Esophageal and Esophagogastric Junction Cancers: Adenocarcinoma…Preferred Regimens…MSI-H/dMMR tumors (independent of PD-L1 status)…Pembrolizumab...Fluoropyrimidine (fluorouracil or capecitabine), oxaliplatin, and pembrolizumab…
Assessment of Pembrolizumab Therapy for the Treatment of Microsatellite Instability-High Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer Among Patients in the KEYNOTE-059, KEYNOTE-061, and KEYNOTE-062 Clinical Trials
Published date:
04/01/2021
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Pembrolizumab monotherapy in KEYNOTE-059, pembrolizumab monotherapy or chemotherapy (paclitaxel) in KEYNOTE-061, and pembrolizumab monotherapy, pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy (cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil or capecitabine)...In KEYNOTE-062, the ORR was 57.1% for pembrolizumab , 64.7% for pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy, and 36.8% for chemotherapy....MSI-H status may be a biomarker for pembrolizumab therapy among patients with advanced G/GEJ cancer...
European Commission Approves Merck’s KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) for Patients With Microsatellite Instability-High (MSI-H) or Deficient Mismatch Repair (dMMR) Tumors in Five Different Types of Cancer
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Merck...announced that the European Commission has approved KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, as monotherapy for the treatment of microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or deficient mismatch repair (dMMR) tumors in adults with...unresectable or metastatic gastric, small intestine or biliary cancer, who have disease progression on or following at least one prior therapy.
A Study to Evaluate the Safety and the Activity of S095029 as Part of Combination Therapy in Advanced Gastroesophageal Junction/Gastric Cancers.
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...- Participants' tumor must have an MSI-H or dMMR status according to institutional guidelines and/or according to the College of American Pathologists, determined at any time prior to enrolment....
Study of Pembrolizumab in Subjects With Advanced Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma Who Progressed After First-Line Therapy With Platinum and Fluoropyrimidine: Integration of Molecular Subtypes Through Integrative Genomic Analysis
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...(Only Cohort B) confirmed as MSI-H via the PCR or IHC staining by institutional standard....