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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Humanized" class="mw-redirect" title="Humanized">Humanized</a> (from <a href="/wiki/Mouse" title="Mouse">mouse</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Antigen" title="Antigen">Target</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/PD-1" class="mw-redirect" title="PD-1">PD-1</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ddd">Clinical data</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Drug_nomenclature#Trade_names" title="Drug nomenclature">Trade names</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Keytruda</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em;">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data">MK-3475, lambrolizumab</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/American_Society_of_Health-System_Pharmacists" title="American Society of Health-System 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><small><abbr class="country-name" title="Canada">CA</abbr></small>: <a href="/wiki/Prescription_drug" title="Prescription drug"> ℞-only</a> /<span class="nowrap"> </span>Schedule D<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><small><abbr class="country-name" title="United Kingdom">UK</abbr>:</small> <a href="/wiki/Prescription_drug" title="Prescription drug">POM</a> (Prescription only)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><small><abbr class="country-name" title="United States">US</abbr>:</small> <a href="/wiki/Prescription_drug" title="Prescription drug">℞-only</a><sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_label_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_label-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><small><abbr class="country-name" title="European Union">EU</abbr>:</small> Rx-only<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_EPAR_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_EPAR-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In general: ℞ (Prescription only)</li></ul></div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ddd">Identifiers</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/CAS_Registry_Number" title="CAS Registry Number">CAS Number</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="commonchemistry.cas.org"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="www.ebi.ac.uk"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembldb/index.php/compound/inspect/ChEMBL3137343">ChEMBL3137343</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/ECHA_InfoCard" class="mw-redirect" title="ECHA InfoCard"><span title="echa.europa.eu">ECHA InfoCard</span></a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://echa.europa.eu/substance-information/-/substanceinfo/100.234.370">100.234.370</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13896859#P2566" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" 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class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7005146648640000000♠"></span>146<span style="margin-left:.25em;">648</span>.64</span> g·mol<sup>−1</sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Pembrolizumab</b>, sold under the brand name <b>Keytruda</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/Humanized_antibody" title="Humanized antibody">humanized antibody</a>, more specifically a <a href="/wiki/PD-1_and_PD-L1_inhibitors" title="PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors">PD-1 Inhibitor</a>, used in <a href="/wiki/Cancer_immunotherapy" title="Cancer immunotherapy">cancer immunotherapy</a> that treats <a href="/wiki/Melanoma" title="Melanoma">melanoma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lung_cancer" title="Lung cancer">lung cancer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Head_and_neck_cancer" title="Head and neck cancer">head and neck cancer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hodgkin_lymphoma" title="Hodgkin lymphoma">Hodgkin lymphoma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stomach_cancer" title="Stomach cancer">stomach cancer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cervical_cancer" title="Cervical cancer">cervical cancer</a>, and certain types of <a href="/wiki/Breast_cancer" title="Breast cancer">breast cancer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_label_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_label-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AHFS2019_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AHFS2019-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is administered by <a href="/wiki/Intravenous" class="mw-redirect" title="Intravenous">slow intravenous injection</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AHFS2019_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AHFS2019-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Common side effects include fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, decreased appetite, itchy skin (pruritus), diarrhea, nausea, rash, fever (pyrexia), cough, difficulty breathing (dyspnea), constipation, pain, and abdominal pain.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_PR_20200629_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_PR_20200629-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AHFS2019_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AHFS2019-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is an IgG4 isotype antibody that blocks a protective mechanism of cancer cells, allowing the immune system to destroy them. It targets the <a href="/wiki/Programmed_cell_death_protein_1" title="Programmed cell death protein 1">programmed cell death protein 1</a> (PD-1) receptor of lymphocytes.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_PR_20200629_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_PR_20200629-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pembrolizumab was approved for medical use in the United States in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-AHFS2019_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AHFS2019-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is on the <a href="/wiki/WHO_Model_List_of_Essential_Medicines" title="WHO Model List of Essential Medicines">World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WHO23rd_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WHO23rd-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Medical_uses">Medical uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pembrolizumab&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Medical uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PD-L1_positive_lung_adenocarcinoma_--_intermed_mag.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/PD-L1_positive_lung_adenocarcinoma_--_intermed_mag.jpg/220px-PD-L1_positive_lung_adenocarcinoma_--_intermed_mag.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/PD-L1_positive_lung_adenocarcinoma_--_intermed_mag.jpg/330px-PD-L1_positive_lung_adenocarcinoma_--_intermed_mag.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/PD-L1_positive_lung_adenocarcinoma_--_intermed_mag.jpg/440px-PD-L1_positive_lung_adenocarcinoma_--_intermed_mag.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="6000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Micrograph" title="Micrograph">Micrograph</a> showing a PD-L1 positive non-small cell lung carcinoma. PD-L1 <a href="/wiki/Immunostain" class="mw-redirect" title="Immunostain">immunostain</a></figcaption></figure> <p>As of 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pembrolizumab&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, pembrolizumab is used via intravenous infusion to treat inoperable or metastatic <a href="/wiki/Melanoma" title="Melanoma">melanoma</a>, metastatic <a href="/wiki/Non-small_cell_lung_cancer" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-small cell lung cancer">non-small cell lung cancer</a> (NSCLC) in certain situations, as a first-line treatment for metastatic bladder cancer in patients who cannot receive cisplatin-based chemotherapy and have high levels of PD-L1, as a second-line treatment for <a href="/wiki/Head_and_neck_squamous_cell_carcinoma" class="mw-redirect" title="Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma">head and neck squamous cell carcinoma</a> (HNSCC), after <a href="/wiki/Platinum-based_antineoplastic" title="Platinum-based antineoplastic">platinum-based chemotherapy</a>, for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with refractory classic <a href="/wiki/Hodgkin%27s_lymphoma" class="mw-redirect" title="Hodgkin's lymphoma">Hodgkin's lymphoma</a> (cHL), and recurrent locally advanced or metastatic <a href="/wiki/Esophageal_squamous_cell_carcinoma" class="mw-redirect" title="Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma">esophageal squamous cell carcinoma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_label_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_label-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_SmPC_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_SmPC-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-redman_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-redman-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Syn_2017_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Syn_2017-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FDA_PR_20190730_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_PR_20190730-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For non-small cell lung cancer, pembrolizumab is used in combination with chemotherapy (for all <a href="/wiki/PD-L1" title="PD-L1">PD-L1</a>, a PD-1 receptor ligand, levels) or by itself as a first-line treatment if the cancer expresses (≥ 1%) <a href="/wiki/PD-L1" title="PD-L1">PD-L1</a> and the cancer has no mutations in <a href="/wiki/Epidermal_growth_factor_receptor" title="Epidermal growth factor receptor">EGFR</a> or in <a href="/wiki/Anaplastic_lymphoma_kinase" title="Anaplastic lymphoma kinase">ALK</a>; if chemotherapy has already been administered, then pembrolizumab can be used as a second-line treatment, but if the cancer has EGFR or ALK mutations, agents targeting those mutations should be used first.<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_label_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_label-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Assessment of PD-L1 expression must be conducted with a validated and approved <a href="/wiki/Companion_diagnostic" title="Companion diagnostic">companion diagnostic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_label_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_label-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Syn_2017_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Syn_2017-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pembrolizumab_results_as_in_Lung_cancer_keynote_studies_KEYNOTE-024_KEYNOTE-042_KEYNOTE-189_KEYNOTE-407.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Pembrolizumab_results_as_in_Lung_cancer_keynote_studies_KEYNOTE-024_KEYNOTE-042_KEYNOTE-189_KEYNOTE-407.jpg/220px-Pembrolizumab_results_as_in_Lung_cancer_keynote_studies_KEYNOTE-024_KEYNOTE-042_KEYNOTE-189_KEYNOTE-407.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Pembrolizumab_results_as_in_Lung_cancer_keynote_studies_KEYNOTE-024_KEYNOTE-042_KEYNOTE-189_KEYNOTE-407.jpg/330px-Pembrolizumab_results_as_in_Lung_cancer_keynote_studies_KEYNOTE-024_KEYNOTE-042_KEYNOTE-189_KEYNOTE-407.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Pembrolizumab_results_as_in_Lung_cancer_keynote_studies_KEYNOTE-024_KEYNOTE-042_KEYNOTE-189_KEYNOTE-407.jpg/440px-Pembrolizumab_results_as_in_Lung_cancer_keynote_studies_KEYNOTE-024_KEYNOTE-042_KEYNOTE-189_KEYNOTE-407.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="601" /></a><figcaption>Pembrolizumab (Pembro) use for treatment of Lung cancer in the first line with or without chemotherapy (Chemo). Median overall survival in months (M). Hazard Ratio (HR).<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In 2017, the US <a href="/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration" title="Food and Drug Administration">Food and Drug Administration</a> approved pembrolizumab for any unresectable or metastatic solid tumor with certain genetic anomalies (<a href="/wiki/Mismatch_repair_cancer_syndrome" title="Mismatch repair cancer syndrome">mismatch repair deficiency</a> or <a href="/wiki/Microsatellite_instability" title="Microsatellite instability">microsatellite instability</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Syn_2017_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Syn_2017-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FDA2017-05_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA2017-05-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the first time the FDA approved a cancer drug based on tumor genetics rather than tissue type or tumor site;<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)"><span title="Material near this tag needs references to reliable medical sources. (January 2020)">medical citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> therefore, pembrolizumab is a so-called <a href="/wiki/Tissue-agnostic_drug" class="mw-redirect" title="Tissue-agnostic drug">tissue-agnostic drug</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the European Union, pembrolizumab is indicated for: </p> <ul><li>the treatment of advanced (unresectable or metastatic) melanoma in adults as monotherapy.<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_EPAR_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_EPAR-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>the adjuvant treatment of adults with Stage III melanoma and lymph node involvement who have undergone complete resection as monotherapy.<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_EPAR_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_EPAR-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>the first-line treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) in adults whose tumors express PD-L1 with a ≥ 50% tumor proportion score (TPS) with no EGFR or ALK positive tumor mutations as monotherapy.<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_EPAR_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_EPAR-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>the first-line treatment of metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer in adults whose tumors have no EGFR or ALK positive mutations in combination with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy.<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_EPAR_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_EPAR-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>the first-line treatment of metastatic squamous non-small cell lung cancer in adults in combination with <a href="/wiki/Carboplatin" title="Carboplatin">carboplatin</a> and either <a href="/wiki/Paclitaxel" title="Paclitaxel">paclitaxel</a> or nab-paclitaxel.<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_EPAR_13-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_EPAR-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer in adults whose tumors express PD-L1 with a ≥ 1% TPS and who have received at least one prior chemotherapy regimen. People with EGFR or ALK positive tumor mutations should also have received targeted therapy before receiving Keytruda as monotherapy.<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_EPAR_13-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_EPAR-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) who have failed autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) and brentuximab vedotin (BV), or who are transplant-ineligible and have failed BV as monotherapy.<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_EPAR_13-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_EPAR-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma in adults who have received prior platinum-containing chemotherapy as monotherapy.<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_EPAR_13-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_EPAR-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma in adults who are not eligible for cisplatin-containing chemotherapy and whose tumors express PD L1 with a combined positive score (CPS) ≥ 10 as monotherapy.<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_EPAR_13-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_EPAR-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>the first-line treatment of metastatic or unresectable recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) in adults whose tumors express PD-L1 with a CPS ≥ 1 as monotherapy or in combination with platinum and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) chemotherapy.<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_EPAR_13-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_EPAR-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>the treatment of recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in adults whose tumors express PD-L1 with a ≥ 50% TPS and progressing on or after platinum-containing chemotherapy as monotherapy.<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_EPAR_13-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_EPAR-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>the first-line treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in adults in combination with axitinib.<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_EPAR_13-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_EPAR-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>In June 2020, the US FDA approved a new indication for pembrolizumab as the first-line treatment for people with unresectable or metastatic microsatellite instability-high (MSI‑H) or mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) colorectal cancer.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_PR_20200629_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_PR_20200629-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The approval marks the first immunotherapy approved for that population in the US as a first-line treatment and which is administered to people without also giving chemotherapy.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_PR_20200629_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_PR_20200629-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2021, the US FDA approved pembrolizumab in combination with platinum and <a href="/wiki/Fluoropyrimidine" title="Fluoropyrimidine">fluoropyrimidine</a>-based chemotherapy to treat metastatic or locally advanced esophageal or gastroesophageal (GEJ) (tumors with epicenter 1 to 5 centimeters above the gastroesophageal junction) carcinoma in people who are not candidates for surgical resection or definitive chemoradiation.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_20210322_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_20210322-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Efficacy was evaluated in KEYNOTE-590 (NCT03189719), a multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trial that enrolled 749 participants with metastatic or locally advanced esophageal or gastroesophageal junction carcinoma who were not candidates for surgical resection or definitive chemoradiation.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_20210322_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_20210322-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2021, the US FDA approved pembrolizumab in combination with <a href="/wiki/Trastuzumab" title="Trastuzumab">trastuzumab</a>, fluoropyrimidine- and <a href="/wiki/Platinum-based_antineoplastic" title="Platinum-based antineoplastic">platinum-containing</a> chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of people with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2 positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_20210505_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_20210505-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Approval was based on the prespecified interim analysis of the first 264 participants of the ongoing KEYNOTE-811 (NCT03615326) trial, a multicenter, randomized, double‑blind, placebo‑controlled trial in people with HER2‑positive advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma who had not previously received systemic therapy for metastatic disease.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_20210505_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_20210505-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2021, the US FDA approved pembrolizumab for high-risk, early-stage, <a href="/wiki/Triple-negative_breast_cancer" title="Triple-negative breast cancer">triple-negative breast cancer</a> (TNBC) in combination with chemotherapy as <a href="/wiki/Neoadjuvant_therapy" title="Neoadjuvant therapy">neoadjuvant treatment</a>, and then continued as a single agent as <a href="/wiki/Adjuvant_therapy" title="Adjuvant therapy">adjuvant treatment</a> after surgery.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_20210727_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_20210727-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The FDA also granted regular approval to pembrolizumab in combination with chemotherapy for people with locally recurrent unresectable or metastatic TNBC whose tumors express PD-L1 (Combined Positive Score [CPS] ≥ 10) as determined by an FDA-approved test.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_20210727_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_20210727-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2021, the US FDA approved pembrolizumab for the adjuvant treatment of people twelve years of age and older with stage IIB or IIC melanoma following complete resection.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2021, the US FDA approved pembrolizumab for the adjuvant treatment of <a href="/wiki/Renal_cell_carcinoma" title="Renal cell carcinoma">renal cell carcinoma</a> for people at intermediate-high or high risk of recurrence following nephrectomy.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Approval was based on KEYNOTE-564, a multicenter, randomized (1:1), double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in 994 patients with intermediate-high or high risk of recurrence of RCC, or M1 no evidence of disease.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2022, the US FDA approved pembrolizumab for the treatment of advanced <a href="/wiki/Endometrial_cancer" title="Endometrial cancer">endometrial cancer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2023, the US FDA approved pembrolizumab for adjuvant treatment following resection and platinum-based chemotherapy for stage IB (T2a ≥ 4 cm), II, or IIIA non-small cell lung cancer.