GSK application for expanded indication of Jemperli plus chemotherapy accepted by USFDA for priority review

Currently, Jemperli is FDA-approved in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel, followed by Jemperli as a single agent for the treatment of adult patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer that is either mismatch repair deficient (dMMR), as determined by an FDA-approved test, or microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H).

The FDA granted Priority Review for this application and assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act action date of 23 August 2024.

The sBLA is based on results from Part 1 of the RUBY phase III trial. The trial met its primary endpoints of investigator-assessed progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS), demonstrating a statistically significant and clinically meaningful benefit in the overall population of patients treated with dostarlimab plus carboplatin-paclitaxel versus chemotherapy alone. RUBY Part 1 is the only clinical trial to show a statistically significant survival benefit in the overall patient population. The safety and tolerability analysis from RUBY showed a safety profile for dostarlimab and carboplatin-paclitaxel that was generally consistent with the known safety profiles of the individual agents.

OS data were presented at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer on 16 March 2024. 

Endometrial cancer is found in the inner lining of the uterus, known as the endometrium. Endometrial cancer is the most common gynaecologic cancer in developed countries, with approximately 417,000 new cases reported each year worldwide, and incidence rates are expected to rise by almost 40% between 2020 and 2040. Approximately 15-20% of patients with endometrial cancer will be diagnosed with advanced disease at the time of diagnosis. Among patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer, approximately 70-75% have MMRp/MSS tumours.

Jemperli is a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1)-blocking antibody that binds to the PD-1 receptor and blocks its interaction with the PD-1 ligands PD-L1 and PD-L2.6

In the US, Jemperli is indicated in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel, followed by Jemperli as a single agent for the treatment of adult patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer that is dMMR, as determined by a US FDA-approved test, or MSI-H, and as a single agent for adult patients with dMMR recurrent or advanced endometrial cancer, as determined by a US FDA-approved test, that has progressed on or following a prior platinum-containing regimen in any setting and are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation. The sBLA supporting this indication in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel for dMMR/MSI-H primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer received Breakthrough Therapy designation and Priority Review from the US FDA.

Jemperli is also indicated in the US for patients with dMMR recurrent or advanced solid tumours, as determined by a US FDA-approved test, that have progressed on or following prior treatment and who have no satisfactory alternative treatment options. The latter indication is approved in the US under accelerated approval based on tumour response rate and durability of response. Continued approval for this indication in solid tumours may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in a confirmatory trial(s).

Jemperli was discovered by AnaptysBio, Inc. and licensed to TESARO, Inc., under a collaboration and exclusive license agreement signed in March 2014. Under this agreement, GSK is responsible for the ongoing research, development, commercialisation, and manufacturing of Jemperli, and cobolimab (GSK4069889), a TIM-3 antagonist.