Study study type PathologyT1T0Patientssample sizesROB Results deaths (OS) Eprogression or deaths (PFS) ERFS/DFS E

mEC - 1st line (L1) metastatic/advanced - esophageal cancer (mEC) mEC - 1st line (L1)

versus placebo plus SoC
pembrolizumab plus SoC
KEYNOTE-590 unpublished
  NCT03189719
RCTmEC - 1st line (L1)Pembrolizumab with cisplatin and 5 FU :placebo with cisplatin and 5 FU :as first-line treatment in Subjects With Advanced/Metastatic Esophageal squamous Carcinoma or EGJ373 / 376NA
conclusif demonstrated-38% demonstrated-49%

mEC - 2nd line (L2) metastatic/advanced - esophageal cancer (mEC) mEC - 2nd line (L2)

versus Standard of Care (SoC)
pembrolizumab alone
KEYNOTE-181, 2020
  NCT02564263
RCTmEC - 2nd line (L2)Pembrolizumabchemotherapy ICC (paclitaxel, docetaxel, or irinotecan)Subjects With Advanced/Metastatic Adenocarcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus/ or Siewert type I adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (EGJ) That Have Progressed After First-Line Standard Therapy314 / 314NA
inconclusive -11%