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JAVELIN Head and Neck 100

Adding a PD-L1 blocker to curative chemoradiation did not help, the first of several such failures in head and neck cancer.

Stopped for futility; PFS HR 1.21. KEYNOTE-412 (pembrolizumab with chemoradiation) also missed its primary endpoint in 2022. Radiation-induced lymphopenia and steroid use are suspected to blunt concurrent immunotherapy, which is why KEYNOTE-689 placed immunotherapy before surgery.

Setting
Locally advanced HNSCC: avelumab + chemoradiation then avelumab maintenance vs chemoradiation
Phase
Phase 3
Sponsor
Merck KGaA / Pfizer
Registry
Headline result
PFS HR 1.21; futility.
Reported
2020
Enrolled
697
Replication
KEYNOTE-412 replicated the negative result with pembrolizumab.

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