Five-Year Survival Data for Merck’s KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) from First KEYNOTE Trial at 2019 ASCO Annual Meeting
Longest Follow-Up Data for KEYTRUDA in Lung Cancer to Date Showed Five-Year Overall Survival Rate of 23.2% with KEYTRUDA in Treatment-Naïve Patients and 15.5% in Previously Treated Patients with Advanced NSCLC in KEYNOTE-001 Trial
Updated Overall Survival Analysis and New Data for Disease Progression After Next-Line Treatment (Progression-Free Survival 2) from KEYNOTE-189 Trial in Metastatic Nonsquamous NSCLC Also to be Presented
KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada,
today announced the presentation of five-year efficacy and safety data
for KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, as monotherapy in patients with
advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) from the first KEYNOTE trial
(Phase 1b KEYNOTE-001). In this study, KEYTRUDA demonstrated a five-year
overall survival (OS) rate of 23.2% in treatment-naïve patients (n=101)
and 15.5% in previously treated patients (n=449).
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