Merck’s Keytruda showed increase in pathological complete response with chemotherapy versus neoadjuvant therapy chemotherapy in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer
Merck’s trial of Keytruda plus chemotherapy, followed by adjuvant Keytruda as monotherapy, which was granted Breakthrough Therapy designation (BTD) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the neoadjuvant treatment of patients with high-risk, early-stage TNBC plus chemotherapy, resulted in a statistically significant increase in pathological complete response (pCR) versus chemotherapy.