Pembrolizumab with standard chemo for ovarian small cell cancer
Treatments studied
Part of Cancer, Women’s health & pregnancy clinical trials.
This Phase 2 trial tests whether adding pembrolizumab (an immune medicine) to standard chemotherapy can improve outcomes for people with small cell cancer of the ovary that has not been treated before. It may help your immune system recognize and attack the cancer while you receive chemotherapy.
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Who can take part
- You are age 12 or older, and your small cell ovarian cancer was confirmed by pathology (biopsy/surgery tissue).
- Your cancer stage is FIGO I to IV, and treatment starts either before or after the first chemo cycle (but you must begin study treatment within 4 weeks).
- Your health and strength are good enough for study treatment (ECOG performance status 0 or 1).
- Your blood counts and organs work well enough for chemotherapy (specific limits for white cells, neutrophils, platelets, hemoglobin, liver, kidneys, and heart function).
- You have not had prior chemotherapy beyond one cycle of platinum, and you have not had prior immune therapy like pembrolizumab or other PD-1/PD-L1/PD-L2 drugs.
- You cannot have certain infections or immune conditions (like active autoimmune disease needing immune medicines, significant lung inflammation needing steroids, active infection, HIV, hepatitis B/C, or TB).
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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