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Indication details

Control Arm
Placebo
FDA Therapeutic Indication
Adjuvant treatment of adults with RCC at increased risk of recurrence following nephrectomy, or following nephrectomy and resection of metastatic lesions
Tumour Type
Genitourinary Cancers
Tumour Sub-type
Renal cell cancer
Tumour Stage
Adjuvant
Trial Name
KEYNOTE-564
NCT Number
NCT03142334
Trial Phase
Phase III

Approval details

FDA Approval
FDA approval November 2021
EMA Approval
EMA (CHMP) December 2021 EC Decision February 2022

Primary Outcome(s)

Primary Outcome(s)
DFS
Evaluated Outcome
DFS
Form(s)
Form 1

Outcome Data

OS Control
48-month OS: 86.0%
OS Gain
48-month OS gain: 5.2%
OS HR
0.62 (0.44-0.87)
DFS Control
48-month DFS: 56.6%
DFS Gain
48-month DFS: 8.3%
DFS HR
0.72 (0.59-0.87)

Adjustments

QoL Comment
No QoL benefit
Toxicity Comment
21% of pembrolizumab patients discontinued treatment early because of adverse effects, 10% serious

Score (after adjustments)

Curative score

A

Comment
EMA (CHMP) December 2021 EC decision February 2022
FDA approval November 2021

Scorecard details

ESMO-MCBS version
ESMO-MCBS v1.1
Scorecard ID
313
Scorecard version
1
Issue date
20.01.2022
Last update
29.04.2024
Pembrolizumab KEYNOTE-564

PRELIMINARY SCORE

DFS

ADJUSTMENTS

No QoL benefit
Pembrolizumab KEYNOTE-564

SCORE

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Overall Survival / Disease-Free Survival / Pathological Complete Response
Overall Survival
Progression-Free Survival
Non-inferiority (Improved Quality of Life or Reduced Adverse Events) / Response Rate
Overall Response Rate / Duration of Response
Genitourinary Cancers
Adjuvant treatment of adults with RCC at increased risk of recurrence following nephrectomy, or following nephrectomy and resection of metastatic lesions
Pembrolizumab
Placebo

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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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