Jyoti Mayadev, MD

The FDA approval of pembrolizumab plus chemoradiation benefits patients with stage III to IVA cervical cancer based on findings from the KEYNOTE-A18 trial, according to Jyoti S. Mayadev, MD.

Developing novel regimens may continue to improve survival outcomes of patients with advanced cervical cancer following the FDA approval of pembrolizumab and chemoradiation, says Jyoti S. Mayadev, MD.

Treatment with pembrolizumab plus chemoradiation appears to be well tolerated with no detriment to quality of life among those with advanced cervical cancer.

Jyoti S. Mayadev, MD, says that pembrolizumab in combination with chemoradiation will be seamlessly incorporated into her institution’s treatment of those with FIGO 2014 stage III to IVA cervical cancer following the regimen’s FDA approval.

Following the results of the phase 3 CALLA trial, Jyoti S. Mayadev, MD, discusses the importance of global clinical multidisciplinary efforts in the locally advanced cervical cancer space.

The randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind phase 3 CALLA trial assessed the combination of durvalumab and chemoradiotherapy vs placebo and chemoradiotherapy.

Findings from the phase 3 CALLA trial indicated that intensity modulated radiation therapy was administered in 88.1% of patients with high-risk locally advanced cervical cancer treated with durvalumab and chemoradiotherapy vs 88.1% with placebo and chemoradiotherapy.

Jyoti S. Mayadev, MD, indicated that durvalumab (Imfinzi) plus chemotherapy resulted in low rates of high-grade late-onset toxicities in the phase 3 CALLA trial, which may be due in part to the quality of the technology employed during the study.

Jyoti S. Mayadev, MD, indicated that future research for cervical cancer will be focused on combination immune checkpoint inhibitors and biomarker research.

Durvalumab appeared to have no impact on the ability to deliver safe and timely radiation therapy to patients with high-risk locally advanced cervical cancer, according to Jyoti S. Mayadev, MD.

The 12-month progression-free survival rates among patients with high-risk locally advanced cervical cancer were comparable with durvalumab plus chemoradiotherapy vs placebo plus radiotherapy.

At SGO 2022, Jyoti S. Mayadev, MD presented results of the NRG-GY017 trial of atezolizumab as either an immune primer or with chemoradiation for certain patients with locally advanced cervical cancer.

At SGO 2022, CancerNetwork® spoke with Jyoti Mayadev, MD, about a clinical trial involving immune priming with the PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab for patients with locally advanced cervical cancer.