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Overview

Official protocol title:

A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PHASE III STUDY OF PEMBROLIZUMAB VERSUS PLACEBO IN COMBINATION WITH NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY AND ADJUVANT ENDOCRINE THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF HIGH-RISK EARLY-STAGE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR-POSITIVE, HUMAN EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTORS RECEPTOR 2-NEGATIVE (ER+/HER2-) BREAST CANCER (KEYNOTE-756)

Intervention/treatment:
KEYTRUDA
Medical condition:
BREAST CANCER
Protocol code:
756
Control number:
223047
Status:
Active, not recruiting
Approved:
January 11, 2019
Trial phase:
Phase 3
For more information:
ClinicalTrials.gov - NCT03725059
This is an external link. The information is not authorized by the Government of Canada.

Eligibility

Sex: ALL
Age
18 Years and older
Accepts healthy volunteers: No

Contacts and locations

Contact
Sponsor
MERCK CANADA INC

Locations

Alberta

Cross Cancer Institute ( Site 0115)
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1Z2

British Columbia

BC Cancer-Vancouver Center ( Site 0116)
Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 4E6

Ontario

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre ( Site 0112)
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9

Quebec

Centre Hospitalier de l Universite de Montreal - CHUM ( Site 0114)
Montreal, Quebec, H2X 3E4
Centre Hospitalier Regional de Trois-Rivieres ( Site 0106)
Trois-Rivières, Quebec, G8Z 3R9
CHU de Quebec Universite Laval - Hopital du Saint-Sacrement ( Site 0101)
Québec, Quebec, G1S 4L8
CISSS de la Monteregie-Centre ( Site 0108)
Greenfield Park, Quebec, J4V 2H1
Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont CIUSSS de l Est de L Ile de Montreal ( Site 0111)
Montreal, Quebec, H1T 2M4
Jewish General Hospital ( Site 0103)
Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1E2
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