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FDA approves expanded label for Keytruda for locally advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma that is not curable by surgery or radiation – Merck Inc.

Written by | 12 Jul 2021 | Radiology

Merck has announced that the FDA has approved an expanded label for Keytruda, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, as monotherapy for the treatment of patients with locally advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) that is not curable by surgery or radiation.

This approval is based on data from the second interim analysis of the Phase II KEYNOTE-629 trial, in which Keytruda demonstrated an objective response rate (ORR) of 50% (95% CI, 36-64) (n=54), including a complete response rate of 17% and a partial response rate of 33% in the cohort of patients with locally advanced disease. Among the 27 responding patients, 81% had a duration of response (DOR) of six months or longer, and 37% had a DOR of 12 months or longer. In June 2020, Keytruda was granted its first indication in cSCC, as monotherapy for the treatment of patients with recurrent or metastatic disease that is not curable by surgery or radiation.

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