Adding Keytruda to chemo boosts PFS in endometrial cancer

6 February 2023
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US pharma giant Merck & Co (NYSE: MRK) has announced the results of its Phase III NRG-GY018 trial evaluating Keytruda (pembrolizumab) alongside standard-of-care chemotherapy (carboplatin and paclitaxel).

The trial met its primary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS) for the treatment of patients with stage III-IV or recurrent endometrial carcinoma regardless of mismatch repair status.

"An important treatment option, both as monotherapy and in combination"

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