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NCT02362594 · OUTCOME

Part 1: Percentage of Participants With Recurrence-Free Survival (RFS) At 6 Months Among Participants With PD-L1-positive Tumor Expression

Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Versus Placebo After Complete Resection of High-Risk Stage III Melanoma (MK-3475-054/1325-MG/KEYNOTE-054) · Source last updated 2026-03-05

Results reported by the registry submitting party. Population, time horizon, units and missing values must be read together.

Measure
NUMBER
Unit
Percentage of Participants
Interval / dispersion
95% Confidence Interval
Time frame
6 months

What was measured

RFS was defined as the time between the date of randomization and the date of first melanoma recurrence (local, regional, distant metastasis) or death (whatever the cause), whichever occurred first. For participants who remained alive and whose disease had not recurred, RFS was censored on the date of last visit/contact with disease assessments. The percentage of participants with RFS at Month 6 was reported for all participants with PD-L1-positive tumors in both treatment arms of Part 1.

Analysis population: All randomized participants in Part 1 with PD-L1-positive tumors.

Groups in this outcome

Pembrolizumab

In Part 1, participants received pembrolizumab 200 mg IV as post-surgery therapy Q3W for up to 1 year.

Placebo

In Part 1, participants received placebo IV as post-surgery therapy Q3W.

Group identifiers and denominators belong to this outcome only. They may differ in another outcome or in safety reporting.

Analysis denominator · Participants

GroupSource count
Pembrolizumab428
Placebo425

Reported measurements

Source class 1
Values in Percentage of Participants · Interval/dispersion: 95% Confidence Interval
GroupValueSpreadLowerUpperComment
Pembrolizumab83.8Not reported80.087.0Not reported
Placebo75.4Not reported71.079.2Not reported

Source statistical analyses

Group order, estimate direction, methods and comments are retained. No treatment ranking is inferred.

  1. ci Lower Limit
    0.42
    ci Num Sides
    TWO_SIDED
    ci Pct Value
    95.0
    ci Upper Limit
    0.69
    group Description
    Comparison of RFS time-to-event distribution between the 2 treatment arms (PD-L1-positive participants) was based on Cox regression model with treatment as a covariate stratified by stage (IIIA \[\>1 mm metastasis\] vs. IIIB vs. IIIC 1-3 nodes vs. IIIC ≥4 nodes) as indicated at randomization.
    group Ids
    1. OG000
    2. OG001
    non Inferiority Type
    SUPERIORITY
    p Value
    <0.0001
    p Value Comment
    One-sided p-value based on log-rank test.
    param Type
    Hazard Ratio (HR)
    param Value
    0.54
    statistical Method
    Regression, Cox
Complete source fields
analyses
  1. ci Lower Limit
    0.42
    ci Num Sides
    TWO_SIDED
    ci Pct Value
    95.0
    ci Upper Limit
    0.69
    group Description
    Comparison of RFS time-to-event distribution between the 2 treatment arms (PD-L1-positive participants) was based on Cox regression model with treatment as a covariate stratified by stage (IIIA \[\>1 mm metastasis\] vs. IIIB vs. IIIC 1-3 nodes vs. IIIC ≥4 nodes) as indicated at randomization.
    group Ids
    1. OG000
    2. OG001
    non Inferiority Type
    SUPERIORITY
    p Value
    <0.0001
    p Value Comment
    One-sided p-value based on log-rank test.
    param Type
    Hazard Ratio (HR)
    param Value
    0.54
    statistical Method
    Regression, Cox
classes
  1. categories
    1. measurements
      1. group Id
        OG000
        lower Limit
        80.0
        upper Limit
        87.0
        value
        83.8
      2. group Id
        OG001
        lower Limit
        71.0
        upper Limit
        79.2
        value
        75.4
denoms
  1. counts
    1. group Id
      OG000
      value
      428
    2. group Id
      OG001
      value
      425
    units
    Participants
description
RFS was defined as the time between the date of randomization and the date of first melanoma recurrence (local, regional, distant metastasis) or death (whatever the cause), whichever occurred first. For participants who remained alive and whose disease had not recurred, RFS was censored on the date of last visit/contact with disease assessments. The percentage of participants with RFS at Month 6 was reported for all participants with PD-L1-positive tumors in both treatment arms of Part 1.
dispersion Type
95% Confidence Interval
groups
  1. description
    In Part 1, participants received pembrolizumab 200 mg IV as post-surgery therapy Q3W for up to 1 year.
    id
    OG000
    title
    Pembrolizumab
  2. description
    In Part 1, participants received placebo IV as post-surgery therapy Q3W.
    id
    OG001
    title
    Placebo
param Type
NUMBER
population Description
All randomized participants in Part 1 with PD-L1-positive tumors.
reporting Status
POSTED
time Frame
6 months
title
Part 1: Percentage of Participants With Recurrence-Free Survival (RFS) At 6 Months Among Participants With PD-L1-positive Tumor Expression
type
PRIMARY
unit Of Measure
Percentage of Participants

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