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KEYTRUDA is now the first and only anti-PD-1 therapy FDA-approved in combination with chemotherapy for adult patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma regardless of mismatch repair status
Approval marks the third FDA-approved indication for KEYTRUDA in endometrial carcinoma and the 40th indication for KEYTRUDA in the US
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 approved KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel, followed by KEYTRUDA as a single agent, for the treatment of adult patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma. This approval marks the third endometrial carcinoma indication and the 40th indication overall for KEYTRUDA in the U.S.
The approval is based on data from the Phase 3 NRG-GY018 trial, also known as KEYNOTE-868, in which KEYTRUDA plus carboplatin and paclitaxel followed by KEYTRUDA alone reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 40% (HR=0.60 [95% CI, 0.46-0.78]; p
