Table 2

Response to treatment with pembrolizumab as assessed by irRECIST in four tumor-specific cohorts

SCC of the skinACCCUPP–P
Number of patients treated1915229
Number of patients assessed for NPR at 27 weeks (%)14 (74)13 (87)12 (55)7 (78)
NPR at 27 weeks (%)5 (36)4 (31)4 (33)3 (43)
Number of patients assessed for ORR and CBR (%)16 (84)13 (87)13 (59)8 (89)
 Complete response, n (%)1 (6)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)
 Partial response, n (%)4 (25)2 (15)3 (23)0 (0)
 Stable disease, n (%)2 (13)*6 (46)*4 (31)6 (75)
 Progressive disease, n (%)9 (56)5 (38)6 (46)2 (25)
ORR, n (%)5 (31)2 (15)3 (23)0 (0)
CBR, n (%)6 (38)7 (54)7 (54)6 (75)
  • *One patient in each group had stable disease <4 months and was thus not included in the calculation of CBR.

  • ACC, adrenocortical carcinoma; CBR, clinical benefit rate; CUP, carcinoma of unknown primary; irRECIST, immune-related Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors; NPR, non-progression rate; ORR, objective response rate; P–P, paraganglioma–pheochromocytoma; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma.