Domenica Lorusso, Yang Xiang, Kosei Hasegawa, Giovanni Scambia, Manuel Leiva, Pier Ramos-Elias, Alejandro Acevedo, Vladyslav Sukhin, Noelle Cloven, Andrea J Pereira de Santana Gomes, Fernando Contreras Mejía, Ari Reiss, Ali Ayhan, Jung-Yun Lee, Valeriya Saevets, Flora Zagouri, Lucy Gilbert, Jalid Sehouli, Ekkasit Tharavichitkul, Kristina Lindemann, Roberta Lazzari, Chih-Long Chang, Rudolf Lampé, Hong Zhu, Ana Oaknin, Melissa Christiaens, Stephan Polterauer, Tomoka Usami, Kan Li, Karin Yamada, Sarper Toker, Stephen M Keefe, Sandro Pignata, Linda R Duska
BACKGROUND: Pembrolizumab has shown efficacy in persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervical cancer. The effect of chemoradiotherapy might be enhanced by immunotherapy. In this phase 3 trial, we assessed the efficacy and safety of adding pembrolizumab to chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced cervical cancer. METHODS: In this randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 ENGOT-cx11/GOG-3047/KEYNOTE-A18 clinical trial, adults (age ≥18 years) at 176 medical centres in 30 countries with newly diagnosed, high-risk, locally advanced cervical cancer were randomly assigned (1:1) using an interactive voice-response system with integrated web response to receive 5 cycles of pembrolizumab (200 mg) or placebo every 3 weeks plus chemoradiotherapy, followed by 15 cycles of pembrolizumab (400 mg) or placebo every 6 weeks...
March 20, 2024: Lancet