A phase II trial of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab in patients (pts) with endometrial or ovarian carcinosarcoma.

5615 Background: Carcinosarcoma is a rare and aggressive histology of gynecologic carcinomas that has limited treatment options and is often excluded from larger therapeutic clinical trials. In KN775, treatment with multikinase inhibitor lenvatinib plus PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab led to significantly longer progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) than chemotherapy among patients with previously treated advanced non-carcinosarcoma endometrial carcinomas. We report results from a phase 2 trial of lenvatinib + pembrolizumab in pts with endometrial or ovarian carcinosarcoma. Methods: In this open label, single institution, investigator initiated, phase 2 study, pts had confirmed recurrent/persistent endometrial or ovarian carcinosarcoma with progression after at least 1 prior platinum chemotherapy but no more than 3 prior lines, measurable disease, and ECOG performance status ≤1. Pts received oral lenvatinib 20 mg/day plus pembrolizumab 200 mg intravenously every 3 weeks. The primary endpoints were objective response rate (ORR) per RECIST v1.1 and PFS rate at 27 weeks (PFR27). Secondary endpoints included median duration of response (mDOR), clinical-benefit rate (CBR: complete response (CR) + partial response (PR) + stable disease (SD) at 27 weeks), median overall survival (mOS), and safety. Next generation sequencing, MSK-IMPACT, was performed on tumors from all 27 patients for exploratory analysis. Results: As of data cutoff on 12/15/2025, 27 pts enrolled; median age was 63 years (range: 51−79); and at least 26.4% pts were non-white. Primary tumor site was 63% (17/27) endometrial and 37% (10/27) ovarian; tumors were 19% (5/27) dMMR and 81% (22/27) pMMR. Confirmed ORR was 18.5% (5/27; 0 CRs, 3 PRs in endometrial, 2 PRs in ovarian), meeting the interim analysis primary endpoint. Of the 5 confirmed responses, 4 occurred in pts with pMMR tumors, and 1 in a pt with dMMR tumor. There are 2 additional unconfirmed PRs. Responses in pts with ovarian tumors included 1 platinum-sensitive and 1 platinum-resistant. PFR27 was 35.7% (90% CI: 24 - 100), mDOR was 26.5 months (80% CI: 3.8 - NE), CBR was 37% (80% CI: 24.4 - 51.2), and mOS was 15.3 months (95% CI: 7.1 – 24.4). Two pts remain on treatment and were censored for time to event analyses. All pts had at least one treatment-emergent adverse event (TEAE). The most common TEAEs were fatigue (74%), hypertension (56%), diarrhea (52%), anorexia (48%), and weight loss (48%). Grade 3 and 4 TEAEs occurred in 44% and 7.4% patients, respectively. There were no grade 5 TEAEs. 5 Pts (19%) discontinued study treatment due to TEAEs. Further genomic analyses are underway. Conclusions: Encouraging efficacy and durable responses were observed in endometrial and ovarian carcinosarcoma pts treated with lenvatinib + pembrolizumab, regardless of MMR status or primary site. The study met its predefined interim analysis endpoint. No new safety signals were identified. Clinical trial information: NCT02501096 .

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Journal of Clinical Oncology
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A phase II trial of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab in patients (pts) with endometrial or ovarian carcinosarcoma.

Sminu Bose, Martee L. Hensley, Natalie Solberg, Viktoriya Paroder et al.
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
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A phase II trial of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab in patients (pts) with endometrial or ovarian carcinosarcoma.

Sminu Bose, Martee L. Hensley, Natalie Solberg, Viktoriya Paroder, Corbyn Nchako, William P. Tew, Alison M. Schram, Liu Y, Kara Pierro, Carol Aghajanian, Maria M. Rubinstein, Korri Sagoes, Qin Zhou, Ashley Rodriguez, Alexia Iasonos, Britta Weigelt, Chrisann Kyi, Vicky Makker, Seth M. Cohen, Mauline Onsombi
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5615 Background: Carcinosarcoma is a rare and aggressive histology of gynecologic carcinomas that has limited treatment options and is often excluded from larger therapeutic clinical trials. In KN775, treatment with multikinase inhibitor lenvatinib plus PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab led to significantly longer progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) than chemotherapy among patients with previously treated advanced non-carcinosarcoma endometrial carcinomas. We report results from a phase 2 trial of lenvatinib + pembrolizumab in pts with endometrial or ovarian carcinosarcoma. Methods: In this open label, single institution, investigator initiated, phase 2 study, pts had confirmed recurrent/persistent endometrial or ovarian carcinosarcoma with progression after at least 1 prior platinum chemotherapy but no more than 3 prior lines, measurable disease, and ECOG performance status ≤1. Pts received oral lenvatinib 20 mg/day plus pembrolizumab 200 mg intravenously every 3 weeks. The primary endpoints were objective response rate (ORR) per RECIST v1.1 and PFS rate at 27 weeks (PFR27). Secondary endpoints included median duration of response (mDOR), clinical-benefit rate (CBR: complete response (CR) + partial response (PR) + stable disease (SD) at 27 weeks), median overall survival (mOS), and safety. Next generation sequencing, MSK-IMPACT, was performed on tumors from all 27 patients for exploratory analysis. Results: As of data cutoff on 12/15/2025, 27 pts enrolled; median age was 63 years (range: 51−79); and at least 26.4% pts were non-white. Primary tumor site was 63% (17/27) endometrial and 37% (10/27) ovarian; tumors were 19% (5/27) dMMR and 81% (22/27) pMMR. Confirmed ORR was 18.5% (5/27; 0 CRs, 3 PRs in endometrial, 2 PRs in ovarian), meeting the interim analysis primary endpoint. Of the 5 confirmed responses, 4 occurred in pts with pMMR tumors, and 1 in a pt with dMMR tumor. There are 2 additional unconfirmed PRs. Responses in pts with ovarian tumors included 1 platinum-sensitive and 1 platinum-resistant. PFR27 was 35.7% (90% CI: 24 - 100), mDOR was 26.5 months (80% CI: 3.8 - NE), CBR was 37% (80% CI: 24.4 - 51.2), and mOS was 15.3 months (95% CI: 7.1 – 24.4). Two pts remain on treatment and were censored for time to event analyses. All pts had at least one treatment-emergent adverse event (TEAE). The most common TEAEs were fatigue (74%), hypertension (56%), diarrhea (52%), anorexia (48%), and weight loss (48%). Grade 3 and 4 TEAEs occurred in 44% and 7.4% patients, respectively. There were no grade 5 TEAEs. 5 Pts (19%) discontinued study treatment due to TEAEs. Further genomic analyses are underway. Conclusions: Encouraging efficacy and durable responses were observed in endometrial and ovarian carcinosarcoma pts treated with lenvatinib + pembrolizumab, regardless of MMR status or primary site. The study met its predefined interim analysis endpoint. No new safety signals were identified. Clinical trial information: NCT02501096 .

Journal of Clinical OncologyVol. 44(16_suppl)
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US), Memorial Hospital (US)
Good health and well-being
Openalex Percentile: Top 6%
Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
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