欧洲药品管理局人用药品委员会 (CHMP) 建议批准帕博利珠单抗联合曲妥珠单抗、含氟嘧啶和铂类的化疗用于肿瘤 PD-L1 联合阳性评分 (CPS)≥1 的晚期不可切除或转移性 HER2 阳性胃或胃食管交界处 (GEJ) 腺癌患者的一线治疗。[1]
该建议基于3期KEYNOTE-811试验(NCT03615326)的中期数据,该试验显示,在PD-L1阳性肿瘤患者中,帕博利珠单抗加曲妥珠单抗和化疗与曲妥珠单抗和单独化疗相比,无进展生存期(PFS)和客观缓解率(ORR)有统计学上的显著改善 - 该人群占研究中患者的80%以上。[2]这些PFS结果将在即将举行的医学会议上公布。
CHMP的建议现在将由欧盟委员会审查,以获得欧盟(EU)的上市许可,预计将在2023年第三季度做出最终决定。该方案的批准将使帕博利珠单抗成为欧盟首个用于治疗新诊断的HER2阳性和PD-L1表达阳性的晚期胃癌/GEJ癌患者的免疫疗法。
默克研究实验室全球临床开发副总裁Scot Ebbinghaus医学博士在一份新闻稿中表示:“这种积极的CHMP意见加强了我们致力于为HER2阳性胃癌或GEJ癌症患者带来有意义的治疗选择,这些患者的肿瘤表达PD-L1,CPS ≥1。我们期待欧盟委员会的决定,并为或将成为首个欧盟批准用于HER2阳性晚期胃癌或GEJ癌症患者一线治疗的免疫治疗方案感到兴奋。”
图1.KEYNOTE-811研究设计
值得注意的是,默克正在与FDA合作促进PD-L1阳性肿瘤患者的适应症更新。
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