Therapeutic Response

PD-L1 (CPS) >= 1 status confers therapeutic sensitivity to Carboplatin in combination with Paclitaxel and Pembrolizumab in patients with Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Statements

Source and description

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) [package insert]. FDA. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to pembrolizumab in combination with chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab for the treatment of patients with persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervical cancer whose tumors express PD-L1 (CPS >=1), as determined by an FDA-approved test. This indication is based on KEYNOTE-826 (NCT03635567), a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial where patients received one of the following as the chemotherapy portion of their treatment regimen: cisplatin and paclitaxel; bevacizumab, cisplatin, and paclitaxel; carboplatin and paclitaxel; bevacizumab, carboplatin, and paclitaxel.