Impact of Hepatitis B Virus Infection on the Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab plus Chemotherapy for Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer in the KEYNOTE-966 Study
Chronic HBV infection is a risk factor for BTC, potentially affecting the effectiveness of BTC treatment. In this study, treatment outcomes in participants who received first-line pembrolizumab plus gemcitabine and cisplatin for advanced BTC treatment were consistent regardless of HBV infection status.
Authors
- M. Ozaka
- A. Vogel
- Liis Starkopf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2304-1716)
- R. K. Kelley
- Julien Edeline (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8289-7741)
- Richard S. Finn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2494-2126)
- Ren Zheng-gang
- Juan Valle
- Uwe Pelzer
- Heinz-Josef Klümpen
- Shukui Qin
- Abby B. Siegel
- Changhoon Yoo
- M. Ueno
- Stephen Lam Chan
- Usha Malhotra
- Junji Furuse
- Joon Oh Park
- Thomas Yau
- Cagatay Arslan
Institutions
- Ulsan College (KR)
- Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) (US)
- University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- China Pharmaceutical University (CN)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Fudan University (CN)
- Asan Medical Center (KR)
- Samsung Medical Center (KR)
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (CA)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Kanagawa Prefectural Hospital Organization (JP)
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (DE)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- University of Ulsan (KR)
- Education University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Centre Eugène Marquis (FR)
- Zhongshan Hospital (CN)
- Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute (GB)
- Kyorin University Hospital (JP)
- Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation (US)
- Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research (JP)
- Pamukkale University (TR)
- University of San Francisco (US)
- Sungkyunkwan University (KR)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancer Research Communications
- Published
- 2026-02-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1158/2767-9764.crc-25-0633
- Primary Topic
- Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00