Could a drug make colon cancer surgery unnecessary?
Disease control
Not yet recruiting
This study is testing whether giving an immunotherapy drug (pembrolizumab) before surgery can shrink tumors enough to allow some patients with a specific type of early-stage colon cancer to avoid major surgery. The goal is to see if patients whose cancer disappears after the drug…
Phase: PHASE2 • Sponsor: Ismail Gögenur • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 23, 2026 15:16 UTC