Therapeutic Response Statement (Sensitivity)

This therapeutic response statement supports the relationship that PD-L1 (CPS) >= 10 status confers therapeutic sensitivity to Cisplatin, Fluorouracil, Pembrolizumab in patients with Esophageal Adenocarcinoma.

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

Pembrolizumab in combination with platinum and fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy, for the first line treatment of patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic carcinoma of the oesophagus or HER-2 negative gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma in adults whose tumours express PD-L1 with CPS >= 10.

Citation

Pembrolizumab 200mg, CISplatin 80mg/m2 and 5-Fluorouracil Infusional Therapy, 2024, version number 1c, NCCP National SACT Regimen, NCCP, viewed 04/04/2024, https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/5/cancer/profinfo/chemoprotocols/gastrointestinal/739-pembrolizumab-200mg-cisplatin-80mg-m2-and-5-fluorouracil-infusional-therapy.pdf