Therapeutic Response Statement (Sensitivity)

This therapeutic response statement Supports the relationship that PD-L1 (CPS) >= 1 status confers therapeutic sensitivity to Pembrolizumab in patients with Cervical Adenocarcinoma.

The Republic of Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE) has approved pembrolizumab (200mg and 400mg) for reimbursement as a monotherapy treatment option for the maintenance treatment of adult patients with persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervical cancer whose tumors express PD-L1 with a CPS >= 1 who have completed the induction chemotherapy component of treatment.

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

For the maintenance treatment of adult patients with persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervical cancer whose tumours express PD-L1 with a CPS >= 1 who have completed the induction chemotherapy component of treatment.

Citation

Pembrolizumab 400mg Monotherapy, 2024, version number 13, NCCP National SACT Regimen, NCCP, viewed 02/08/2026, https://healthservice.hse.ie/documents/6389/558_v12b_Pembrolizumab_400mg_monotherapy.pdf