Therapeutic Response Statement (Sensitivity)

This therapeutic response statement supports the relationship that CD274 amplification, Wild type ALK, Wild type EGFR status confers therapeutic sensitivity to Pembrolizumab in patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

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.

This statement is based on a regulatory approval from the Health Service Executive:

First-line treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) in adults whose tumours express PD-L1 with a >= 50% tumour proportion score (TPS) with no EGFR mutations or ALK translocations.

Citation

Pembrolizumab 200mg Monotherapy, 2020, version number 7, NCCP National SACT Regimen, NCCP, viewed 26/03/2026, https://healthservice.hse.ie/documents/6903/455_V15b__Pembrolizumab_200mg_Monotherapy.pdf