Brain cancer trial tests Immune-Boosting drug before surgery

NCT ID NCT02852655

Summary

This early-stage study is testing whether giving the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab before surgery can boost the immune system's attack on recurrent glioblastoma, a fast-growing brain cancer. The research involves 60 adults whose cancer has returned after initial treatment. Doctors will measure how the drug changes immune cells in the tumor and track whether it helps control the cancer's growth.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Dana Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • Huntsman Cancer Institute

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, United States

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • UT, MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States

  • University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, California, 94143-0372, United States

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