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NCT03635567

Efficacy and Safety Study of First-line Treatment With Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Plus Chemotherapy Versus Placebo Plus Chemotherapy in Women With Persistent, Recurrent, or Metastatic Cervical Cancer (MK-3475-826/KEYNOTE-826)

  • NCT03635567 ↗
  • Completed
  • Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
  • 61 commentary sources found
  • Deep

We haven't built a report for this trial 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.

Commentary we found

Podcasts, YouTube videos and X posts in our index that name this trial. A report screens them, searches for more and cites what clinicians said when it is built.

ChannelFound
YouTube23
X threads19
Podcasts17
X videos2

The trial

ClinicalTrials.gov
Official title
A Phase 3 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Plus Chemotherapy Versus Chemotherapy Plus Placebo for the First-Line Treatment of Persistent, Recurrent, or Metastatic Cervical Cancer (KEYNOTE-826)
Phase
Phase 3
Status
Completed
Conditions
Cervical Cancer
Interventions
Pembrolizumab; Paclitaxel; Cisplatin; Carboplatin; Bevacizumab; Placebo to pembrolizumab
Arms
  • Pembrolizumab+Chemotherapy · Experimental
  • Placebo+Chemotherapy · Placebo comparator
Enrollment
617
Primary outcomes
  • Progression-free Survival (PFS) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) as Assessed by Investigator in Participants With Programmed Cell Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥1
  • PFS Per RECIST 1.1 as Assessed by Investigator in All Participants
  • PFS Per RECIST 1.1 as Assessed by Investigator in Participants With PD-L1 CPS ≥10
  • Overall Survival (OS) in Participants With PD-L1 CPS ≥1
  • OS in All Participants
  • OS in Participants With PD-L1 CPS ≥10
Sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Start
Oct 25, 2018
Primary completion
Oct 3, 2022
Results posted
Yes
Registry record
NCT03635567 · updated Feb 4, 2026

Publications

linked from the registry
  • Monk BJ, Colombo N, Tewari KS, Dubot C, Caceres MV, Hasegawa K, Shapira-Frommer R, Salman P, Yanez E, Gumus M, Olivera Hurtado de Mendoza M, Samouelian V, Castonguay V, Arkhipov A, Tekin C, Li K, Keefe SM, Lorusso D; KEYNOTE-826 Investigators. First-Line Pembrolizumab + Chemotherapy Versus Placebo + Chemotherapy for Persistent, Recurrent, or Metastatic Cervical Cancer: Final Overall Survival Results of KEYNOTE-826. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Dec 20;41(36):5505-5511. doi: 10.1200/JCO.23.00914. Epub 2023 Nov 1. PubMed 37910822
  • Hasegawa K, Colombo N, Tewari KS, Dubot C, Caceres MV, Lorusso D, Shapira-Frommer R, Salman P, Yanez E, Gumus M, de Mendoza MOH, Samouelian V, Castonguay V, Arkhipov A, Tekin C, Jensen E, Toker S, Monk BJ. Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy for Cervical Cancer: An Exploratory Analysis of the KEYNOTE-826 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2026 Sep 10:e263547. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2026.3547. Online ahead of print. PubMed 42720936
  • Kim YM, Nishio S, Kim SI, Hasegawa K, Dubot C, Caceres MV, Tewari KS, Lorusso D, Lee JW, Liou WS, Li K, Tekin C, Colombo N, Monk BJ. Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab in East Asian participants with persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervical cancer: results from KEYNOTE-826 final analysis. J Gynecol Oncol. 2025 Jul;36(4):e110. doi: 10.3802/jgo.2025.36.e110. PubMed 40590325
  • Monk BJ, van Mens S, Hale O, Boer J, van Hees F, Swami S, Muston D, Tekin C, Keefe S, Monberg M. Cost-Effectiveness of Pembrolizumab as First-Line Treatment in Patients with Persistent, Recurrent, or Metastatic Cervical Cancer in the United States. Oncol Ther. 2025 Mar;13(1):85-98. doi: 10.1007/s40487-024-00311-5. Epub 2024 Nov 5. PubMed 39499492
  • Lorusso D, Colombo N, Dubot C, Caceres MV, Hasegawa K, Shapira-Frommer R, Salman P, Yanez E, Gumus M, Olivera M, Samouelian V, Castonguay V, Arkhipov A, Li K, Toker S, Tekin C, Tewari KS, Monk BJ. Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy for advanced and recurrent cervical cancer: final analysis according to bevacizumab use in the randomized KEYNOTE-826 study. Ann Oncol. 2025 Jan;36(1):65-75. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2024.10.002. Epub 2024 Oct 10. PubMed 39393777
  • Tewari KS, Colombo N, Monk BJ, Dubot C, Caceres MV, Hasegawa K, Shapira-Frommer R, Salman P, Yanez E, Gumus M, Olivera Hurtado de Mendoza M, Samouelian V, Castonguay V, Arkhipov A, Tekin C, Li K, Toker S, Keefe SM, Lorusso D. Pembrolizumab or Placebo Plus Chemotherapy With or Without Bevacizumab for Persistent, Recurrent, or Metastatic Cervical Cancer: Subgroup Analyses From the KEYNOTE-826 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2024 Feb 1;10(2):185-192. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.5410. PubMed 38095881
  • Monk BJ, Tewari KS, Dubot C, Caceres MV, Hasegawa K, Shapira-Frommer R, Salman P, Yanez E, Gumus M, Hurtado de Mendoza MO, Samouelian V, Castonguay V, Arkhipov A, Tekin C, Li K, Martin Nguyen A, Monberg MJ, Colombo N, Lorusso D. Health-related quality of life with pembrolizumab or placebo plus chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab for persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervical cancer (KEYNOTE-826): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2023 Apr;24(4):392-402. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(23)00052-9. Epub 2023 Mar 3. PubMed 36878237
  • Colombo N, Dubot C, Lorusso D, Caceres MV, Hasegawa K, Shapira-Frommer R, Tewari KS, Salman P, Hoyos Usta E, Yanez E, Gumus M, Olivera Hurtado de Mendoza M, Samouelian V, Castonguay V, Arkhipov A, Toker S, Li K, Keefe SM, Monk BJ; KEYNOTE-826 Investigators. Pembrolizumab for Persistent, Recurrent, or Metastatic Cervical Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2021 Nov 11;385(20):1856-1867. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2112435. Epub 2021 Sep 18. PubMed 34534429