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NCT02252042 · OUTCOME

PFS Per RECIST 1.1 in Participants With PD-L1 ≥1% CPS

Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Versus Standard Treatment for Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer (MK-3475-040/KEYNOTE-040) · Source last updated 2023-07-17

Results reported by the registry submitting party. Population, time horizon, units and missing values must be read together.

Measure
MEDIAN
Unit
Months
Interval / dispersion
95% Confidence Interval
Time frame
Up to approximately 2 years

What was measured

PFS was defined as the time from randomization to the first documented disease progression per RECIST 1.1 based on blinded central imaging vendor review or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first. Per RECIST 1.1, progressive disease was defined as at least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions. In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also have demonstrated an absolute increase of at least 5 mm. Note: The appearance of one or more new lesions was also considered progression. The PFS per RECIST 1.1 for all participants with PD-L1 expression ≥1% CPS is presented. These efficacy results were reported after complete acquisition of all outstanding survival data using a 15-May-2017 data cut-off date with a database update date of 13-Oct-2017.

Analysis population: The efficacy population consisted of all randomized participants with PD-L1 ≥1% CPS. Participants are included in the treatment group to which they were randomized.

Groups in this outcome

Pembrolizumab

Participants received pembrolizumab 200 mg intravenous (IV) on Day 1 of each 3-week cycle. Eligible participants who stopped the initial course of pembrolizumab with Stable Disease (SD) or better but progressed after discontinuation may have been able to initiate a second course of pembrolizumab for up to 17 cycles (up to approximately 1 additional year) at the investigator's discretion.

Standard Treatment

Participants received standard treatment of either methotrexate 40 mg/m\^2 IV (could be escalated to 60 mg/m\^2 maximum dose) on Days 1, 8, and 15 of each 3-week cycle; or docetaxel 75 mg/m\^2 IV on Day 1 of each 3- week cycle; or cetuximab 400 mg/m\^2 IV loading dose on Day 1 and 250 mg/m\^2 IV on Days 8 and 15 of Cycle 1, followed by cetuximab 250 mg/m\^2 on Days 1, 8, and 15 of each subsequent 3-week cycle.

Group identifiers and denominators belong to this outcome only. They may differ in another outcome or in safety reporting.

Analysis denominator · Participants

GroupSource count
Pembrolizumab196
Standard Treatment191

Reported measurements

Source class 1
Values in Months · Interval/dispersion: 95% Confidence Interval
GroupValueSpreadLowerUpperComment
Pembrolizumab2.2Not reported2.13.0Not reported
Standard Treatment2.3Not reported2.13.0Not reported

Source statistical analyses

Group order, estimate direction, methods and comments are retained. No treatment ranking is inferred.

  1. ci Lower Limit
    0.69
    ci Num Sides
    TWO_SIDED
    ci Pct Value
    95
    ci Upper Limit
    1.06
    estimate Comment
    Cox regression model with treatment as a single covariate
    group Ids
    1. OG000
    2. OG001
    non Inferiority Type
    SUPERIORITY
    p Value
    0.07736
    param Type
    Hazard Ratio (HR)
    param Value
    0.86
    statistical Method
    Log Rank
Complete source fields
analyses
  1. ci Lower Limit
    0.69
    ci Num Sides
    TWO_SIDED
    ci Pct Value
    95
    ci Upper Limit
    1.06
    estimate Comment
    Cox regression model with treatment as a single covariate
    group Ids
    1. OG000
    2. OG001
    non Inferiority Type
    SUPERIORITY
    p Value
    0.07736
    param Type
    Hazard Ratio (HR)
    param Value
    0.86
    statistical Method
    Log Rank
classes
  1. categories
    1. measurements
      1. group Id
        OG000
        lower Limit
        2.1
        upper Limit
        3.0
        value
        2.2
      2. group Id
        OG001
        lower Limit
        2.1
        upper Limit
        3.0
        value
        2.3
denoms
  1. counts
    1. group Id
      OG000
      value
      196
    2. group Id
      OG001
      value
      191
    units
    Participants
description
PFS was defined as the time from randomization to the first documented disease progression per RECIST 1.1 based on blinded central imaging vendor review or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first. Per RECIST 1.1, progressive disease was defined as at least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions. In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also have demonstrated an absolute increase of at least 5 mm. Note: The appearance of one or more new lesions was also considered progression. The PFS per RECIST 1.1 for all participants with PD-L1 expression ≥1% CPS is presented. These efficacy results were reported after complete acquisition of all outstanding survival data using a 15-May-2017 data cut-off date with a database update date of 13-Oct-2017.
dispersion Type
95% Confidence Interval
groups
  1. description
    Participants received pembrolizumab 200 mg intravenous (IV) on Day 1 of each 3-week cycle. Eligible participants who stopped the initial course of pembrolizumab with Stable Disease (SD) or better but progressed after discontinuation may have been able to initiate a second course of pembrolizumab for up to 17 cycles (up to approximately 1 additional year) at the investigator's discretion.
    id
    OG000
    title
    Pembrolizumab
  2. description
    Participants received standard treatment of either methotrexate 40 mg/m\^2 IV (could be escalated to 60 mg/m\^2 maximum dose) on Days 1, 8, and 15 of each 3-week cycle; or docetaxel 75 mg/m\^2 IV on Day 1 of each 3- week cycle; or cetuximab 400 mg/m\^2 IV loading dose on Day 1 and 250 mg/m\^2 IV on Days 8 and 15 of Cycle 1, followed by cetuximab 250 mg/m\^2 on Days 1, 8, and 15 of each subsequent 3-week cycle.
    id
    OG001
    title
    Standard Treatment
param Type
MEDIAN
population Description
The efficacy population consisted of all randomized participants with PD-L1 ≥1% CPS. Participants are included in the treatment group to which they were randomized.
reporting Status
POSTED
time Frame
Up to approximately 2 years
title
PFS Per RECIST 1.1 in Participants With PD-L1 ≥1% CPS
type
SECONDARY
unit Of Measure
Months

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