KEYTRUDA + Chemo Showed Sustained OS Benefit vs Chemo Alone in in KEYNOTE-189 and KEYNOTE-407 trials for mNSCLC
“The overall survival findings from KEYNOTE-189 and KEYNOTE-407 changed the way patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer were treated and established KEYTRUDA plus chemotherapy as a foundational first-line treatment for this devastating disease,” said Dr. Eliav Barr, senior vice president, head of global clinical development and chief medical officer, Merck Research Laboratories. “Now, with more than five years of follow-up, these studies continue to show impressive survival outcomes and durable responses for patients receiving KEYTRUDA in combination with chemotherapy. In fact, in both studies, of the approximately 55 patients who completed two years of treatment, about 70% were alive at five years.”
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