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Indication details

Combined Agent(s)
Axitinib
Control Arm
Sunitinib
Therapeutic Indication
First-line treatment of advanced RCC in adults
Tumour Type
Genitourinary Cancers
Tumour Sub-type
Renal cell cancer
Tumour Stage
Advanced
Trial Name
KEYNOTE-426
NCT Number
NCT02853331
Trial Phase
Phase III

Approval details

FDA Approval
FDA approval December 2014
EMA Approval
EMA (CHMP) July 2019 EC decision September 2019

Primary Outcome(s)

Primary Outcome(s)
PFS
Evaluated Outcome
OS
Form(s)
Form 2a

Outcome Data

PFS Control
11.1 months
PFS Gain
4.3 months
PFS HR
0.71 (0.60-0.84)
OS Control
35.7 months
OS Gain
16.8 (Calculated estimate of gain based on PE HR 0.68)
OS HR
0.68 (0.55-0.85)

Adjustments

QoL Comment
No QoL benefit

Final Score (after adjustments)

Preliminary non-curative score

4

Final non-curative score

4

Comment
Benefit may be exaggerated by low prevalence of subsequent immunotherapy in patients progressing in the control arm, indicating substandard post-progression therapy.


EMA (CHMP) July 2019 EC decision September 2019
FDA approval April 2019

Scorecard details

ESMO-MCBS version
ESMO-MCBS v1.1
Scorecard ID
146
Scorecard version
1
Issue date
17.02.2020
Last update
15.05.2023
Pembrolizumab KEYNOTE-426

PRELIMINARY SCORE

OS

ADJUSTMENTS

Pembrolizumab KEYNOTE-426

FINAL SCORE

Overall Survival / Disease-Free Survival / Pathological Complete Response
Overall Survival
4
Progression-Free Survival
Non-inferiority (Improved Quality of Life or Reduced Adverse Events) / Response Rate
Overall Response Rate / Duration of Response
Genitourinary Cancers
First-line treatment of advanced RCC in adults
Pembrolizumab + Axitinib
Sunitinib

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    Information about symbols, abbrevations and color codes

    Red = negative
    Green = positive
    Grey = neutral
    ? Grey + ? = neutral with pending data
    DFS
    Disease-Free Survival
    DoR
    Duration of Response
    EFS
    Event-Free Survival
    HR
    Hazard Ratio
    NEB
    No evaluable benefit
    NI
    Non-inferiority Study
    ORR
    Overall Response Rate
    OS
    Overall Surival
    pCR
    Pathological Complete Response/Remission
    PFS
    Progression-Free Survival
    QoL
    Quality of Life
    RFS
    Relapse-Free Survival
    RR
    Response Rate

    QoL adjustments

    Other adjustments*

    Serious and disabling adverse effects

    Red = negative / deterioration

    Green = positive / improvement

    QoL adjustments

    Red = negative / deterioration

    Green = positive / improvement

    Other adjustments*

    Red = negative / deterioration

    Green = positive / improvement

    Serious and disabling adverse effects

    Red = negative / deterioration

    Green = positive / improvement

    * Other adjustments include:

    - Long-term plateau in the survival curve
    - Long-term plateau in the PFS curve
    - Early stopping or crossover
    - Only improved PFS mature data shows no OS advantage and no improved Qol.

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