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Pembrolizumab + Single-Agent Chemotherapy

Pembrolizumab and Single Agent Chemotherapy as First Line Treatment for Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer With Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 2

  • RegistryNCT04297605
  • PhasePhase 1
  • StatusRecruiting
  • ConditionLocally Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (ECOG 2)
  • SponsorUniversity of Rochester
How Pembrolizumab + Single-Agent Chemotherapy works1 min

The drug

What is being tested.

500 mg/m2 day 1 of 21 day cycle (for non-squamous only)

100 mg/m2 days 1,8 of 21 day cycle x 4 cycles

The study

How the trial runs.

The purpose of this study is to understand if treatment with one chemotherapy medication combined with immune therapy (pembrolizumab) is tolerable and effective for patients with lung cancer and performance status of 2 (PS2), which means you have limitations in carrying out certain activities or spend up to half of your day resting.

Live record on ClinicalTrials.gov →

Eligibility

Who the study is looking for.

  • Participants must be >18 years old at time of diagnosis
  • Histologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer
  • Clinical staging of IIIc or IV disease.
  • 4A. For patients with stage IIIc disease, patients are ineligible for or refuse standard treatment with platinum-double chemotherapy and radiation.
  • 4B. For patients with stage IV disease, platinum doublet chemotherapy is not appropriate, deemed unsafe by the treating physician, or declined by the patient

Inclusion criteria as written on the registry, trimmed. The full list, with exclusions, is on the live record.

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