DISEASE & TREATMENT SETTING
KEYTRUDA QLEX: metastatic esophageal cancer with PD-L1 stated without a specific alteration after prior therapy
Source-derived catalogue. This is not a treatment recommendation or a personalised trial match.
Exact scope
1.9 Esophageal Cancer KEYTRUDA QLEX is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic esophageal or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) (tumors with epicenter 1 to 5 centimeters above the GEJ) carcinoma that is not amenable to surgical resection or definitive chemoradiation either: in combination with platinum- and fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy for patients with tumors that express PD-L1 (CPS ≥ 1) as determined by an FDA-authorized test [see Dosage and Administration (2.1) ] , or as a single agent after one or more prior lines of systemic therapy for patients with tumors of squamous cell histology that express PD-L1 (CPS ≥10) as determined by an FDA-authorized test [see Dosage and Administration (2.1) ] .
Broader topic: Esophageal Cancer
- Source population
- Not part of this definition
- Disease extent
- metastatic
- Treatment line
- Not part of this definition
- Stage
- Not part of this definition
- Resectability
- Not part of this definition
Biomarkers, prior therapy and derivation
- molecular
- gene
- PD-L1
- alteration
- stated without a specific alteration
- status
- present
- prior therapy
- class
- after one or more prior lines of systemic therapy for patients with tumors of squamous
- status
- required
- derivation status
- source-attested
- derivation note
- Scoped from the FDA approved indication for KEYTRUDA QLEX (product label). Only dimensions stated in that wording are part of this definition.
- source wording
- 1.9 Esophageal Cancer KEYTRUDA QLEX is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic esophageal or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) (tumors with epicenter 1 to 5 centimeters above the GEJ) carcinoma that is not amenable to surgical resection or definitive chemoradiation either: in combination with platinum- and fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy for patients with tumors that express PD-L1 (CPS ≥ 1) as determined by an FDA-authorized test [see Dosage and Administration (2.1) ] , or as a single agent after one or more prior lines of systemic therapy for patients with tumors of squamous cell histology that express PD-L1 (CPS ≥10) as determined by an FDA-authorized test [see Dosage and Administration (2.1) ] .
Study evidence for this setting
No linked study matches these filters. This is a source-coverage gap, not evidence that there are no treatment options.
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