SARC028
Regimen
- Experimental
- Pembrolizumab 200 mg IV Q3W, single-arm
- Control
- none (single-arm phase 2)
Population
Advanced unresectable or metastatic bone sarcoma (osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, chondrosarcoma, dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma; n=40) and soft-tissue sarcoma (n=40) after prior therapy
Key finding
Pembrolizumab monotherapy essentially inactive in bone sarcoma overall; only dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma showed any meaningful signal. The headline 'IO-in-bone-fails' trial that reset enthusiasm for checkpoint inhibitors in osteosarcoma and Ewing.
Source: PMID 28988646
Timeline
Guideline citations
- NCCN BONE (p.31)