FDA approves Keytruda plus chemo for primary advanced, recurrent endometrial carcinoma

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus chemotherapy as treatment for adult patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma. This is the third FDA-approved indication for Keytruda in endometrial carcinoma. The approval is for Keytruda, an anti-programmed death receptor-1 (anti-PD-1) therapy, in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel, followed by Keytruda as a single agent, for the treatment of adult patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma. The FDA based its approval on data from the Phase III KEYNOTE-868 trial, in which Keytruda plus Read More

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