In this prospective, open-label, single-arm exploratory study, the investigators enrolled advanced NSCLC patients without sensitizing EGFR or ALK mutation in Sun yat-sen university cancer center. Eligible patients received pembrolizumab 200mg every 3 weeks with or without chemotherapy for four cycles, then for patients without progressive disease, pembrolizumab was administrated in new dose-intervals according to steady state plasma-concentration (Css) of pembrolizumab until disease progression. Primary endpoint was the progression-free survival. Patients with Css of pembrolizumab also underthe investigatorsnt genetic polymorphism analysis of variable number of tandem repeats region (VNTR) in neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn).
Pembrolizumab with or without chemotherapy has become the standard therapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with a fixed dose of 200mg every 3 weeks. The investigators performed this study to explore the clinical efficacy and safety of pharmacokinetic (PK)-guided pembrolizumab administration in advanced NSCLC.