Study study type PathologyT1T0Patientssample sizesROB Results

mHNSCC - L2 - PDL1 positive metastatic-recurrent HNSCC (mHNSCC) mHNSCC - 2nd line (L2) mHNSCC - L2 - PDL1 positive

versus Standard of Care (SoC)
pembrolizumab alone
KEYNOTE-040 (CPS >1), 2018
  NCT02252042
RCTmHNSCC - L2 - PDL1 positivepembrolizumabchemotherapy (methotrexate, docetaxel or cetuximab)patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell cancer that progressed during or after platinum-containing treatment : only patients with CPS > 1196 / 191some concern
conclusif
  • demonstrated 26 % decrease in deaths (OS) (PE)