Study study type PathologyT1T0Patientssample sizesROB Results

mEC - 2nd line (L2) metastatic/advanced - esophageal cancer (mEC) mEC - 2nd line (L2)

versus Standard of Care (SoC)
pembrolizumab alone
KEYNOTE-181, 2020
  NCT02564263
RCTmEC - 2nd line (L2)Pembrolizumabchemotherapy ICC (paclitaxel, docetaxel, or irinotecan)Subjects With Advanced/Metastatic Adenocarcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus/ or Siewert type I adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (EGJ) That Have Progressed After First-Line Standard Therapy314 / 314NA
inconclusive
  • inconclusive 11 % decrease in deaths (OS) (PE)
(Pembrolizumab significantly improved OS compared with chemo as second-line therapy for advanced esophageal cancer with PD-L1 CPS ≥10) => no stat plan