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Pembrolizumab (NCT06493019)

Study of Pembrolizumab, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, and Radiation for the Treatment of Early-Stage Anal Cancer: a one-minute explainerNCT064930191 min

Pembrolizumab trial for Anal Cancer (NCT06493019). This is a short film with English narration. The transcript is on this page, and the written brief is separate.

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This trial is for adults with untreated, selected stage I–III anal squamous-cell cancer who cannot receive standard fluorouracil/mitomycin chemoradiation. Stage IIIB/C tumors must be smaller than five centimeters.

The idea: combine radiation with weekly carboplatin and paclitaxel for six weeks, plus pembrolizumab in weeks one and four. Pembrolizumab blocks PD-1 to support T-cell attacks on cancer. Eight maintenance pembrolizumab cycles follow, six weeks apart. Researchers measure complete clinical response at six months. Tumor tissue is required.

This phase 2 study plans 23 patients. Dustin Deming leads five recruiting US sites.

Public record; not medical advice.

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