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First-Line Lenvatinib Plus Pembrolizumab Versus Chemotherapy for Advanced Endometrial Cancer: A Randomized, Open-Label, Phase III Trial

  • The ENGOT-en9/LEAP-001 Investigators
  • Innsbruck Medical University
  • University of Rochester
  • Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute of Oncology
  • IRCCS Istituto nazionale tumori Fondazione Giovanni Pascale - Napoli
  • Baskent University
  • Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía
  • Meir Hospital Sapir Medical Center
  • East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
  • University of Antwerp
  • Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  • Stanford University
  • National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center
  • Fudan University
  • Monash Heart
  • Hospital da Mulher
  • Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
  • Saitama Medical University
  • Centro Oncologico Internacional
  • Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan university
  • Communal Non-Profit Enterprise Regional Center of Oncology
  • Centro Oncologico Riojano Integral and National University of la Rioja
  • Veterans General Hospital-Taipei
  • Eisai Co., Ltd.
  • Merck
  • McGill University
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

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Abstract

PURPOSELenvatinib plus pembrolizumab (len + pembro) significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) versus chemotherapy in previously treated advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer (aEC) in the phase III Study 309/KEYNOTE-775. We report results from the phase III, randomized, open-label European Network of Gynaecological Oncological Trial-en9/LEAP-001 study (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03884101) that evaluated len + pembro versus chemotherapy in first-line aEC.METHODSPatients with stage III to IV or recurrent, radiographically apparent EC and no previous chemotherapy or disease progression ≥6 months after neo/adjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy were randomly assigned 1:1 to lenvatinib 20 mg once daily plus pembrolizumab 200 mg once every 3 weeks or paclitaxel 175 mg/m2 plus carboplatin AUC 6 mg/mL/min once every 3 weeks. Primary end points were PFS and OS, evaluated in the mismatch repair-proficient (pMMR) and all-comers populations. Noninferiority was assessed for OS at final analysis (FA) for len + pembro versus chemotherapy (multiplicity-adjusted, one-sided nominal alpha,.0159; null hypothesis-tested hazard ratio [HR], 1.1).RESULTSEight hundred forty-two patients were randomly assigned (len + pembro, n = 420 [pMMR population, n = 320]; chemotherapy, n = 422 [pMMR population, n = 322]). At FA (data cutoff, October 2, 2023), median PFS (95% CI) in the pMMR population was 9.6 (8.2 to 11.9) versus 10.2 (8.4 to 10.5) months with len + pembro versus chemotherapy (hazard ratio [HR], 0.99 [95% CI, 0.82 to 1.21]) and among all-comers was 12.5 (10.3 to 15.1) versus 10.2 (8.4 to 10.4) months (HR, 0.91 [95% CI, 0.76 to 1.09]; descriptive analyses). Median OS (95% CI) in the pMMR population was 30.9 (25.4 to 37.7) versus 29.4 (26.2 to 35.4) months with len + pembro versus chemotherapy (HR, 1.02 [95% CI, 0.83 to 1.26]; noninferiority P =.246, not statistically significant per multiplicity control strategy) and among all-comers was 37.7 (32.2 to 43.6) versus 32.1 (27.2 to 35.7) months (HR, 0.93 [95% CI, 0.77 to 1.12]). Grade ≥3 treatment-related adverse events occurred in 331/420 (79%) versus 274/411 (67%) treated patients.CONCLUSIONFirst-line len + pembro did not meet prespecified statistical criteria for PFS or OS versus chemotherapy in pMMR aEC.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1083-1100
Number of pages18
JournalJournal of Clinical Oncology
Volume43
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Mar 2025

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