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| Therapy Name | Imatinib + Pembrolizumab |
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| Drug Name | Trade Name | Synonyms | Drug Classes | Drug Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imatinib | Gleevec | CGP-57148B|STI571|Imatinib mesylate | ABL Inhibitor (pan) 9 BCR-ABL Inhibitor 32 CSF1R Inhibitor 28 KIT Inhibitor 57 PDGFR Inhibitor (Pan) 30 | Gleevec (imatinib) is a multi-target inhibitor of c-Kit, Pdgfr, and Bcr-Abl (PMID: 12200353). Gleevec (imatinib) is FDA approved for c-KIT positive GIST and dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukemia, and FIP1L1-PDGFRA positive chronic eosinophilic leukemia (FDA.gov). |
| Pembrolizumab | Keytruda | MK-3475 | Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor 150 PD-L1/PD-1 antibody 136 | Keytruda (pembrolizumab) is an antibody against PD-1 that activates T-cell mediated anti-tumor immune response (PMID: 25977344). Keytruda (pembrolizumab) is approved in melanoma, SCLC, HNSCC, classical Hodgkin Lymphoma, PMBL, urothelial carcinoma, HCC, Merkel cell carcinoma, NMIBC, cutaneous SCC, MSI-H or dMMR or TMB high advanced solid tumors, NSCLC and CD274 (PD-L1)-positive NSCLC, esophageal SCC, cervical cancer, HNSCC, and TNBC, in combination with platnum-based chemo in NSCLC, with pemetrexed and platinum in pleural mesothelioma and non-sNSCLC with no EGFR or ALK mutations, with carboplatin and paclitaxel/nab-paclitaxel in sNSCLC, with axitinib or lenvatinib in RCC, with lenvatinib in endometrial carcinoma that is not MSI-H or dMMR, with platinum and fluoropyrimidine-based chemo for esophageal or gastroesophageal carcinoma, with Herceptin (trastuzumab), fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemo for CD274 (PD-L1)-positive, HER2-positive gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma, with fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemo for HER2-negative gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma, with platinum-based chemotherapy, with or without bevacizumab, for patients with CD274 (PD-L1)-positive cervical cancer, with gemcitabine and cisplatin for biliary tract cancer, with chemoradiation for cervical cancer, with carboplatin and paclitaxel for endometrial carcinoma, with paclitaxel with or without bevacizumab for epithelial ovarian, Fallopian tube, and peritonium cancer (FDA.gov). |
| Molecular Profile | Indication/Tumor Type | Response Type | Therapy Name | Approval Status | Evidence Type | Efficacy Evidence | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIT V559X KIT N822I | melanoma | predicted - sensitive | Imatinib + Pembrolizumab | Case Reports/Case Series | Actionable | In a clinical case study, addition of Gleevec (imatinib) to Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in a patient with metastatic melanoma harboring an unspecified KIT V559 mutation and a KIT N822I resulted in a complete remission after 6 months and the patient stayed on therapy for 2 years (PMID: 31689840). | 31689840 |
| Clinical Trial | Phase | Therapies | Title | Recruitment Status | Covered Countries | Other Countries |
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| NCT02812693 | Phase Ib/II | Imatinib + Pembrolizumab | Pembrolizumab and Imatinib in Patients With Locally Advanced/Metastatic Melanoma With c-KIT Mutation/Amplification | Withdrawn | 0 | |
| NCT03516279 | Phase II | Nilotinib + Pembrolizumab Dasatinib + Pembrolizumab Imatinib + Pembrolizumab | Pembrolizumab and Dasatinib, Imatinib Mesylate, or Nilotinib in Treating Patients With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia and Persistently Detectable Minimal Residual Disease | Active, not recruiting | USA | 0 |