We met with Andrea Necchi (Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori) at ESMO 2019 to discuss the 3-year follow-up results from the phase III KEYNOTE-045 trial: Pembrolizumab Versus Investigator’s Choice (Paclitaxel, Docetaxel, or Vinflunine) in Recurrent, Advanced Urothelial Cancer (NCT02256436).
Questions
1. What are the limitations of the current standard of care for the second-line treatment of patients with recurrent urothelial cancer? (0:05)
2. Could you tell us a little about the aims and design of the KEYNOTE-045 study? (3:44)
3. What is the role of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression in predicting response? (6:02)
4. What future studies of pembrolizumab in urothelial cancer are planned? (7:36)
Filmed at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2019, Barcelona, Spain.
Speaker disclosure: Andrea Necchi has received honoraria from Roche, Merck, AstraZeneca, Janssen, and Foundation Medicine; has served as a consultant/advisor for Merck Sharp & Dohme, Roche, Bayer, AstraZeneca, Clovis Oncology, Janssen, Incyte, Seattle Genetics/Astellas, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Rainier Therapeutics; has received institutional research funding from Merck Sharp & Dohme and AstraZeneca; has received travel expenses from Roche, Merck Sharp & Dohme, AstraZeneca, Janssen, and Rainier Therapeutics; and has an immediate family member who has other relationships with Bayer.
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