Regulatory approval

Published by the European Medicines Agency.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has authorized pembrolizumab as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with microsatellite instability high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair deficiency (dMMR) advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma, who have disease progression on or following prior treatment with a platinum-containing therapy in any setting and who are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation.

This is written in the approval document as:

KEYTRUDA as monotherapy is indicated for the treatment of the following MSI-H or dMMR tumours in adults with advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma, who have disease progression on or following prior treatment with a platinum-containing therapy in any setting and who are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation.

Citation

Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V. Keytruda (pembrolizumab) [product information]. European Medicines Agency website. https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/product-information/keytruda-epar-product-information_en.pdf. Revised January 2024. Accessed March 10, 2024.

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Type	Biomarker(s)	Cancer type	Therapy(ies)
Sensitivity (+)	MSI-H	Endometrial Carcinoma	Pembrolizumab
Sensitivity (+)	dMMR	Endometrial Carcinoma	Pembrolizumab