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This is a Phase 2 multicenter, open label, non-randomized, interventional study enrolling 53 patients.The objectives and purposes of the clinical study described herein are to determine if concomitant Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) and ECT treatments are safe and able to improve local and systemic response rates.ECT will be performed with the CLINIPORATOR and a single IV dose of Bleomycin


Clinical Trial Description

ECT induces immunogenic cell death of cancer cells with a more efficient antigen presentation of tumor-derived antigens by APCs to T-cells, particularly CD8+ antigen-specific T cells. Anti-PD-1 mAb reverts T-cell exhaustion induced by PD-1/PD-L1 and PD-L2 engagement on CD8+ T cells. Moreover, it may also be beneficial in the priming phase of the antitumor immune responses, inducing long-lived tumor antigen-specific CD8+ T-cell effectors. The main hypothesis is to establish if concomitant treatment of Pembrolizumab and ECT is able to lead to a 20% increase of the ORR using as a reference the proportion of success available in the literature for Pembrolizumab. The investigators will perform a proteomic analysis of sera of treated patients, collected before and after treatments, with particular emphasis on cytokines and chemokines, to evaluate possible markers associated with a better clinical outcome. ;


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NCT number NCT03448666
Study type Interventional
Source European Institute of Oncology
Contact Pier Fr Ferrucci, MD
Phone +39 02 94371094
Email pier.ferrucci@ieo.it
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 2
Start date March 1, 2021
Completion date December 1, 2023

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