MMR/MSI

14 EU-approved indications of 6 drugs need a MMR/MSI result, in 5 tumour types, most of them in colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer and gastric and GEJ adenocarcinoma.

Approved indications14

DrugBiomarker requirementRegimenSettingConditions
Small intestine cancer1
Monotherapy
2L
advanced
Disease progression on or following at least one prior therapy
Colorectal cancer6
Mismatch repair deficient or microsatellite instability-high
+ nivolumab
1L
advanced
None
Opdivo
Mismatch repair deficient or microsatellite instability-high
+ ipilimumab
1L
advanced
None
Monotherapy
1L
metastatic
None
Mismatch repair deficient or microsatellite instability-high
+ nivolumab
2L
metastatic
After prior fluoropyrimidine-based combination chemotherapy
Opdivo
Mismatch repair deficient or microsatellite instability-high
+ ipilimumab
2L
metastatic
After prior fluoropyrimidine-based combination chemotherapy
Monotherapy
2L
advanced
After previous fluoropyrimidine-based combination therapy
Gastric and GEJ adenocarcinoma1
Monotherapy
2L
advanced
Disease progression on or following at least one prior therapy
Biliary tract cancer1
Monotherapy
2L
advanced
Disease progression on or following at least one prior therapy
Endometrial cancer5
Imfinzi
Mismatch repair proficient (pMMR)
+ olaparib
Maint.
advanced
After first-line durvalumab + carboplatin and paclitaxel without progression; Candidates for systemic therapy
Imfinzi
Mismatch repair deficient (dMMR)
Monotherapy
Maint.
advanced
After first-line durvalumab + carboplatin and paclitaxel without progression; Candidates for systemic therapy
Lynparza
Mismatch repair proficient
+ durvalumab
Maint.
advanced
After first-line treatment with durvalumab in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel without progression
Jemperli
Monotherapy
2L
advanced
Progressed on or following prior treatment with a platinum-containing regimen
Monotherapy
Any line
advanced
Disease progression on or following prior treatment with a platinum-containing therapy in any setting; Not candidates for curative surgery or radiation

MMR/MSI by tumour

Label wording14

The sentence from section 4.1 of the SmPC that each indication above comes from.

  1. Pembrolizumab (Keytruda)
    first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer;
  2. Pembrolizumab (Keytruda)
    treatment of unresectable or metastatic colorectal cancer after previous fluoropyrimidine-based combination therapy.
  3. Pembrolizumab (Keytruda)
    advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma, who have disease progression on or following prior treatment with a platinum-containing therapy in any setting and who are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation;
  4. Pembrolizumab (Keytruda)
    unresectable or metastatic gastric, small intestine, or biliary cancer, who have disease progression on or following at least one prior therapy.
  5. Pembrolizumab (Keytruda)
    unresectable or metastatic gastric, small intestine, or biliary cancer, who have disease progression on or following at least one prior therapy.
  6. Pembrolizumab (Keytruda)
    unresectable or metastatic gastric, small intestine, or biliary cancer, who have disease progression on or following at least one prior therapy.
  7. Nivolumab (Opdivo)
    first-line treatment of unresectable or metastatic colorectal cancer;
  8. Nivolumab (Opdivo)
    treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer after prior fluoropyrimidine-based combination chemotherapy (see section 5.1).
  9. Dostarlimab (Jemperli)
    JEMPERLI is indicated as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with mismatch repair deficient (dMMR)/ microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) recurrent or advanced EC that has progressed on or following prior treatment with a platinum-containing regimen.
  10. Durvalumab (Imfinzi)
    IMFINZI as monotherapy in endometrial cancer that is mismatch repair deficient (dMMR)
  11. Durvalumab (Imfinzi)
    IMFINZI in combination with olaparib in endometrial cancer that is mismatch repair proficient (pMMR).
  12. Olaparib (Lynparza)
    Lynparza in combination with durvalumab is indicated for the maintenance treatment of adult patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer that is mismatch repair proficient (pMMR) whose disease has not progressed on first-line treatment with durvalumab in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel.
  13. Ipilimumab (Yervoy)
    YERVOY in combination with nivolumab is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with mismatch repair deficient or microsatellite instability-high colorectal cancer in the following settings: - first-line treatment of unresectable or metastatic colorectal cancer;
  14. Ipilimumab (Yervoy)
    YERVOY in combination with nivolumab is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with mismatch repair deficient or microsatellite instability-high colorectal cancer in the following settings: - first-line treatment of unresectable or metastatic colorectal cancer; - treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer after prior fluoropyrimidine-based combination chemotherapy (see section 5.1).