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Trial reportBritish journal of haematology2020

Pembrolizumab in relapsed or refractory Richter syndrome.

Philippe Armand, Niels Murawski, Daniel Molin, Jasmine Zain, Barbara Eichhorst, Zafer Gulbas, Eliza A Hawkes, John M Pagel, Tycel Phillips, Vincent Ribrag and 6 more

Registry-linked trialAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IILetterMulticenter Study
In one paragraph

Trial report in British journal of haematology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02576990 (A Phase II Study of Pembrolizumab), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02576990 phase2completednot on this map

A Phase II Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Subjects With Relapsed or Refractory Primary Mediastinal Large B-cell Lymphoma (rrPMBCL) or Relapsed or Refractory Richter Syndrome (rrRS)

TypeinterventionalSponsorMerck Sharp & Dohme LLCRan2015 to 2020Enrolled80ConditionsMediastinal Large B-cell Lymphoma, Richter SyndromeArmsPembrolizumab
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Trial
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  4. The Evolving Therapeutic Landscape of Richter Transformation.Current hematologic malignancy reports · 2025
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  10. Richter transformation-is there light at the end of this tunnel?Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program · 2023
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  15. Treatment of Richter's syndrome.Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program · 2022
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  17. Richter's Transformation.Current oncology reports · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Philippe ArmandDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6098-1603
Niels MurawskiUniversitäts-klinikum des Saarlandes Innere Medizin I, Homburg, Germany.
Daniel MolinExperimental and Clinical Oncology, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Jasmine ZainCity of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA.
Barbara EichhorstUniversity of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Zafer GulbasAnadolu Medical Center, Istanbul, Turkey.
Eliza A HawkesOlivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Austin Health, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0376-2559
John M PagelSwedish Center for Blood Disorders and Stem Cell Transplants, Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.
Tycel PhillipsRogel Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2143-9672
Vincent RibragInstitut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.ORCID 0000-0002-5221-353X
Jakub SvobodaPerelman Center for Advanced Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Anastasios StathisOncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Arkendu ChatterjeeMerck & Co., Inc, Kenilworth, NJ, USA.
Robert OrlowskiMerck & Co., Inc, Kenilworth, NJ, USA.
Patricia MarinelloMerck & Co., Inc, Kenilworth, NJ, USA.
Beth ChristianThe James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.

Funding

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Antibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedFemaleHumansLeukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-CellMaleNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalAntibodies, Monoclonal, Humanizedpembrolizumabchronic lymphocytic leukaemiaimmunotherapyPD-1pembrolizumabRichter syndrome

Identifiers

PMID32544980
PMCPMC7496875

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