New hope to stop rare, aggressive skin cancer from coming back

NCT ID NCT03271372

Summary

This study is testing whether a drug called avelumab can help prevent Merkel cell carcinoma from returning in patients whose cancer had spread to lymph nodes. After completing standard surgery and/or radiation, 101 participants will receive either avelumab or a placebo via IV for up to two years. The goal is to see if this immunotherapy, which helps the immune system fight cancer, improves the time patients live without their cancer coming back.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Dana Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

  • Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium

    Seattle, Washington, 98109, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Moffitt Cancer Center

    Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

  • Northwestern University

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

  • University of California Irvine Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Orange, California, 92868, United States

  • University of Colorado Cancer Center University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

  • University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States

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