Endometrial cancer

The EU has approved 10 indications of 5 drugs in endometrial cancer. 3 of them need a biomarker result: MMR/MSI (3). 6 tumour-agnostic approvals also apply when the tumour carries the alteration.

Line of therapy

Approved indications, Endometrial cancer
DrugBiomarker requirementRegimenSettingConditions
dMMR / MSI-H3
Imfinzi
Mismatch repair deficient (dMMR)
Monotherapy
Maint.
advanced
After first-line durvalumab + carboplatin and paclitaxel without progression; Candidates for systemic therapy
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
pMMR / MSS2
Imfinzi
Mismatch repair proficient (pMMR)
+ olaparib
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
No biomarker required5
Jemperli
None
+ carboplatin and paclitaxel
1L
advanced
Candidates for systemic therapy
Imfinzi
None
+ carboplatin and paclitaxel
1L
advanced
Then maintenance (see the maintenance entries); Candidates for systemic therapy
None
+ carboplatin and paclitaxel
1L
advanced
Candidates for systemic therapy
Lenvima
None
+ pembrolizumab
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
None
+ lenvatinib
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

Tumour-agnostic approvals6

Approved for any solid tumour that carries the alteration, wherever the tumour started.

DrugBiomarker requirementRegimenSettingConditions
EpCAM1
Monotherapy
2L
Malignant ascites; not eligible for further systemic anticancer therapy
HER21
Enhertuconditional
HER2-positive (IHC 3+)
Monotherapy
2L
advanced
After prior treatment; No satisfactory treatment options
NTRK fusion3
Rozlytrekconditional
Monotherapy
Any line
No prior NTRK inhibitor; Older than 1 month; disease that is locally advanced, metastatic or where surgical resection is likely to result in severe morbidity; no satisfactory treatment options
Vitrakviconditional
Monotherapy
Any line
Locally advanced, metastatic or where surgical resection is likely to result in severe morbidity; no satisfactory treatment options
Augtyroconditional
Monotherapy
Any line
advanced
Prior NTRK inhibitor, or no prior NTRK inhibitor and treatment options not targeting NTRK provide limited clinical benefit or have been exhausted; Aged 12 years and older
RET fusion1
Monotherapy
Any line
advanced
Treatment options not targeting RET provide limited clinical benefit, or have been exhausted; Aged 2 years and older

Biomarkers in endometrial cancer

Label wording10

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

  1. 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;
  2. Pembrolizumab (Keytruda)
    KEYTRUDA, in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel, is indicated for the first-line treatment of primary advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma in adults who are candidates for systemic therapy.
  3. Pembrolizumab (Keytruda)
    KEYTRUDA, in combination with lenvatinib, is indicated for the treatment of advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma in adults 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. Dostarlimab (Jemperli)
    JEMPERLI is indicated in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel for the first-line treatment of adult patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer (EC) and who are candidates for systemic therapy.
  5. 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.
  6. Durvalumab (Imfinzi)
    IMFINZI in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel is indicated for the first-line treatment of adults with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer who are candidates for systemic therapy
  7. Durvalumab (Imfinzi)
    IMFINZI as monotherapy in endometrial cancer that is mismatch repair deficient (dMMR)
  8. Durvalumab (Imfinzi)
    IMFINZI in combination with olaparib in endometrial cancer that is mismatch repair proficient (pMMR).
  9. 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.
  10. Lenvatinib (Lenvima)
    LENVIMA in combination with pembrolizumab is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma (EC) who have disease progression on or following prior treatment with a platinum-containing therapy in any setting and are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation.