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Brief Title: Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Patients With Recurrent Malignant Glioma With a Hypermutator Phenotype
Official Title: A Proof-of-Concept, Pilot Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Patients With Recurrent Malignant Glioma With a Hypermutator Phenotype
Study ID: NCT02658279
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to test if the study drug called pembrolizumab could control the growth or shrink the cancer but it could also cause side effects. Researchers hope to learn if the study drug will shrink the cancer by half, or prevent it from growing for at least 6 months. Pembrolizumab is an antibody that targets the immune system and activates it to stop cancer growth and/or kill cancer cells.
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth, Middletown, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen, Montvale, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack, Commack, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester, Harrison, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau, Uniondale, New York, United States
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Md Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Name: Thomas Kaley, MD
Affiliation: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR