New Protocol: Pembrolizumab with Chemotherapy in Advanced Endometrial Cancer


  • Study

    Phase III, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled
    Advanced-stage, metastatic, or recurrent endometrial cancer of any histologic subtype except for carcinosarcoma
    Pembrolizumab + Chemotherapy (n=365) vs. Chemotherapy (n=548)




  • Efficacy

    dMMR cohort
    mPFS: NR vs. 7.6 mos, p<0.001
    12 mos PFS: 74% vs. 38%, p<0.001

    pMMR cohort
    mPFS: 13.1 vs. 8.7 mos, p<0.001



  • Safety

    Any grade: fatigue (71.6% vs 55.7%), peripheral sensory neuropathy (65% vs.62%), anemia (57.8% vs. 54.7%), nausea (50.5% vs. 41.5%)

    Grade≥3 AEs: Anemia (19.3% vs. 10.4%), neutropenia (11.9% vs. 17.0%)




  • N Engl J Med 2023; 27 MAR

    Pembrolizumab plus Chemotherapy in Advanced Endometrial Cancer

    http://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2302312

    Reviewed by Elvin Chalabiyev, MD on Apr 14, 2023