A Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Pediatric Participants With an Advanced Solid Tumor or Lymphoma (MK-3475-051/KEYNOTE-051)

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About the trial

Researchers are looking for new ways to treat children with different types of melanoma (skin cancer), solid tumors, and lymphomas (blood cancers) that are any of these: * Advanced, which means cancer spread in the body or cannot be removed with surgery * Relapsed, which means cancer has come back after it had responded to previous treatment (responded means it stopped growing, gets smaller, or disappeared) * Refractory, which means cancer did not respond to previous treatment Pembrolizumab is an immunotherapy, which is a treatment that helps the immune system fight cancer. Researchers want to learn if different doses of pembrolizumab can cause at least 1 of the types of cancer to get smaller or go away. With Amendment 8, enrollment of participants with solid tumors and participants 6 months to under 12 years old with melanoma were closed. With Amendment 13, enrollment was closed for participants with relapsed refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma (rrCHL), microsatellite instabilty-high (MSI-H) solid tumors, tumor-mutational burden-high (TMB-H) solid tumors, and participants 12 years old to \<18 years old with advanced melanoma.

Original English text from ClinicalTrials.gov

Who can (and can't) join

✓ Qualifies

  • Dzieci w wieku od 6 miesięcy do poniżej 18 lat.
  • Potwierdzony typ raka (czerniak, guz lity lub chłoniak), który jest w zaawansowanym stadium, powrócił po leczeniu lub nie zareagował na wcześniejsze leczenie.
  • Dostępna tkanka guza do badań.
  • Rak, który nie może być usunięty operacyjnie lub na który nie ma skutecznego standardowego leczenia.
  • Ogólny dobry stan zdrowia dziecka pozwalający na udział w badaniu (oceniany m.in. przez skalę sprawności).

✗ Disqualifies

  • Aktualny udział w innym badaniu leku lub urządzeń medycznych.
  • Leczenie innymi lekami, które mogą wpływać na wyniki tego badania.

Simplified criteria — AI translation

Trial details

Minimum age
6 Months
Maximum age
17 Years
Last updated (source)
July 6, 2026
Sex
No restrictions

Therapies / drugs in trial

Locations (16)

Call for Information (Investigational Site 0019)

Aurora, United States

Call for Information (Investigational Site 0024)

Chicago, United States

Call for Information (Investigational Site 0026)

Boston, United States

Call for Information (Investigational Site 0031)

New York, United States

Call for Information (Investigational Site 0070)

Fargo, United States

Call for Information (Investigational Site 0071)

Sioux Falls, United States

Call for Information (Investigational Site 0054)

Dallas, United States

MSD Brasil

São Paulo, Brazil

MSD France

Paris, France

MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH

München, Germany

Merck Sharp & Dohme Co. Ltd.

Hod HaSharon, Israel

MSD Italia S.r.l.

Rome, Italy

Merck Sharp & Dohme Lda.

Paço de Arcos, Portugal

MSD Korea LTD

Seoul, South Korea

MSD Sweden

Stockholm, Sweden

Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.

London, United Kingdom

Trial contact

Contact information from ClinicalTrials.gov. Contact in English.

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Data from ClinicalTrials.gov. AI-assisted translation, last sync: 7/7/2026.

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