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Association details:
Biomarker:TMB-H
Cancer:Penile Cancer
Drug:Keytruda (pembrolizumab) (PD1 inhibitor)
Direction:Sensitive
Evidence:
Evidence Level:
Sensitive: A2 - Guideline
Source:
Published date:
12/21/2021
Excerpt:
Penile Cancer...Preferred Regimen...Pembrolizumab, if unresectable or metastatic, microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) tumor that has progressed following prior treatment and no satisfactory alternative treatment options or if tumor mutational burden-high (TMB-H), TMB ≥ 10mut/mb, in patients who have progressed on previously approved lines of therapy.
Evidence Level:
Sensitive: C1 - Off-label
  (Approved for Solid Tumor)
New
Excerpt:
KEYTRUDA is a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1)-blocking antibody indicated:...for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with unresectable or metastatic tumor mutational burden-high (TMB-H) [≥10 mutations/megabase (mut/Mb)] solid tumors, as determined by an FDA-approved test, that have progressed following prior treatment and who have no satisfactory alternative treatment options.
Evidence Level:
Sensitive: C4 – Case Studies
Title:

Case Report: Two Cases of Chemotherapy Refractory Metastatic Penile Squamous Cell Carcinoma With Extreme Durable Response to Pembrolizumab

Published date:
12/23/2020
Excerpt:
The first patient is a 64 year old male with PSCC who was treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy, partial penectomy, and adjuvant radiation prior to developing metastatic disease. He had a high TMB (14 mutations/Mb) and was started on pembrolizumab with a complete response, which has been maintained for 38 months.
DOI:
10.3389/fonc.2020.615298