Testing the Addition of the Immunotherapy Drug Pembrolizumab to the Usual Chemotherapy Treatment (Paclitaxel and Carboplatin) in Stage III-IV or Recurrent Endometrial Cancer

Summary

This phase III trial studies how well the combination of pembrolizumab, paclitaxel and carboplatin works compared with paclitaxel and carboplatin alone in treating patients with endometrial cancer that is stage III or IV, or has come back after a period of improvement (recurrent). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Paclitaxel and carboplatin are chemotherapy drugs used as part of the usual treatment approach for this type of cancer. This study aims to assess if adding immunotherapy to these drugs is better or worse than the usual approach for treatment of this cancer.

Timeline

Start

2019-08-22

Primary completion

2022-12-16

Completion

2026-09-26

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper the addition of pembrolizumab to standard chemotherapy resulted in significantly longer progression-free survival than with chemotherapy alone. PMID 36972022 ↗

Publications

• Eskander RN, Sill MW, Beffa L, Moore RG, Hope JM, Musa FB, Mannel RS, Shahin MS, Cantuaria GH, Girda E, Lokich E, Kavecansky J, Leath CA 3rd, Gien LT, Hinchcliff EM, Lele SB, Landrum LM, Backes F, O'Cearbhaill RE, Baghdadi TA, Hill EK, Thaker PH, John VS, Welch S, Fader AN, Powell MA, Aghajanian C. Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy in advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer: overall survival and exploratory analyses of the NRG GY018 phase 3 randomized trial. Nat Med. 2025 May;31(5):1539-1546. doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-03566-1. Epub 2025 Mar 5.
• Bogani G, Monk BJ, Powell MA, Westin SN, Slomovitz B, Moore KN, Eskander RN, Raspagliesi F, Barretina-Ginesta MP, Colombo N, Mirza MR. Adding immunotherapy to first-line treatment of advanced and metastatic endometrial cancer. Ann Oncol. 2024 May;35(5):414-428. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2024.02.006. Epub 2024 Feb 29.
• Morton M, Marcu I, Levine M, Cosgrove C, Backes F, O'Malley D, Chambers L. Evaluation of Efficacy and Adverse Events After Second Immunotherapy Exposure in Endometrial and Cervical Carcinoma. Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Aug 1;142(2):360-363. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005243. Epub 2023 Jul 5.
• Eskander RN, Sill MW, Beffa L, Moore RG, Hope JM, Musa FB, Mannel R, Shahin MS, Cantuaria GH, Girda E, Mathews C, Kavecansky J, Leath CA 3rd, Gien LT, Hinchcliff EM, Lele SB, Landrum LM, Backes F, O'Cearbhaill RE, Al Baghdadi T, Hill EK, Thaker PH, John VS, Welch S, Fader AN, Powell MA, Aghajanian C. Pembrolizumab plus Chemotherapy in Advanced Endometrial Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2023 Jun 8;388(23):2159-2170. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2302312. Epub 2023 Mar 27.

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