locations
I-SPY TRIAL: Neoadjuvant and Personalized Adaptive Novel Agents to Treat Breast Cancer
Status: Active
Location: 36 locations
FORTIFI-HN01: A Study of Ficerafusp Alfa (BCA101) or Placebo in Combination With Pembrolizumab in First-Line PD-L1-pos, R or M HNSCC
Status: Active
Location: 29 locations
Clinical Study of Ivonescimab for First-line Treatment of Metastatic NSCLC Patients
Status: Active
Location: 39 locations
FORAGER-1: A Study of LOXO-435 (LY3866288) in Participants With Cancer With a Change in a Gene Called FGFR3
Status: Active
Location: 28 locations
VO and Nivolumab vs Physician's Choice in Advanced Melanoma That Progressed on Anti-PD-1 & Anti-CTLA-4 Drugs [IGNYTE-3]
Status: Active
Location: 27 locations
SUPRAME-ACTengine® IMA203 vs. Investigator's Choice of Treatment in Previously Treated, Unresectable or Metastatic Cutaneous Melanoma
Status: Active
Location: 27 locations
A Study of First-Line Olomorasib (LY3537982) and Pembrolizumab With or Without Chemotherapy in Patients With Advanced KRAS G12C-Mutant Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Status: Active
Location: 36 locations
EF-41/KEYNOTE D58: Phase 3 Study of Optune Concomitant With Temozolomide Plus Pembrolizumab in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma
Status: Active
Location: 22 locations
A Study of Sacituzumab Tirumotecan (MK-2870) as a Single Agent and in Combination With Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Versus Treatment of Physician's Choice in Participants With HR+/HER2- Unresectable Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer (MK-2870-010)
Status: Active
Location: 21 locations