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NEOSTART Study - NEOADJUVANT PEMBROLIZUMAB IN PATIENTS WITH HIGH RISK, STAGE IIB/IIC CUTANEOUS MELANOMA: A SINGLE ARM PROOF OF CONCEPT PHASE IIA STUDY

Status
Not yet recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
EU CTIS
Registry ID
CTIS2024-519573-19-00
Acronym
2024/880
Enrollment
19
Registered
2025-09-02
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-09-02

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Conditions

melanoma

Brief summary

The Major Pathological Response (MPR) on the primary tumour surgical specimen in accordance with International Neoadjuvant Melanoma Consortium criteria [(Tetzlaff et al. 2018; Amaria et al. 2019) including complete response (absence of viable tumour cells) and near-complete response (<10% tumoral viable cells)]

Detailed description

Toxicities: incidence and grade for Adverse events (AEs), drug related AEs, drug related AE leading to discontinuation during neoadjuvant treatment, surgery related AEs, surgery related AE leading to delayed or cancellation of adjuvant treatment, SAE and SUSAR, according to NCI-CTCAE V5.0, Toxicities: Incidence and grade for Adverse events (AEs), drug related AEs, drug related AE leading to dose reduction or discontinuation during adjuvant treatment, SAE and SUSAR, according to NCI-CTCAE V5.0, The Major Pathological Response (MPR) on the primary tumor surgical specimen in accordance with International Neoadjuvant Melanoma Consortium criteria [(Tetzlaff et al. 2018) including complete response (absence of viable tumor cells) and near-complete response (<10% tumoral viable cells)], The proportion of patients undergoing a sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy who have a positive result in the SLN, The number of SLN identified and the number harvested, The proportion of patients with positive SLN who undergo complete lymph node dissection., The number of patients who complete in totality the neoadjuvant treatment, who undergo surgery and who start the adjuvant therapy divided by the number of patients who initiated the neoadjuvant treatment, The rate of patient included divided by the number of patients screened., Clinical response will be systematically assessed using clinical examination with standardized photographs of the primary tumor as the primary tumor will not be measured by CT scan. Complete response is defined as the disappearance of the lesion. Partial response is defined as the decrease in size of the lesion. Progression is defined as an increase in size of the lesion (>25% with at least 2 mm increase in size for lesion below 1cm)., Event-free survival (EFS) defined as the time from neoadjuvant treatment initiation to the first of the following events: death of all causes, melanoma progression prior planned surgery leading to stage 3 or 4 disease or leading to unresectable disease, toxicity during the neoadjuvant treatment that preclude the surgery, local or distant recurrence after surgery, whichever occurred first. Patients with no defined events observed during the follow-up will be censored at the date of last disease e, Relapse-free survival (RFS) after surgery defined as the time from surgery to relapse or death, whichever occurred first. Secondary melanoma cancers will not be regarded as RFS events, nonmelanoma cancers will be disregarded in the analysis. Data for patients lost to follow-up will be censored, Distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS) as the time from surgery to relapse with distant metastasis or death, whichever occurred first. Data for patients lost to follow-up will be censored, Overall Survival (OS): defined as the time from the neoadjuvant treatment initiation to death from any cause. Alive patient will be censored at last date known to be alive either during study treatment period or during follow-up period, ORR, SLN positivity, EFS, RFS, DMFS, OS, Health-related quality of life measures by EORTC-QLQ C30 questionnaire

Interventions

DRUGKEYTRUDA 25 mg/mL concentrate for solution for infusion

Sponsors

Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire
Lead SponsorOTHER

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The Major Pathological Response (MPR) on the primary tumour surgical specimen in accordance with International Neoadjuvant Melanoma Consortium criteria [(Tetzlaff et al. 2018; Amaria et al. 2019) including complete response (absence of viable tumour cells) and near-complete response (<10% tumoral viable cells)]

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Toxicities: incidence and grade for Adverse events (AEs), drug related AEs, drug related AE leading to discontinuation during neoadjuvant treatment, surgery related AEs, surgery related AE leading to delayed or cancellation of adjuvant treatment, SAE and SUSAR, according to NCI-CTCAE V5.0, Toxicities: Incidence and grade for Adverse events (AEs), drug related AEs, drug related AE leading to dose reduction or discontinuation during adjuvant treatment, SAE and SUSAR, according to NCI-CTCAE V5.0, The Major Pathological Response (MPR) on the primary tumor surgical specimen in accordance with International Neoadjuvant Melanoma Consortium criteria [(Tetzlaff et al. 2018) including complete response (absence of viable tumor cells) and near-complete response (<10% tumoral viable cells)], The proportion of patients undergoing a sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy who have a positive result in the SLN, The number of SLN identified and the number harvested, The proportion of patients with positive S

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: EU CTIS · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026