Therapeutic Response

CD274 amplification, Wild type ALK, and Wild type EGFR status confers therapeutic sensitivity to Pembrolizumab in patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Statements

Source and description
Pembrolizumab 200mg Monotherapy. NCCP National SACT Regimen. HSE. The Republic of Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE) has approved pembrolizumab (200mg and 400mg) for reimbursement as a first-line treatment option for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) whose tumors express PD-L1 with a >= 50% tumor proportion score (TPS) with no EGFR mutations or ALK translocations.
Keytruda (pembrolizumab) [product information]. EMA. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has authorized pembrolizumab as a monotherapy for the first-line treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma in adult patients whose tumors express PD-L1 with a >= 50% tumor proportion score (TPS) with no EGFR or ALK positive tumor mutations.