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Adjuvant Pembrolizumab versus Placebo in Resected Stage III Melanoma
Author(s) -
Alexander M.M. Eggermont,
Christian U. Blank,
Mario Mandalà,
Georgina V. Long,
Victoria Atkinson,
Stéphane Dalle,
Andrew Haydon,
Mikhail Lichinitser,
Adnan Khattak,
Matteo S. Carlino,
Shahneen Sandhu,
James Larkin,
Susana Puig,
Paolo A. Ascierto,
Piotr Rutkowski,
Dirk Schadendorf,
Rutger H.T. Koornstra,
Leonel F. HernandezAya,
Michele Maio,
Alfonsus J.M. van den Eertwegh,
Jean-Jacques Grob,
Ralf Gutzmer,
Rahima Jamal,
Paul Lorigan,
Nageatte Ibrahim,
Sandrine Marréaud,
Alexander C.J. van Akkooi,
Stefan Suciu,
Caroline Robert
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1802357
Subject(s) - pembrolizumab , adjuvant , placebo , stage (stratigraphy) , medicine , melanoma , oncology , cancer research , cancer , biology , immunotherapy , pathology , alternative medicine , paleontology
The programmed death 1 (PD-1) inhibitor pembrolizumab has been found to prolong progression-free and overall survival among patients with advanced melanoma. We conducted a phase 3 double-blind trial to evaluate pembrolizumab as adjuvant therapy in patients with resected, high-risk stage III melanoma.

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