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2023, the US FDA approved pembrolizumab to be used with gemcitabine and cisplatin for locally advanced unresectable or metastatic biliary tract cancer.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2024, the US FDA approved pembrolizumab, in combination with <a href="/wiki/Chemoradiotherapy" title="Chemoradiotherapy">chemoradiotherapy</a> for the treatment of people with <a href="/wiki/FIGO_classification_of_uterine_bleeding" title="FIGO classification of uterine bleeding">FIGO</a> (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics) 2014 Stage III-IVA <a href="/wiki/Cervical_cancer" title="Cervical cancer">cervical cancer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_20240112_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_20240112-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2024, the US FDA approved pembrolizumab with carboplatin and paclitaxel, followed by single-agent pembrolizumab, for adults with primary advanced or recurrent <a href="/wiki/Endometrial_carcinoma" class="mw-redirect" title="Endometrial carcinoma">endometrial carcinoma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_20240617_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_20240617-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2024, the FDA approved pembrolizumab with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy as first-line treatment of unresectable advanced or metastatic malignant pleural mesothelioma.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adverse_effects">Adverse effects</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pembrolizumab&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Adverse effects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>People have had severe infusion-related reactions to pembrolizumab. There have also been severe immune-related adverse effects including lung inflammation (including fatal cases) and inflammation of endocrine organs that caused <a href="/wiki/Hypophysitis" title="Hypophysitis">inflammation of the pituitary gland</a>, of the <a href="/wiki/Thyroid" title="Thyroid">thyroid</a> (causing both <a href="/wiki/Hypothyroidism" title="Hypothyroidism">hypothyroidism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hyperthyroidism" title="Hyperthyroidism">hyperthyroidism</a> in different people), and pancreatitis that caused <a href="/wiki/Type_1_diabetes" title="Type 1 diabetes">Type 1 diabetes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diabetic_ketoacidosis" title="Diabetic ketoacidosis">diabetic ketoacidosis</a>; some people have had to go on lifelong hormone therapy as a result (e.g. insulin therapy or thyroid hormones). People have also had <a href="/wiki/Checkpoint_inhibitor_induced_colitis" title="Checkpoint inhibitor induced colitis">colon inflammation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hepatitis" title="Hepatitis">liver inflammation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nephritis" title="Nephritis">kidney inflammation</a> due to the drug.<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_SmPC_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_SmPC-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The common adverse reactions have been fatigue (24%), rash (19%), itchiness (pruritus) (17%), diarrhea (12%), nausea (11%) and joint pain (arthralgia) (10%).<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_SmPC_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_SmPC-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other adverse effects occurring in between 1% and 10% of people taking pembrolizumab have included anemia, decreased appetite, headache, dizziness, distortion of the sense of taste, dry eye, high blood pressure, abdominal pain, constipation, dry mouth, severe skin reactions, vitiligo, various kinds of acne, dry skin, eczema, muscle pain, pain in a limb, arthritis, weakness, edema, fever, chills, myasthenia gravis, and flu-like symptoms.<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_SmPC_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_SmPC-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mechanism_of_action">Mechanism of action</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pembrolizumab&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mechanism of action"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pembrolizumab is a <a href="/wiki/Therapeutic_antibody" class="mw-redirect" title="Therapeutic antibody">therapeutic antibody</a> that binds to and blocks PD-1 located on <a href="/wiki/Lymphocyte" title="Lymphocyte">lymphocytes</a>. This receptor is generally responsible for preventing the immune system from attacking the body's own tissues; it is a so-called <a href="/wiki/Immune_checkpoint" title="Immune checkpoint">immune checkpoint</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PD1rev2010_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PD1rev2010-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TrialWatchrev2015_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TrialWatchrev2015-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Normally, the <a href="/wiki/Programmed_cell_death_protein_1" title="Programmed cell death protein 1">PD-1</a> receptor on <a href="/wiki/T-cell_activation_RhoGTPase_activating_protein" title="T-cell activation RhoGTPase activating protein">activated</a> <a href="/wiki/T_cell" title="T cell">T-cells</a> binds to the <a href="/wiki/PD-L1" title="PD-L1">PD-L1</a> or PD-L2 <a href="/wiki/Ligand" title="Ligand">ligands</a> present on normal cells in the body, deactivating any potential <a href="/wiki/Cell-mediated_immunity" title="Cell-mediated immunity">cell-mediated</a> immune response against these cells.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many cancers make proteins such as PD-L1 that also bind to the PD-1 receptor, thus shutting down the ability of the body to kill the cancer.<sup id="cite_ref-Syn_2017_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Syn_2017-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PD1rev2010_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PD1rev2010-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pembrolizumab works by inhibiting lymphocytes' PD-1 receptors, blocking the ligands that would deactivate it and prevent an immune response.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)"><span title="Material near this tag needs references to reliable medical sources. (March 2022)">medical citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This allows the immune system to target and destroy cancer cells,<sup id="cite_ref-Pardoll2012_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pardoll2012-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but also blocks a key mechanism preventing the immune system from attacking the body itself. This <a href="/wiki/Checkpoint_inhibitor" title="Checkpoint inhibitor">checkpoint inhibitor</a> function of pembrolizumab thus has immune-dysfunction side effects as a result.<sup id="cite_ref-TrialWatchrev2015_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TrialWatchrev2015-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tumors often have mutations that cause impaired <a href="/wiki/DNA_mismatch_repair" title="DNA mismatch repair">DNA mismatch repair</a>. This in turn often results in <a href="/wiki/Microsatellite_instability" title="Microsatellite instability">microsatellite instability</a> allowing the tumor to generate numerous mutant proteins that could serve as <a href="/wiki/Tumor_antigen" title="Tumor antigen">tumor antigens</a>, triggering an immune response against the tumor. By preventing the self-checkpoint system from blocking the T-cells,<sup id="cite_ref-Syn_2017_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Syn_2017-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FDAexplainer_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDAexplainer-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> pembrolizumab appears to facilitate clearance of any such tumor by the immune system. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pharmacology">Pharmacology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pembrolizumab&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pharmacology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since pembrolizumab is cleared from the circulation through non-specific <a href="/wiki/Catabolism" title="Catabolism">catabolism</a>, no metabolic <a href="/wiki/Drug_interactions" class="mw-redirect" title="Drug interactions">drug interactions</a> are expected and no studies were done on routes of elimination.<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_SmPC_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_SmPC-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The systemic clearance [rate] is about 0.2 L/day and the <a href="/wiki/Terminal_half-life" class="mw-redirect" title="Terminal half-life">terminal half-life</a> is about 25 days.<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_SmPC_19-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_SmPC-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chemistry_and_manufacturing">Chemistry and manufacturing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pembrolizumab&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Chemistry and manufacturing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pembrolizumab is an <a href="/wiki/Immunoglobulin_G4" class="mw-redirect" title="Immunoglobulin G4">immunoglobulin G4</a>, with a variable region against the human PD-1 receptor, a humanized mouse monoclonal [228-L-proline(H10-S>P)]γ4 heavy chain (134-218') disulfide and a humanized mouse monoclonal κ light chain dimer (226-226<i>:229-229</i>)-bisdisulfide.<sup id="cite_ref-USAN_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USAN-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is recombinantly manufactured in <a href="/wiki/Chinese_hamster_ovary" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese hamster ovary">Chinese hamster ovary</a> (CHO) cells.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_EPAR_13-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_EPAR-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pembrolizumab&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pembrolizumab was invented by scientists at <a href="/wiki/Organon_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Organon International">Organon</a> after which they worked with <a href="/wiki/Medical_Research_Council_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical Research Council Technology">Medical Research Council Technology</a> (which became LifeArc) starting in 2006, to humanize the antibody; <a href="/wiki/Schering-Plough" title="Schering-Plough">Schering-Plough</a> acquired Organon in 2007, and <a href="/wiki/Merck_%26_Co." title="Merck & Co.">Merck & Co.</a> acquired Schering-Plough two years later.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Inventors Gregory Carven, Hans van Eenennaam and Gradus Dulos were recognized as Inventors of the Year by the Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The development program for pembrolizumab was seen as high priority at Organon, but low at Schering and later Merck. In early 2010, Merck terminated development and began preparing to out-license it.