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Trial reportJournal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2025

First-Line Lenvatinib Plus Pembrolizumab Versus Chemotherapy for Advanced Endometrial Cancer: A Randomized, Open-Label, Phase III Trial.

Christian Marth, Richard G Moore, Mariusz Bidziński, Sandro Pignata, Ali Ayhan, M Jesús Rubio, Mario Beiner, Marcia Hall, Christof Vulsteke, Elena Ioana Braicu and 21 more

Registry-linked trialAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIIComparative StudyEquivalence Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03884101 (A Phase 3 Randomized, Open-Label, Study of Pembrolizumab), which is not on this map. Cited by 34 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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34citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03884101 phase3completednot on this map

A Phase 3 Randomized, Open-Label, Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Plus Lenvatinib (E7080/MK-7902) Versus Chemotherapy for First-line Treatment of Advanced or Recurrent Endometrial Carcinoma (LEAP-001)

TypeinterventionalSponsorMerck Sharp & Dohme LLCRan2019 to 2025Enrolled842ConditionsEndometrial NeoplasmsArmsLenvatinib, Pembrolizumab, Paclitaxel, Carboplatin
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. SEOM-GEICO clinical guidelines on endometrial cancer (2025).Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  7. Clinical applications of biomarker guidance extend beyond treatment to diagnosis.Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA · 2026
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  11. Endometrial cancer therapy in 2026.Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

31 authors.

Christian MarthAGO-Austria and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-8965-9981
Richard G MooreDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.ORCID 0000-0001-5598-5263
Mariusz BidzińskiNarodowy Instytut Onkologii im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie, Warsaw, Poland.
Sandro PignataDepartment of Urology and Gynecology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale, Napoli, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8836-2633
Ali AyhanTurkish Society of Gynecologic Oncology (TRSGO), Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey.
M Jesús RubioH. Reina Sofía de Córdoba and GEICO Group, Córdoba, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3682-3597
Mario BeinerMeir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel.
Marcia HallMount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-0039-5041
Christof VulstekeDepartment of Medical Oncology, Integrated Cancer Center Ghent, AZ Maria Middelares Ghent and Center of Oncological Research (CORE), Integrated Personalized and Precision Oncology Network (IPPON), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-4607-5660
Elena Ioana BraicuCharité Universitätsmedizin Berlin and North Eastern German Society for Gynecologic Oncology (NOGGO), Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5357-6001
Kenzo SonodaGynecology Service, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9887-3923
Xiaohua WuFudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7664-8327
Sophia FrentzasDepartment of Medical Oncology, Monash Health & Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
André MattarHospital da Mulher, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-5973-623X
Stephanie LheureuxPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Medical Oncology, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4405-5890
Xiaojun ChenObstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5493-1500
Kosei HasegawaSaitama Medical University International Medical Center, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1903-7001
Manuel Magallanes-MacielCentro Oncologico Internacional, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID 0009-0002-4522-4545
Chel Hun ChoiSamsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University Seoul, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Mariia ShalkovaCommunal Non-Profit Enterprise Regional Center of Oncology, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Diego KaenCentro Oncologico Riojano Integral and National University of La Rioja, La Rioja, Argentina.
Peng-Hui WangTaipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-6048-8541
Regina BergerAGO-Austria and University Hospital for Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-2952-6797
Chinyere E OkparaEisai Ltd, Hatfield, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-5621-9138
Jodi McKenzieEisai Inc, Nutley, NJ.ORCID 0000-0002-6345-1218
Lili YaoMerck & Co, Inc, Rahway, NJ.
Robert OrlowskiMerck & Co, Inc, Rahway, NJ.
Vivek KhemkaMerck & Co, Inc, Rahway, NJ.
Lucy GilbertDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, McGill University Health Centre, Women's Health Research Unit, Research Institute - McGill University Health Centre, Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8605-5472
Vicky MakkerMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.ORCID 0000-0001-9793-7614
ENGOT-en9/LEAP-001 Investigators

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeLenvatinib plus pembrolizumab (len + pembro) significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) versus chemotherapy in previously treated advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer (aEC) in the phase III Study 309/KEYNOTE-775. We report results from the phase III, randomized, open-label European Network of Gynaecological Oncological Trial-en9/LEAP-001 study (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03884101) that evaluated len + pembro versus chemotherapy in first-line aEC.

methodsPatients with stage III to IV or recurrent, radiographically apparent EC and no previous chemotherapy or disease progression ≥6 months after neo/adjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy were randomly assigned 1:1 to lenvatinib 20 mg once daily plus pembrolizumab 200 mg once every 3 weeks or paclitaxel 175 mg/m

resultsEight hundred forty-two patients were randomly assigned (len + pembro, n = 420 [pMMR population, n = 320]; chemotherapy, n = 422 [pMMR population, n = 322]). At FA (data cutoff, October 2, 2023), median PFS (95% CI) in the pMMR population was 9.6 (8.2 to 11.9) versus 10.2 (8.4 to 10.5) months with len + pembro versus chemotherapy (hazard ratio [HR], 0.99 [95% CI, 0.82 to 1.21]) and among all-comers was 12.5 (10.3 to 15.1) versus 10.2 (8.4 to 10.4) months (HR, 0.91 [95% CI, 0.76 to 1.09]; descriptive analyses). Median OS (95% CI) in the pMMR population was 30.9 (25.4 to 37.7) versus 29.4 (26.2 to 35.4) months with len + pembro versus chemotherapy (HR, 1.02 [95% CI, 0.83 to 1.26]; noninferiority

conclusionFirst-line len + pembro did not meet prespecified statistical criteria for PFS or OS versus chemotherapy in pMMR aEC.

Indexed as

Antibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsEndometrial NeoplasmsPhenylurea CompoundsQuinolinesAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCarboplatinFemaleHumansMiddle AgedPaclitaxelProgression-Free SurvivalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedCarboplatinlenvatinibPaclitaxelpembrolizumabPhenylurea CompoundsQuinolines

Identifiers

PMID39591551
PMCPMC11936476

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