Medical Uses
Penpulimab (penpulimab-kcqx) is a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1)-blocking antibody used:
- in combination with medicine, either cisplatin or carboplatin and gemcitabine for the first-line treatment of adults with recurrent or metastatic non-keratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).
- as a single agent for the treatment of adults with metastatic non-keratinizing NPC with disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy and at least 1 other prior line of therapy.
Recommended Dosage:
- Recommended Dosage of Penpulimab-kcqx in Combination with Either Cisplatin or Carboplatin and Gemcitabine: The recommended dosage of penpulimab-kcqx as a First-line Treatment of Recurrent or Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma is 200 mg administered as an intravenous (IV) infusion over 60 minutes every 3 weeks until there is evidence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity, for a maximum of 24 months.
- Recommended Dosage of Penpulimab-kcqx as a Single Agent: The recommended dosage of penpulimab-kcqx for Recurrent Metastatic Non-Keratinizing Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma is 200 mg administered as an intravenous (IV) infusion over 60 minutes every 2 weeks until there is evidence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity, for a maximum of 24 months.