<sup id="cite_ref-Shaywitz2017_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shaywitz2017-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, in 2010, scientists from <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Myers_Squibb" title="Bristol Myers Squibb">Bristol Myers Squibb</a> published a paper in <i>The New England Journal of Medicine</i> showing that their checkpoint inhibitor, <a href="/wiki/Ipilimumab" title="Ipilimumab">ipilimumab</a> (Yervoy), had shown strong promise in treating metastatic melanoma<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and that a second Bristol Myers Squibb checkpoint inhibitor, <a href="/wiki/Nivolumab" title="Nivolumab">nivolumab</a> (Opdivo), was also promising.<sup id="cite_ref-Shaywitz2017_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shaywitz2017-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Merck at that time had little commitment or expertise in either oncology or immunotherapy, but understood the opportunity and reacted strongly, reactivating the program and filing its <a href="/wiki/Investigational_New_Drug" title="Investigational New Drug">IND</a> by the end of 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-Shaywitz2017_53-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shaywitz2017-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As one example, Martin Huber was one of the few senior people at Merck with strong experience in lung cancer drug development, but had been promoted to senior management and was no longer involved in product development. He stepped down from his role to lead clinical development of pembrolizumab for lung cancer.<sup id="cite_ref-Shaywitz2017_53-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shaywitz2017-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Scientists at the company argued for developing a <a href="/wiki/Companion_diagnostic" title="Companion diagnostic">companion diagnostic</a> and limiting testing of the drug only to patients with <a href="/wiki/Biomarkers" class="mw-redirect" title="Biomarkers">biomarkers</a> showing they were likely to respond, and received agreement from management. Some people, including shareholders and analysts, criticized this decision as it limited the potential market size for the drug, while others argued it increased the chances of proving the drug would work and would make clinical trials faster. (The trials would need fewer patients because of the likelihood of greater effect size.) Moving quickly and reducing the risk of failure was essential for catching up with Bristol-Myers Squibb, which had an approximate five year lead over Merck.<sup id="cite_ref-Shaywitz2017_53-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shaywitz2017-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The phase I study started in early 2011, and Eric Rubin, who was running the melanoma trial, argued for and was able to win expansion of the trial until it reached around 1300 people. This was the largest phase I study ever run in oncology, with the patients roughly divided between melanoma and lung cancer.<sup id="cite_ref-Shaywitz2017_53-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shaywitz2017-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, Merck quietly applied for and won a <a href="/wiki/Breakthrough_therapy" title="Breakthrough therapy">breakthrough therapy</a> designation for the drug. This regulatory pathway was new at the time and not well understood. One of its advantages is that the US FDA holds more frequent meetings with drug developers, reducing the risk of developers of making mistakes or misunderstandings arising from the differences between regulators' expectations and what the developers want to do. This was Merck's first use of the designation and the reduction in regulatory risk was one of the reasons management was willing to put company resources into development.<sup id="cite_ref-Shaywitz2017_53-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shaywitz2017-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Adopted_Name" title="United States Adopted Name">United States Adopted Name</a> (USAN) name was changed from lambrolizumab to pembrolizumab.<sup id="cite_ref-USAN_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USAN-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In that year clinical trial results in advanced melanoma were published in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_England_Journal_of_Medicine" title="The New England Journal of Medicine">The New England Journal of Medicine</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was part of the large phase I NCT01295827 trial.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2014, the US <a href="/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration" title="Food and Drug Administration">Food and Drug Administration</a> approved pembrolizumab under the <a href="/wiki/Fast_track_(FDA)" title="Fast track (FDA)">Fast Track Development Program</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is approved for use following treatment with <a href="/wiki/Ipilimumab" title="Ipilimumab">ipilimumab</a>, or after treatment with ipilimumab and a <a href="/wiki/BRAF_inhibitor" class="mw-redirect" title="BRAF inhibitor">BRAF inhibitor</a> in advanced <a href="/wiki/Melanoma" title="Melanoma">melanoma</a> patients who carry a <a href="/wiki/BRAF_(gene)" title="BRAF (gene)">BRAF</a> mutation.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA20140904_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA20140904-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBaroneHazarikaTheoretMishra-Kalyani2017" class="citation journal cs1">Barone A, Hazarika M, Theoret MR, Mishra-Kalyani P, Chen H, He K, et al. (October 2017). "FDA Approval Summary: Pembrolizumab for the Treatment of Patients with Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma". <i>Clinical Cancer Research</i>. <b>23</b> (19): 5661–5665. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1158%2F1078-0432.CCR-16-0664">10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-16-0664</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28179454">28179454</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Clinical+Cancer+Research&rft.atitle=FDA+Approval+Summary%3A+Pembrolizumab+for+the+Treatment+of+Patients+with+Unresectable+or+Metastatic+Melanoma&rft.volume=23&rft.issue=19&rft.pages=5661-5665&rft.date=2017-10&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1158%2F1078-0432.CCR-16-0664&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F28179454&rft.aulast=Barone&rft.aufirst=A&rft.au=Hazarika%2C+M&rft.au=Theoret%2C+MR&rft.au=Mishra-Kalyani%2C+P&rft.au=Chen%2C+H&rft.au=He%2C+K&rft.au=Sridhara%2C+R&rft.au=Subramaniam%2C+S&rft.au=Pfuma%2C+E&rft.au=Wang%2C+Y&rft.au=Li%2C+H&rft.au=Zhao%2C+H&rft.au=Zirkelbach%2C+JF&rft.au=Keegan%2C+P&rft.au=Pazdur%2C+R&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APembrolizumab" class="Z3988"></span> </p><p>As of 2015<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pembrolizumab&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the only PD-1/PD-L1 targeting drugs on the market are pembrolizumab and nivolumab.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-20150529_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-20150529-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By April 2016, Merck applied for approval to market the drug in Japan and signed an agreement with <a href="/wiki/Taiho_Pharmaceutical" title="Taiho Pharmaceutical">Taiho Pharmaceutical</a> to co-promote it there.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2015, pembrolizumab received marketing approval in the European Union.<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_SmPC_19-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_SmPC-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_EPAR_13-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_EPAR-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2015, the US FDA approved pembrolizumab for the treatment of <a href="/wiki/Metastatic" class="mw-redirect" title="Metastatic">metastatic</a> <a href="/wiki/Non-small_cell_lung_cancer" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-small cell lung cancer">non-small cell lung cancer</a> (NSCLC) in people whose tumors express <a href="/wiki/PD-L1" title="PD-L1">PD-L1</a> and who have failed treatment with other <a href="/wiki/Chemotherapeutic" class="mw-redirect" title="Chemotherapeutic">chemotherapeutic</a> agents.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA-ucm465444_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA-ucm465444-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2016, the US FDA accepted for <a href="/wiki/Priority_review" title="Priority review">priority review</a> an application for recurrent or metastatic <a href="/wiki/Head_and_neck_squamous_cell_carcinoma" class="mw-redirect" title="Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma">head and neck squamous cell carcinoma</a> (HNSCC) after a platinum-based chemotherapy.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They granted <a href="/wiki/Accelerated_approval" class="mw-redirect" title="Accelerated approval">accelerated approval</a> to pembrolizumab as a treatment for patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma ("regardless of PD-L1 staining") following progression on a platinum-based chemotherapy, based on <a href="/wiki/Objective_response_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="Objective response rate">objective response rates</a> (ORR) in the phase Ib KEYNOTE-012 study in August of the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HNSCC-AA_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HNSCC-AA-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2016, the US FDA approved pembrolizumab for the treatment of people with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors express PD-L1 as determined by an FDA-approved test.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2017, pembrolizumab received an accelerated approval from the US FDA for use in any unresectable or metastatic solid tumor with <a href="/wiki/DNA_mismatch_repair#Inherited_defects_in_mismatch_repair" title="DNA mismatch repair">DNA mismatch repair deficiencies</a> or a <a href="/wiki/Microsatellite_instability" title="Microsatellite instability">microsatellite instability-high state</a> (or, in the case of colon cancer, tumors that have progressed following chemotherapy).<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_PR_20170523_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_PR_20170523-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This approval marked the first instance in which the FDA approved marketing of a drug based only on the presence of a genetic mutation, with no limitation on the site of the cancer or the kind of tissue in which it originated.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_PR_20170523_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_PR_20170523-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FDA2017-05_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA2017-05-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FDAexplainer_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDAexplainer-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The approval was based on a clinical trial of 149 patients with microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair deficient cancers who enrolled on one of five single-arm trials. Ninety patients had colorectal cancer, and 59 patients had one of 14 other cancer types. The objective response rate for all patients was 39.6%. Response rates were similar across all cancer types, including 36% in colorectal cancer and 46% across the other tumor types. Notably, there were 11 complete responses, with the remainder partial responses. Responses lasted for at least six months in 78% of responders.<sup id="cite_ref-FDAexplainer_48-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDAexplainer-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because the clinical trial was fairly small, Merck is obligated to conduct further post-marketing studies to ensure that the results are valid.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pembrolizumab was granted orphan drug designation for small-cell lung cancer in October 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_PR_20190617_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_PR_20190617-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2018, the US FDA approved pembrolizumab for use in both advanced <a href="/wiki/Cervical_cancer" title="Cervical cancer">cervical cancer</a> for PD-L1 positive patients<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with refractory <a href="/wiki/Primary_mediastinal_B-cell_lymphoma" title="Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma">primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma</a> (PMBCL), or who have relapsed after two or more prior lines of therapy.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2018, the US FDA updated the prescribing information for pembrolizumab to require the use of an FDA-approved companion diagnostic test to determine PD-L1 levels in tumor tissue from patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who are cisplatin-ineligible.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_PR_20180816_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_PR_20180816-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 16 August 2018, the FDA approved the Dako PD-L1 IHC 22C3 PharmDx Assay (Dako North America, Inc.) as a companion diagnostic to select patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma who are cisplatin-ineligible for treatment with pembrolizumab.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_PR_20180816_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_PR_20180816-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 22C3 assay determines PD-L1 expression by using a combined positive score (CPS) assessing PD-L1 staining in tumor and immune cells.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_PR_20180816_75-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_PR_20180816-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of August 2018<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pembrolizumab&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, pembrolizumab is indicated for the treatment of those with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma who are not eligible for cisplatin-containing chemotherapy and whose tumors express PD-L1 [Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥ 10] as determined by an FDA-approved test, or in patients who are not eligible for any platinum-containing chemotherapy regardless of PD-L1 status.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_PR_20180816_75-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_PR_20180816-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2018, the US FDA granted accelerated approval to pembrolizumab for those with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who have been previously treated with <a href="/wiki/Sorafenib" title="Sorafenib">sorafenib</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2019, the US FDA approved pembrolizumab for the adjuvant treatment of patients with melanoma with involvement of lymph node(s) following complete resection.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_PR_20190215_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_PR_20190215-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The FDA granted the application <a href="/wiki/Orphan_drug" title="Orphan drug">orphan drug</a> designation.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_PR_20190215_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_PR_20190215-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2019, the US FDA granted accelerated approval to pembrolizumab for those with <a href="/wiki/Small-cell_carcinoma" title="Small-cell carcinoma">metastatic small cell</a> lung cancer (SCLC) with disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy and at least one other prior line of therapy,<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_PR_20190617_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_PR_20190617-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the FDA approved pembrolizumab for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic or unresectable recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_PR_20190610_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_PR_20190610-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pembrolizumab was approved for use in combination with platinum and fluorouracil (FU) for all patients and as a single agent for patients whose tumors express PD‑L1 (Combined Positive Score [CPS] ≥ 1) as determined by an FDA‑approved test.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_PR_20190610_78-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_PR_20190610-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The FDA also expanded the intended use for the PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx kit to include use as a companion diagnostic device for selecting patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma for treatment with pembrolizumab as a single agent.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_PR_20190610_78-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_PR_20190610-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2019, the US FDA approved pembrolizumab for patients with recurrent, locally advanced or metastatic, squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus (ESCC) whose tumors express PD-L1 (Combined Positive Score [CPS] ≥ 10), as determined by an FDA-approved test, with disease progression after one or more prior lines of systemic therapy.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_PR_20190730_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_PR_20190730-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The FDA also approved a new use for the PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx kit as a companion diagnostic device for selecting patients for the above indication.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_PR_20190730_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_PR_20190730-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2020, the US FDA approved pembrolizumab as monotherapy for the treatment of adults and children with unresectable or metastatic tumor mutational burden-high (TMB-H) [≥ 10 mutations/megabase (mut/Mb)] solid tumors, as determined by an FDA-approved test, that have progressed following prior treatment and who have no satisfactory alternative treatment options.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2021, the accelerated approval indication in the US for the treatment of people with metastatic small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) was removed.<sup id="cite_ref-Keytruda_label_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keytruda_label-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2024, the FDA approved pembrolizumab, in combination with chemoradiotherapy, for people with FIGO 2014 Stage III-IVA cervical cancer.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_20240112_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_20240112-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Efficacy was evaluated in KEYNOTE-A18 (NCT04221945), a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial enrolling 1060 participants with cervical cancer who had not previously received definitive surgery, radiation, or systemic therapy.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_20240112_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_20240112-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The trial included 596 participants with FIGO 2014 Stage III-IVA disease and 462 participants with FIGO 2014 Stage IB2-IIB, node-positive disease.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_20240112_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_20240112-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2024, the US FDA approved pembrolizumab with carboplatin and paclitaxel, followed by single-agent pembrolizumab, for adults with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_20240617_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_20240617-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Efficacy was evaluated in KEYNOTE-868/NRG-GY018 (NCT03914612), a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial enrolling 810 participants with advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_20240617_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_20240617-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The trial included two separate cohorts based on mismatch repair status: 222 participants in the mismatch repair deficient cohort, and 588 participants in the mismatch repair proficient cohort.<sup id="cite_ref-FDA_20240617_40-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDA_20240617-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Society_and_culture">Society and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pembrolizumab&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Society and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economics">Economics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pembrolizumab&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Economics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pembrolizumab was priced at <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$150,000</span> per year when it launched in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-Fierce_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fierce-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was added to the <a href="/wiki/Cancer_Drugs_Fund" title="Cancer Drugs Fund">Cancer Drugs Fund</a> list of <a href="/wiki/NHS_England" title="NHS England">NHS England</a> in November 2022, after a "confidential" deal with manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Merck_%26_Co." title="Merck & Co.">Merck Sharp and Dohme</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Research">Research</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pembrolizumab&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Research"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015, <a href="/wiki/Merck_%26_Co." title="Merck & Co.">Merck</a> reported results in thirteen cancer types; much attention was given to early results in <a href="/wiki/Head_and_neck_cancer" title="Head and neck cancer">head and neck cancer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Syn_2017_23-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Syn_2017-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of May 2016<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pembrolizumab&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, pembrolizumab was in phase IB clinical trials for <a href="/wiki/Triple-negative_breast_cancer" title="Triple-negative breast cancer">triple-negative breast cancer</a> (TNBC), <a href="/wiki/Gastric_cancer" class="mw-redirect" title="Gastric cancer">gastric cancer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Urothelial_cancer" class="mw-redirect" title="Urothelial cancer">urothelial cancer</a>, and head and neck cancer (all under the "Keynote-012" trial) and in phase II trial for TNBC (the "Keynote-086" trial).<sup id="cite_ref-Key012-2016-05_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Key012-2016-05-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At ASCO, in June 2016, Merck reported that the clinical development program was directed to around 30 cancers and that it was running over 270 clinical trials (around 100 in combination with other treatments) and had four registration-enabling studies in process.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Results of a phase III clinical trial in <a href="/wiki/Triple-negative_breast_cancer" title="Triple-negative breast cancer">triple-negative breast cancer</a> were reported in October 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-Schmid2019_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schmid2019-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Results of a phase II clinical trial in <a href="/wiki/Merkel-cell_carcinoma" title="Merkel-cell carcinoma">Merkel-cell carcinoma</a> were reported in June 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-Nghiem2016_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nghiem2016-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Results of a clinical trial in people with untreatable metastases arising from various solid tumors were reported in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-Le2017_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Le2017-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A clinical phase III trial in combination with <a href="/wiki/Epacadostat" title="Epacadostat">epacadostat</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Indoleamine_2,3-dioxygenase" title="Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase">Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase</a> <a href="/wiki/IDO_inhibitor" class="mw-redirect" title="IDO inhibitor">(IDO1) inhibitor</a> to treat melanoma was completed in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-Syn_2017_23-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Syn_2017-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, researchers reported the results of a five-year follow-up study.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2022, a combination clinical trial of pembrolizumab and <a href="/wiki/NL-201" title="NL-201">NL-201</a>, a <i>de novo</i> protein undergoing a phase I clinical trial in people with advanced, relapsed or refractory solid tumors.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2023, Merck reported the results of NRG-GY018, a phase III clinical trial in people with stage three to four or <a href="/wiki/Endometrial_cancer" title="Endometrial cancer">recurrent endometrial carcinoma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, <a href="/wiki/MRNA-4157/V940" title="MRNA-4157/V940">mRNA-4157/V940</a> drug candidate, a <a href="/wiki/Cancer_vaccine" title="Cancer vaccine">cancer vaccine</a>, was studied alongside pembrolizumab for treatment of skin and pancreatic cancers. mRNA-4157/V940 went on to be granted <a href="/wiki/Breakthrough_therapy" title="Breakthrough therapy">breakthrough therapy</a> designation by the FDA.<sup id="cite_ref-natmed1_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-natmed1-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span 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title="Tucatinib">Tucatinib</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/BRAF_(gene)" title="BRAF (gene)">BRAF</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dabrafenib" title="Dabrafenib">Dabrafenib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Encorafenib" title="Encorafenib">Encorafenib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vemurafenib" title="Vemurafenib">Vemurafenib</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RTK_class_III" title="RTK class III">RTK class III</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/CD117" class="mw-redirect" title="CD117">C-kit</a> and <a href="/wiki/Platelet-derived_growth_factor_receptor" title="Platelet-derived growth factor receptor">PDGFR</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Avapritinib" title="Avapritinib">Avapritinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axitinib" title="Axitinib">Axitinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masitinib" title="Masitinib">Masitinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pazopanib" title="Pazopanib">Pazopanib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ripretinib" title="Ripretinib">Ripretinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sorafenib" title="Sorafenib">Sorafenib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunitinib" title="Sunitinib">Sunitinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toceranib" title="Toceranib">Toceranib</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/CD135" title="CD135">FLT3</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Lestaurtinib" title="Lestaurtinib">Lestaurtinib</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gilteritinib" title="Gilteritinib">Gilteritinib</a> (AXL, ALK, LTK))</li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/VEGF_receptors" class="mw-redirect" title="VEGF receptors">VEGFR</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Axitinib" title="Axitinib">Axitinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cediranib" title="Cediranib">Cediranib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fruquintinib" title="Fruquintinib">Fruquintinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenvatinib" title="Lenvatinib">Lenvatinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nintedanib" title="Nintedanib">Nintedanib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pazopanib" title="Pazopanib">Pazopanib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regorafenib" title="Regorafenib">Regorafenib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semaxanib" title="Semaxanib">Semaxanib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sorafenib" title="Sorafenib">Sorafenib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunitinib" title="Sunitinib">Sunitinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tivozanib" title="Tivozanib">Tivozanib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toceranib" title="Toceranib">Toceranib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandetanib" title="Vandetanib">Vandetanib</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Anaplastic_lymphoma_kinase" title="Anaplastic lymphoma kinase">ALK</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alectinib" title="Alectinib">Alectinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigatinib" title="Brigatinib">Brigatinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceritinib" title="Ceritinib">Ceritinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crizotinib" title="Crizotinib">Crizotinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorlatinib" title="Lorlatinib">Lorlatinib</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/RET_proto-oncogene" title="RET proto-oncogene">RET</a> inhibitors:</i> <a href="/wiki/Entrectinib" title="Entrectinib">Entrectinib</a> (ALK, ROS1, NTRK), <a href="/wiki/Futibatinib" title="Futibatinib">Futibatinib</a> (FGFR2), <a href="/wiki/Infigratinib" title="Infigratinib">Infigratinib</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larotrectinib" title="Larotrectinib">Larotrectinib</a> (NTRK), <a href="/wiki/Pemigatinib" title="Pemigatinib">Pemigatinib</a> (FGFR), <a href="/wiki/Pralsetinib" title="Pralsetinib">Pralsetinib</a>, <a href="/wiki/Repotrectinib" title="Repotrectinib">Repotrectinib</a> (ROS1, TRK, ALK), <a href="/wiki/Selpercatinib" title="Selpercatinib">Selpercatinib</a> (VEGFR, FGFR), <a href="/wiki/Vandetanib" title="Vandetanib">Vandetanib</a> (VEGFR, EGFR).</li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/C-Met" class="mw-redirect" title="C-Met">c-MET</a> inhibitors:</i> <a href="/wiki/Cabozantinib" title="Cabozantinib">Cabozantinib</a> (VEGFR), <a href="/wiki/Capmatinib" title="Capmatinib">Capmatinib</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crizotinib" title="Crizotinib">Crizotinib</a> (ALK)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Non-receptor_tyrosine_kinase" title="Non-receptor tyrosine kinase">Non-receptor</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bcr-abl_fusion_protein" class="mw-redirect" title="Bcr-abl fusion protein">bcr-abl</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asciminib" title="Asciminib">Asciminib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosutinib" title="Bosutinib">Bosutinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dasatinib" title="Dasatinib">Dasatinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imatinib" title="Imatinib">Imatinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilotinib" title="Nilotinib">Nilotinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponatinib" title="Ponatinib">Ponatinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radotinib" title="Radotinib">Radotinib</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Src_(gene)" class="mw-redirect" title="Src (gene)">Src</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Bosutinib" title="Bosutinib">Bosutinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dasatinib" title="Dasatinib">Dasatinib</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Janus_kinase" title="Janus kinase">Janus kinase</a> (JAK)</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baricitinib" title="Baricitinib">Baricitinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fedratinib" title="Fedratinib">Fedratinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filgotinib" title="Filgotinib">Filgotinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lestaurtinib" title="Lestaurtinib">Lestaurtinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Momelotinib" title="Momelotinib">Momelotinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacritinib" title="Pacritinib">Pacritinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruxolitinib" title="Ruxolitinib">Ruxolitinib</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mitogen-activated_protein_kinase_kinase" title="Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase">MAP2K</a> (MEK)</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Binimetinib" title="Binimetinib">Binimetinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cobimetinib" title="Cobimetinib">Cobimetinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selumetinib" title="Selumetinib">Selumetinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trametinib" title="Trametinib">Trametinib</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/EML4" title="EML4">EML4</a>-<a href="/wiki/Anaplastic_lymphoma_kinase" title="Anaplastic lymphoma kinase">ALK</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crizotinib" title="Crizotinib">Crizotinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entrectinib" title="Entrectinib">Entrectinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorlatinib" title="Lorlatinib">Lorlatinib</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bruton%27s_tyrosine_kinase" title="Bruton's tyrosine kinase">Bruton's</a> (BTK)</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acalabrutinib" title="Acalabrutinib">Acalabrutinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibrutinib" title="Ibrutinib">Ibrutinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orelabrutinib" title="Orelabrutinib">Orelabrutinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirtobrutinib" title="Pirtobrutinib">Pirtobrutinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zanubrutinib" title="Zanubrutinib">Zanubrutinib</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Fusion_protein" title="Fusion protein">fusion protein</a> against <a href="/wiki/Vascular_endothelial_growth_factor" title="Vascular endothelial growth factor">VEGF</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Aflibercept" title="Aflibercept">Aflibercept</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Proapoptotic" class="mw-redirect" title="Proapoptotic">proapoptotic</a> peptide against <a href="/wiki/ANXA2" class="mw-redirect" title="ANXA2">ANXA2</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prohibitin" title="Prohibitin">prohibitin</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Adipotide" class="mw-redirect" title="Adipotide">Adipotide</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Exotoxin" title="Exotoxin">exotoxin</a> against <a href="/wiki/Interleukin_2" title="Interleukin 2">IL-2</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Denileukin_diftitox" title="Denileukin diftitox">Denileukin diftitox</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/MTOR_inhibitor" class="mw-redirect" title="MTOR inhibitor">mTOR inhibitors</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Everolimus" title="Everolimus">Everolimus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridaforolimus" title="Ridaforolimus">Ridaforolimus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirolimus" title="Sirolimus">Sirolimus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temsirolimus" title="Temsirolimus">Temsirolimus</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hedgehog_signaling_pathway" title="Hedgehog signaling pathway">hedgehog</a> inhibitors</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glasdegib" title="Glasdegib">Glasdegib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonidegib" title="Sonidegib">Sonidegib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vismodegib" title="Vismodegib">Vismodegib</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/CDK_inhibitor" title="CDK inhibitor">CDK inhibitors</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abemaciclib" title="Abemaciclib">Abemaciclib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalpiciclib" title="Dalpiciclib">Dalpiciclib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palbociclib" title="Palbociclib">Palbociclib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ribociclib" title="Ribociclib">Ribociclib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trilaciclib" title="Trilaciclib">Trilaciclib</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/KRAS" title="KRAS">KRAS</a> inhibitors</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adagrasib" title="Adagrasib">Adagrasib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sotorasib" title="Sotorasib">Sotorasib</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Pi3K_inhibitor" class="mw-redirect" title="Pi3K inhibitor">Pi3K inhibitors</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alpelisib" title="Alpelisib">Alpelisib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copanlisib" title="Copanlisib">Copanlisib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duvelisib" title="Duvelisib">Duvelisib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idelalisib" title="Idelalisib">Idelalisib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inavolisib" title="Inavolisib">Inavolisib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parsaclisib" title="Parsaclisib">Parsaclisib</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/MEN1" title="MEN1">Menin</a> inhibitors</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Revumenib" title="Revumenib">Revumenib</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Fibroblast_growth_factor_receptor" title="Fibroblast growth factor receptor">Fibroblast growth factor receptor</a></i> (FGFR) inhibitors</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erdafitinib" title="Erdafitinib">Erdafitinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Futibatinib" title="Futibatinib">Futibatinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infigratinib" title="Infigratinib">Infigratinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pemigatinib" title="Pemigatinib">Pemigatinib</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabozantinib" title="Cabozantinib">Cabozantinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capmatinib" title="Capmatinib">Capmatinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entrectinib" title="Entrectinib">Entrectinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilteritinib" title="Gilteritinib">Gilteritinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larotrectinib" title="Larotrectinib">Larotrectinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenvatinib" title="Lenvatinib">Lenvatinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masitinib" title="Masitinib">Masitinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midostaurin" title="Midostaurin">Midostaurin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nintedanib" title="Nintedanib">Nintedanib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odronextamab" title="Odronextamab">Odronextamab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pazopanib" title="Pazopanib">Pazopanib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pexidartinib" title="Pexidartinib">Pexidartinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quizartinib" title="Quizartinib">Quizartinib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regorafenib" title="Regorafenib">Regorafenib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ripretinib" title="Ripretinib">Ripretinib</a></li> <li><a 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title="Ascrinvacumab">Ascrinvacumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atezolizumab" title="Atezolizumab">Atezolizumab</a> (<a href="/wiki/Atezolizumab/hyaluronidase" title="Atezolizumab/hyaluronidase">+hyaluronidase</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balstilimab&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Balstilimab (page does not exist)">Balstilimab</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botensilimab&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Botensilimab (page does not exist)">Botensilimab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cixutumumab" title="Cixutumumab">Cixutumumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conatumumab" title="Conatumumab">Conatumumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daratumumab" title="Daratumumab">Daratumumab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drozitumab" title="Drozitumab">Drozitumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duligotumab" class="mw-redirect" title="Duligotumab">Duligotumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dusigitumab" title="Dusigitumab">Dusigitumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfortumab_vedotin" title="Enfortumab vedotin">Enfortumab vedotin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enoticumab" title="Enoticumab">Enoticumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Figitumumab" title="Figitumumab">Figitumumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flanvotumab" title="Flanvotumab">Flanvotumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganitumab" title="Ganitumab">Ganitumab</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glembatumumab_vedotin" title="Glembatumumab vedotin">Glembatumumab vedotin</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intetumumab" title="Intetumumab">Intetumumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ipilimumab" title="Ipilimumab">Ipilimumab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iratumumab" title="Iratumumab">Iratumumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istiratumab" title="Istiratumab">Istiratumab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icrucumab" title="Icrucumab">Icrucumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexatumumab" title="Lexatumumab">Lexatumumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucatumumab" title="Lucatumumab">Lucatumumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mapatumumab" title="Mapatumumab">Mapatumumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narnatumab" title="Narnatumab">Narnatumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Necitumumab" title="Necitumumab">Necitumumab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nesvacumab" title="Nesvacumab">Nesvacumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nivolumab" title="Nivolumab">Nivolumab</a><sup>#</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ofatumumab" title="Ofatumumab">Ofatumumab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olaratumab" title="Olaratumab">Olaratumab</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panitumumab" title="Panitumumab">Panitumumab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patritumab" title="Patritumab">Patritumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Pembrolizumab</a><sup>#</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pritumumab" title="Pritumumab">Pritumumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radretumab" title="Radretumab">Radretumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramucirumab" title="Ramucirumab">Ramucirumab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rilotumumab" title="Rilotumumab">Rilotumumab</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robatumumab" title="Robatumumab">Robatumumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seribantumab" title="Seribantumab">Seribantumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugemalimab" title="Sugemalimab">Sugemalimab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarextumab" title="Tarextumab">Tarextumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tisotumab_vedotin" title="Tisotumab vedotin">Tisotumab vedotin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teprotumumab" title="Teprotumumab">Teprotumumab</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tovetumab" title="Tovetumab">Tovetumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vantictumab" title="Vantictumab">Vantictumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Technetium_(99mTc)_votumumab" title="Technetium (99mTc) votumumab">Votumumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zalutumumab" title="Zalutumumab">Zalutumumab</a><sup>†</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mouse</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abagovomab" title="Abagovomab">Abagovomab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indium_(111In)_altumomab_pentetate" title="Indium (111In) altumomab pentetate">Altumomab pentetate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anatumomab_mafenatox" title="Anatumomab mafenatox">Anatumomab mafenatox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Technetium_(99mTc)_arcitumomab" title="Technetium (99mTc) arcitumomab">Arcitumomab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bectumomab" title="Bectumomab">Bectumomab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blinatumomab" title="Blinatumomab">Blinatumomab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indium_(111In)_capromab_pendetide" title="Indium (111In) capromab pendetide">Capromab pendetide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detumomab" title="Detumomab">Detumomab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edrecolomab" title="Edrecolomab">Edrecolomab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibritumomab_tiuxetan" title="Ibritumomab tiuxetan">Ibritumomab tiuxetan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indium_(111In)_igovomab" title="Indium (111In) igovomab">Igovomab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lilotomab" title="Lilotomab">Lilotomab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minretumomab" title="Minretumomab">Minretumomab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitumomab" title="Mitumomab">Mitumomab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nacolomab_tafenatox" title="Nacolomab tafenatox">Nacolomab tafenatox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moxetumomab_pasudotox" title="Moxetumomab pasudotox">Moxetumomab pasudotox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naptumomab_estafenatox" title="Naptumomab estafenatox">Naptumomab estafenatox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregovomab" title="Oregovomab">Oregovomab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pemtumomab" title="Pemtumomab">Pemtumomab</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racotumomab" title="Racotumomab">Racotumomab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indium_(111In)_satumomab_pendetide" title="Indium (111In) satumomab pendetide">Satumomab pendetide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solitomab" title="Solitomab">Solitomab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taplitumomab_paptox" title="Taplitumomab paptox">Taplitumomab paptox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Technetium_(99mTc)_nofetumomab_merpentan" title="Technetium (99mTc) nofetumomab merpentan">Nofetumomab merpentan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Technetium_(99mTc)_pintumomab" title="Technetium (99mTc) pintumomab">Pintumomab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenatumomab" title="Tenatumomab">Tenatumomab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tositumomab" title="Tositumomab">Tositumomab</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chimeric_antibody" class="mw-redirect" title="Chimeric antibody">Chimeric</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amatuximab" title="Amatuximab">Amatuximab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bavituximab" title="Bavituximab">Bavituximab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentuximab_vedotin" title="Brentuximab vedotin">Brentuximab vedotin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carotuximab" title="Carotuximab">Carotuximab</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cetuximab" title="Cetuximab">Cetuximab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iodine_(131_I)_derlotuximab_biotin" title="Iodine (131 I) derlotuximab biotin">Derlotuximab biotin</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinutuximab" title="Dinutuximab">Dinutuximab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecromeximab" title="Ecromeximab">Ecromeximab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ensituximab" title="Ensituximab">Ensituximab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Futuximab" title="Futuximab">Futuximab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girentuximab" title="Girentuximab">Girentuximab</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indatuximab_ravtansine" title="Indatuximab ravtansine">Indatuximab ravtansine</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isatuximab" title="Isatuximab">Isatuximab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loncastuximab_tesirine" title="Loncastuximab tesirine">Loncastuximab tesirine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margetuximab" title="Margetuximab">Margetuximab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirvetuximab_soravtansine" title="Mirvetuximab soravtansine">Mirvetuximab soravtansine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rituximab" title="Rituximab">Rituximab</a><sup>#</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siltuximab" title="Siltuximab">Siltuximab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ublituximab" title="Ublituximab">Ublituximab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zolbetuximab" title="Zolbetuximab">Zolbetuximab</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Humanized_antibody" title="Humanized antibody">Humanized</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abituzumab" title="Abituzumab">Abituzumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alemtuzumab" title="Alemtuzumab">Alemtuzumab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axatilimab" title="Axatilimab">Axatilimab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belantamab_mafodotin" title="Belantamab mafodotin">Belantamab mafodotin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bevacizumab" title="Bevacizumab">Bevacizumab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bivatuzumab_mertansine" title="Bivatuzumab mertansine">Bivatuzumab mertansine</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brontictuzumab" title="Brontictuzumab">Brontictuzumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cantuzumab_mertansine" title="Cantuzumab mertansine">Cantuzumab mertansine</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cantuzumab_ravtansine" title="Cantuzumab ravtansine">Cantuzumab ravtansine</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cirmtuzumab" title="Cirmtuzumab">Cirmtuzumab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citatuzumab_bogatox" title="Citatuzumab bogatox">Citatuzumab bogatox</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yttrium_(90Y)_clivatuzumab_tetraxetan" title="Yttrium (90Y) clivatuzumab tetraxetan">Clivatuzumab tetraxetan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cofetuzumab_pelidotin" title="Cofetuzumab pelidotin">Cofetuzumab pelidotin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dacetuzumab" title="Dacetuzumab">Dacetuzumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demcizumab" title="Demcizumab">Demcizumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalotuzumab" title="Dalotuzumab">Dalotuzumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denintuzumab_mafodotin" title="Denintuzumab mafodotin">Denintuzumab mafodotin</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elotuzumab" title="Elotuzumab">Elotuzumab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emactuzumab" title="Emactuzumab">Emactuzumab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emibetuzumab" title="Emibetuzumab">Emibetuzumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enoblituzumab" title="Enoblituzumab">Enoblituzumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epcoritamab" title="Epcoritamab">Epcoritamab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etaracizumab" title="Etaracizumab">Etaracizumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farletuzumab" title="Farletuzumab">Farletuzumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ficlatuzumab" title="Ficlatuzumab">Ficlatuzumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flotetuzumab" title="Flotetuzumab">Flotetuzumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gemtuzumab_ozogamicin" title="Gemtuzumab ozogamicin">Gemtuzumab ozogamicin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glofitamab" title="Glofitamab">Glofitamab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imgatuzumab" title="Imgatuzumab">Imgatuzumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inotuzumab_ozogamicin" title="Inotuzumab ozogamicin">Inotuzumab ozogamicin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labetuzumab" title="Labetuzumab">Labetuzumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lifastuzumab_vedotin" title="Lifastuzumab vedotin">Lifastuzumab vedotin</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lintuzumab" title="Lintuzumab">Lintuzumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorvotuzumab_mertansine" title="Lorvotuzumab mertansine">Lorvotuzumab mertansine</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumretuzumab" title="Lumretuzumab">Lumretuzumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matuzumab" title="Matuzumab">Matuzumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milatuzumab" title="Milatuzumab">Milatuzumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naxitamab" title="Naxitamab">Naxitamab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimotuzumab" title="Nimotuzumab">Nimotuzumab</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obinutuzumab" title="Obinutuzumab">Obinutuzumab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocaratuzumab" title="Ocaratuzumab">Ocaratuzumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odronextamab" title="Odronextamab">Odronextamab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otlertuzumab" title="Otlertuzumab">Otlertuzumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onartuzumab" title="Onartuzumab">Onartuzumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oportuzumab_monatox" title="Oportuzumab monatox">Oportuzumab monatox</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parsatuzumab" title="Parsatuzumab">Parsatuzumab</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pertuzumab" title="Pertuzumab">Pertuzumab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinatuzumab_vedotin" title="Pinatuzumab vedotin">Pinatuzumab vedotin</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polatuzumab_vedotin" title="Polatuzumab vedotin">Polatuzumab vedotin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosmantuzumab" title="Rosmantuzumab">Rosmantuzumab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rovalpituzumab_tesirine" title="Rovalpituzumab tesirine">Rovalpituzumab tesirine</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a 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