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Indication details

Combined Agent(s)
Pemetrexed + platinum chemotherapy
Control Arm
Placebo + pemetrexed + platinum chemotherapy
Therapeutic Indication
In combination with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung carcinoma in adults whose tumours have no EGFR or ALK positive tumour mutations
Tumour Type
Thoracic Malignancies
Tumour Sub-type
Non-small-cell Lung Cancer
Tumour Stage
Metastatic
Trial Name
KEYNOTE-189
NCT Number
NCT02578680
Trial Phase
Phase III

Approval details

FDA Approval
FDA approved
EMA Approval
EMA (CHMP) October 2018 EC decision December 2018

Primary Outcome(s)

Primary Outcome(s)
PFS and OS (Crossover allowed)
Evaluated Outcome
OS
Form(s)
Form 2a / Form 1

Outcome Data

PFS Control
4.9 months
PFS Gain
4.5 months
PFS HR
0.50 (0.42-0.60)
OS Control
10.6 months 5 year: 11.3%
OS Gain
11.4 months 5 year gain: 8.1%
OS HR
0.60 (0.50 - 0.72)

Adjustments

Annotation
Despite approvate crossover in 66%, credit for potential curability should be acknowledged
QoL Comment
Not qualified for an ESMO-MCBS credit

Score (after adjustments)

Preliminary non-curative score

4

Non-curative score

4

Curative score

A

Scorecard details

ESMO-MCBS version
ESMO-MCBS v1.1
Scorecard ID
132
Scorecard version
1
Issue date
17.05.2019
Last update
07.11.2024
Pembrolizumab KEYNOTE-189

PRELIMINARY SCORE

OS

ADJUSTMENTS

Not qualified for an ESMO-MCBS credit
Long-term plateau in the survival
Pembrolizumab KEYNOTE-189

SCORE

A

Overall Survival / Disease-Free Survival / Pathological Complete Response
4
Overall Survival
Progression-Free Survival
Non-inferiority (Improved Quality of Life or Reduced Adverse Events) / Response Rate
Overall Response Rate / Duration of Response
Thoracic Malignancies
In combination with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung carcinoma in adults whose tumours have no EGFR or ALK positive tumour mutations
Pembrolizumab + Pemetrexed + platinum chemotherapy
Placebo + pemetrexed + platinum chemotherapy

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    Information about symbols, abbrevations and color codes

    Red = negative
    Green = positive
    Grey = neutral
    ? Grey + ? = neutral with pending data
    DFS
    Disease-Free Survival
    DoR
    Duration of Response
    EFS
    Event-Free Survival
    HR
    Hazard Ratio
    NEB
    No evaluable benefit
    NI
    Non-inferiority Study
    ORR
    Overall Response Rate
    OS
    Overall Surival
    pCR
    Pathological Complete Response/Remission
    PFS
    Progression-Free Survival
    QoL
    Quality of Life
    RFS
    Relapse-Free Survival
    RR
    Response Rate

    QoL adjustments

    Other adjustments*

    Serious and disabling adverse effects

    Red = negative / deterioration

    Green = positive / improvement

    QoL adjustments

    Red = negative / deterioration

    Green = positive / improvement

    Other adjustments*

    Red = negative / deterioration

    Green = positive / improvement

    Serious and disabling adverse effects

    Red = negative / deterioration

    Green = positive / improvement

    * Other adjustments include:

    - Long-term plateau in the survival curve
    - Long-term plateau in the PFS curve
    - Early stopping or crossover
    - Only improved PFS mature data shows no OS advantage and no improved Qol.

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