Open AccessPembrolizumab (Keytruda)
Author(s) -
Reimbursement Team
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
canadian journal of health technologies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2563-6596
DOI - 10.51731/cjht.2022.252
Subject(s) - pembrolizumab , reimbursement , medicine , esophagus , adenocarcinoma , chemotherapy , drug , oncology , general surgery , intensive care medicine , cancer , pharmacology , immunotherapy , health care , economics , economic growth
CADTH reimbursement reviews are comprehensive assessments of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, as well as patient and clinician perspectives, of a drug or drug class.
The assessments inform non-binding recommendations that help guide the reimbursement decisions of Canada's federal, provincial, and territorial governments, with the exception of Quebec.
This review assesses pembrolizumab (Keytruda) IV infusion over 30 minutes.
Indication: Pembrolizumab, in combination with platinum- and fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy, is indicated for the first-line treatment of adult patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic carcinoma of the esophagus or HER2-negative adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (tumour centre 1 cm to 5 cm above the gastric cardia).