Randomized phase III KEYNOTE-045 trial of pembrolizumab versus paclitaxel, docetaxel, or vinflunine in recurrent advanced urothelial cancer: results of >2 years of follow-up. [PDF]
BackgroundNovel second-line treatments are needed for patients with advanced urothelial cancer (UC). Interim analysis of the phase III KEYNOTE-045 study showed a superior overall survival (OS) benefit of pembrolizumab, a programmed death 1 inhibitor ...
Bajorin, DF +19 more
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Chemo-immunotherapy consisting of pemetrexed and pembrolizumab is first line therapy for individuals with non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer without ALK or EGFR mutations.
Michael H. Storandt, Rishi Seth
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Pembrolizumab monotherapy has become the preferred treatment for patients with advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) and a programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) tumor proportion score (TPS) of at least 50%.
Zuan Lin
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Antitumor Activity of Pembrolizumab in Biomarker-Unselected Patients With Recurrent and/or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Results From the Phase Ib KEYNOTE-012 Expansion Cohort. [PDF]
Purpose Treatment with pembrolizumab, an anti-programmed death-1 antibody, at 10 mg/kg administered once every 2 weeks, displayed durable antitumor activity in programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) -positive recurrent and/or metastatic (R/M) head and neck ...
Berger, Raanan +21 more
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Pembrolizumab induced-C3 glomerulonephritis and RBC cast nephropathy: a case report
Background Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are increasingly being used in the treatment of several cancers. Pembrolizumab is an anti-programmed cell death-1 (anti-PD-1) monoclonal antibody that is approved for the treatment of metastatic non-small ...
Zhi Yang +4 more
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Immune checkpoint inhibitors in renal cell carcinoma [PDF]
The immune system has long been known to play a critical role in the body's defence against cancer, and there have been multiple attempts to harness it for therapeutic gain.
Jones, Robert J., Ross, Kirsty
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Introduction: KEYNOTE-240 showed a favorable benefit/risk profile for pembrolizumab versus placebo in patients with sorafenib-treated advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); however, prespecified statistical significance criteria for overall survival ...
Philippe Merle +19 more
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Phase II Trial of IL-12 Plasmid Transfection and PD-1 Blockade in Immunologically Quiescent Melanoma. [PDF]
PurposeTumors with low frequencies of checkpoint positive tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (cpTIL) have a low likelihood of response to PD-1 blockade.
Algazi, Alain P +23 more
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The effect of PD-L1 testing on the cost-effectiveness and economic impact of immune checkpoint inhibitors for the second-line treatment of NSCLC [PDF]
Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors improve outcomes compared with chemotherapy in lung cancer. Tumor PD-L1 receptor expression is being studied as a predictive biomarker. The objective of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness and economic
Abdel-Rahman +25 more
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Background Pembrolizumab, an anti-programmed cell death-1 protein monoclonal antibody, is effective for patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.
Teppei Sugano +13 more
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