New drug shows promise in keeping throat cancer at bay

NCT ID NCT04227509

Summary

This study tested whether adding pembrolizumab (an immunotherapy drug) after standard chemoradiation could help prevent cancer from returning in patients with locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (a type of throat cancer). The trial involved 53 patients who received up to one year of pembrolizumab treatment following their initial therapy. Researchers measured whether patients remained cancer-free for three years after starting treatment.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital

    Seoul, 110-744, South Korea

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