EISAI TO PRESENT RESULTS OF PHASE Ib/II STUDY OF ANTICANCER AGENT LENVIMA? (LENVATINIB) IN COMBINATION WITH ANTI-PD-1 ANTIBODY PEMBROLIZUMAB FOR THE TREATMENT OF ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA AT 53RD ASCO ANN
Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Haruo Naito, “Eisai”) announced the first results for metastatic endometrial carcinoma obtained from a Phase Ib/II study (Study 111) of its in-house developed multi-kinase inhibitor lenvatinib mesylate (product names: Lenvima? / Kisplyx?, “lenvatinib”) in combination with the MSD (known as Merck & Co., Inc, Kenilworth, NJ, USA in the United States and Canada) anti-PD-1 antibody pembrolizumab (brand name: KEYTRUDA?*), during a presentation at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), taking place in Chicago, the United States. The two companies are collaborating to develop this combination therapy. Study 111 is being conducted to evaluate the activity of the lenvatinib/pembrolizumab combination in select solid tumors.