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Trial reportJournal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2024

Pembrolizumab Versus Placebo as Adjuvant Therapy in Resected Stage IIB or IIC Melanoma: Final Analysis of Distant Metastasis-Free Survival in the Phase III KEYNOTE-716 Study.

Jason J Luke, Paolo A Ascierto, Muhammad A Khattak, Luis de la Cruz Merino, Michele Del Vecchio, Piotr Rutkowski, Francesco Spagnolo, Jacek Mackiewicz, Vanna Chiarion-Sileni, John M Kirkwood and 10 more

Registry-linked trialAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIIRandomized Controlled TrialMulticenter Study
In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03553836 (Adjuvant Therapy With Pembrolizumab Versus Placebo in Resected High-risk Stage II Melanoma), which is not on this map. Cited by 60 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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60citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT03553836 phase3active not recruitingnot on this map

Adjuvant Therapy With Pembrolizumab Versus Placebo in Resected High-risk Stage II Melanoma: A Randomized, Double-blind Phase 3 Study (KEYNOTE-716)

TypeinterventionalSponsorMerck Sharp & Dohme LLCRan2018 to 2033Enrolled976ConditionsMelanomaArmsPembrolizumab, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Cutaneous melanoma: ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up.Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology · 2025
    Guideline
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  6. Exploring uncertainties in melanoma management: a Spanish multidisciplinary Delphi consensus.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
    Article
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  8. Review
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  10. Real-world management of adjuvant systemic melanoma therapy: Multi-center survey of 51 DeCOG skin cancer centers.Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG · 2026
    Article
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  14. Longitudinal ctDNA Monitoring for Postsurgical Disease Surveillance in Patients with Stage I to IIIB Melanoma.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2026
    Article
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  17. Review
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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

20 authors.

Jason J LukeUPMC Hillman Cancer Center and University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.ORCID 0000-0002-1182-4908
Paolo A AsciertoIstituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8322-475X
Muhammad A KhattakFiona Stanley Hospital and Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia.
Luis de la Cruz MerinoInstituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS)/Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5333-0535
Michele Del VecchioFondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Piotr RutkowskiMaria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8920-5429
Francesco SpagnoloIRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3287-1225
Jacek MackiewiczPoznan University of Medical Sciences and Greater Poland Cancer Center, Poznan, Poland.
Vanna Chiarion-SileniIstituto Oncologico Veneto (IOV) IRCCS, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9191-9124
John M KirkwoodUPMC Hillman Cancer Center and University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.ORCID 0000-0002-3570-4476
Caroline RobertGustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.ORCID 0000-0002-9493-0238
Jean-Jacques GrobAssistance Publique-Hopitaux de Marseille, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.ORCID 0000-0002-0667-153X
Federica de GalitiisDermopathic Institute of the Immaculate (IDI) IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Dirk SchadendorfUniversity Hospital Essen and German Cancer Consortium Partner Site, Essen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3524-7858
Matteo S CarlinoMelanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Xi Lawrence WuMerck & Co, Inc, Rahway, NJ.
Mizuho Fukunaga-KalabisMerck & Co, Inc, Rahway, NJ.ORCID 0000-0001-5699-6941
Clemens KreplerMerck & Co, Inc, Rahway, NJ.
Alexander M M EggermontUniversity Medical Center Utrecht and Princess Máxima Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-4278-040X
Georgina V LongMelanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8894-3545

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Antibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalMelanomaNeoplasm StagingSkin NeoplasmsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChemotherapy, AdjuvantDisease-Free SurvivalDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic Agents, Immunologicalpembrolizumab

Identifiers

PMID38452313
PMCPMC11095869

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