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KEYNOTE-224
Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) as Monotherapy in Participants With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma (MK-3475-224/KEYNOTE-224)
- NCT02702414 ↗
- Completed
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
- Focused
We haven't built an HCP commentary report on KEYNOTE-224 (pembrolizumab in Hepatocellular Carcinoma) yet. This page shows the registry record and the public commentary we found that names the trial. A report reads that commentary and sets out what clinicians said about the trial, each point linked to its source. How reports are made.
Indexed commentary on KEYNOTE-224 so far
Podcasts, YouTube videos and X posts we have indexed that name the trial. It is where a report starts, not where it ends: the build searches for more, so finished reports usually cover more than this.
| Channel | Indexed | |
|---|---|---|
| X threads | 6 | |
| YouTube | 3 | |
| Podcasts | 1 |
The trial
ClinicalTrials.gov- Official title
- A Phase 2 Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) as Monotherapy in Subjects With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma (KEYNOTE-224)
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Status
- Completed
- Conditions
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Interventions
- Pembrolizumab
- Arms
- Cohort 1: Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)-Prior Systemic Therapy with Sorafenib · Experimental
- Cohort 2: HCC-Systemic Therapy Naïve · Experimental
- Enrollment
- 156
- Primary outcomes
- Objective Response Rate (ORR)
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
- Start
- May 31, 2016
- Primary completion
- Jan 19, 2021
- Results posted
- Yes
- Registry record
- NCT02702414 · updated Sep 4, 2024
Publications
linked from the registry- Chan SL, Finn RS, Edeline J, Ogasawara S, Knox JJ, Daniele B, Ryoo BY, Merle P, Bouattour M, Lim HY, Chao Y, Yau T, Haber BA, Malhotra U, Siegel AB, Liu CC, Kudo M, Cheng AL. Effect of pembrolizumab on viral hepatitis load and transaminases in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. Ann Hepatol. 2026 Jan-Jun;31(1):102169. doi: 10.1016/j.aohep.2025.102169. Epub 2025 Dec 24. PubMed 41453647
- Zhou X, Cao J, Topatana W, Xie T, Chen T, Hu J, Li S, Juengpanic S, Lu Z, Zhang B, Wang K, Feng X, Shen J, Chen M. Evaluation of PD-L1 as a biomarker for immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: systematic review and meta-analysis. Immunotherapy. 2023 Apr;15(5):353-365. doi: 10.2217/imt-2022-0168. Epub 2023 Feb 27. PubMed 36852452
- Verset G, Borbath I, Karwal M, Verslype C, Van Vlierberghe H, Kardosh A, Zagonel V, Stal P, Sarker D, Palmer DH, Vogel A, Edeline J, Cattan S, Kudo M, Cheng AL, Ogasawara S, Daniele B, Chan SL, Knox JJ, Qin S, Siegel AB, Chisamore M, Hatogai K, Wang A, Finn RS, Zhu AX. Pembrolizumab Monotherapy for Previously Untreated Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Data from the Open-Label, Phase II KEYNOTE-224 Trial. Clin Cancer Res. 2022 Jun 13;28(12):2547-2554. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-21-3807. PubMed 35421228
- Kudo M, Finn RS, Edeline J, Cattan S, Ogasawara S, Palmer DH, Verslype C, Zagonel V, Fartoux L, Vogel A, Sarker D, Verset G, Chan SL, Knox J, Daniele B, Yau T, Gurary EB, Siegel AB, Wang A, Cheng AL, Zhu AX; KEYNOTE-224 Investigators. Updated efficacy and safety of KEYNOTE-224: a phase II study of pembrolizumab in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma previously treated with sorafenib. Eur J Cancer. 2022 May;167:1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.02.009. Epub 2022 Mar 29. PubMed 35364421
- Zhu AX, Finn RS, Edeline J, Cattan S, Ogasawara S, Palmer D, Verslype C, Zagonel V, Fartoux L, Vogel A, Sarker D, Verset G, Chan SL, Knox J, Daniele B, Webber AL, Ebbinghaus SW, Ma J, Siegel AB, Cheng AL, Kudo M; KEYNOTE-224 investigators. Pembrolizumab in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma previously treated with sorafenib (KEYNOTE-224): a non-randomised, open-label phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2018 Jul;19(7):940-952. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30351-6. Epub 2018 Jun 3. PubMed 29875066