Keytruda Adds To Women’s Oncology Lead With Endometrial Cancer Data

Published data showed Merck’s PD-1 inhibitor combined with Eisai’s Lenvima improved survival in the all-comer population of previously treated endometrial carcinoma.

T-cells attacking cancer_1200x675 — Merck and Eisai published data in NEJM from the KEYNOTE-775 study of Keytruda/Lenvima in endometrial carcinoma • Source: Shutterstock

Newly published data from a study combining Merck & Co., Inc.’s PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab) and Eisai Co., Ltd.’s multiple tyrosine kinase inhibitor Lenvima (lenvatinib) in endometrial carcinoma adds to Keytruda’s growing repertoire of data in women’s cancers. With recent approvals in key settings of cervical cancer and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), Keytruda has taken a lead in cancers affecting women, even as other players played catch-up or stumbled.

Data from the Phase III KEYNOTE-775 study in patients with advanced endometrial carcinoma were published on 20 January in the New England Journal of Medicine

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