Cemiplimab

Therapeutic indications

Cemiplimab is indicated for:

Metastatic or locally advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)

Cemiplimab as monotherapy is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic or locally advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma who are not candidates for curative surgery or curative radiation.

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Locally advanced or metastatic basal cell carcinoma

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)

Cemiplimab as monotherapy is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic basal cell carcinoma (laBCC or mBCC) who have progressed on or are intolerant to a hedgehog pathway inhibitor (HHI).

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Non-small cell lung cancer with PD-L1 ≥50%

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)

Cemiplimab as monotherapy is indicated for the first-line treatment of adult patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) expressing PD-L1 (in ≥50% tumour cells), with no EGFR, ALK or ROS1 aberrations, who have:

  • locally advanced NSCLC who are not candidates for definitive chemoradiation, or
  • metastatic NSCLC.

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):

Non-small cell lung cancer with PD-L1 ≥50%

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)

Cemiplimab in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy is indicated for the first‐line treatment of adult patients with NSCLC expressing PD-L1 (in ≥1% of tumour cells), with no EGFR, ALK or ROS1 aberrations, who have:

  • locally advanced NSCLC who are not candidates for definitive chemoradiation, or
  • metastatic NSCLC.

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):

Cervical cancer

Population group: women, only adults (18 years old or older)

Cemiplimab as monotherapy is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer and disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy.

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):

Contraindications

Cemiplimab is contraindicated in the following cases:

Lactation

Lactation

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