Dirk Schadendorf, Jason John Luke, Paolo A Ascierto, Georgina V Long, Piotr Rutkowski, Adnan Khattak, Michele Del Vecchio, Luis de la Cruz-Merino, Jacek Mackiewicz, Vanna Chiarion Sileni, John M Kirkwood, Caroline Robert, Jean-Jacques Grob, Reinhard Dummer, Matteo S Carlino, Yujie Zhao, Mizuho Kalabis, Clemens Krepler, Alexander Eggermont, Richard A Scolyer
BACKGROUND: Adjuvant pembrolizumab significantly improved recurrence-free survival (RFS) and distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS) versus placebo in the phase 3 KEYNOTE-716 study of resected stage IIB or IIC melanoma. At the prespecified third interim analysis (data cut-off, January 4, 2022), the HR for RFS in the overall population was 0.64 (95% CI, 0.50 to 0.84) and the HR for DMFS was 0.64 (95% CI, 0.47 to 0.88). We present a post hoc analysis of efficacy by subtypes defined by histopathologic characteristics...
March 13, 2024: Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer