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FDA Grants Priority Review to Merck's Application for KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) Plus Chemotherapy as Treatment for Primary Advanced or Recurrent Endometrial Carcinoma

Published: 2024-02-20 11:45:00 ET
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Acceptance based on results from the pivotal Phase 3 NRG-GY018 trial

Results showed KEYTRUDA plus chemotherapy demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival versus chemotherapy in these patients, regardless of mismatch repair status

RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for priority review a new supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) seeking approval for KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, in combination with standard of care chemotherapy (carboplatin and paclitaxel), followed by KEYTRUDA as a single agent for the treatment of patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma. The FDA has set a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), or target action, date of June 21, 2024.

The sBLA is based on data from the Phase 3 NRG-GY018 trial. Results from the study, presented at the 2023 Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer and simultaneously published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed KEYTRUDA plus chemotherapy reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 46% (HR=0.54 [95% CI, 0.41-0.71]; p