Drug General Information (ID: D1240)
  Drug Name
Pembrolizumab
  Drug Type Monoclonal antibody
  Disease Class 2A00-2F9Z: Solid tumour/cancer; 2C12: Liver cancer; 2C73: Ovarian cancer; 2A81: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; 2C82: Prostate cancer; 2C90: Renal cell carcinoma; 2C25: Lung cancer; 2C60-2C6Y: Breast cancer; 2B91: Colorectal cancer; 2C30: Melanoma; 2B70: Esophageal cancer
  Therapeutic Class Antineoplastics/Anti-Pd-1 Monoclonal Antibodies
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TTD ID D08ANZ

Drug-Drug Interaction Network
  Sunburst Graph
AM006  Pharmacodynamic additive effects
BM043  Additive immunosuppressive effects
BM109  Increased risk of other adverse reactions (Unspecific)
  Relation Graph
 Full list of drugs interacting with Pembrolizumab
      Pharmacodynamic additive effects
   Additive immunosuppressive effects Drug Num:  9
Drug ID
 
Drug Name
Formula Pubchem ID Severity Level Interaction Detail REF
D0172
 
Betamethasone
 
C22H29FO5
 
9782 
Moderate    Inter Info   
[4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13]
D0215
 
Budesonide
 
C25H34O6
 
5281004 
Moderate    Inter Info   
[4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13]
D0453
 
Dexamethasone
 
C22H29FO5
 
5743 
Moderate    Inter Info   
[4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13]
D0773
 
Hydrocortisone
 
C21H30O5
 
5754 
Moderate    Inter Info   
[4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13]
D1041
 
Methylprednisolone
 
C22H30O5
 
6741 
Moderate    Inter Info   
[4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13]
D0436
 
Deflazacort
 
C25H31NO6
 
189821 
Moderate    Inter Info   
[4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13]
D1332
 
Prednisolone
 
C21H28O5
 
5755 
Moderate    Inter Info   
[4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13]
D1334
 
Prednisone
 
C21H26O5
 
5865 
Moderate    Inter Info   
[4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13]
D1628
 
Triamcinolone
 
C21H27FO6
 
31307 
Moderate    Inter Info   
[4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13]
   Increased risk of other adverse reactions (Unspecific) Drug Num:  3
Drug ID
 
Drug Name
Formula Pubchem ID Severity Level Interaction Detail REF
D0902
 
Lenalidomide
 
C13H13N3O3
 
216326 
Major    Inter Info   
[1], [2], [3]
D1312
 
Pomalidomide
 
C13H11N3O4
 
134780 
Major    Inter Info   
[1], [2], [3]
D1569
 
Thalidomide
 
C13H10N2O4
 
5426 
Major    Inter Info   
[1], [2], [3]
References
1 Product Information. Pomalyst (pomalidomide). QLT Phototherapeutics Inc, Vancouver, AZ.
2 Product Information. Keytruda (pembrolizumab). Merck &amp Company Inc, Whitehouse Station, NJ.
3 Product Information. Revlimid (lenalidomide). Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ.
4 Agencia Espaola de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios Healthcare "Centro de informacion online de medicamentos de la AEMPS - CIMA.".
5 Arbour KC, Mezquita L, Long N, et al. "Impact of Baseline Steroids on Efficacy of Programmed Cell Death-1 and Programmed Death-Ligand 1 Blockade in Patients With Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer." J Clin Oncol 36 (2018): 2872-2878. [PMID: 30125216]
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7 Cerner Multum, Inc. "Australian Product Information.".
8 Cerner Multum, Inc. "Canadian Product Information.".
9 Cerner Multum, Inc. "UK Summary of Product Characteristics.".
10 Jove M, Vilarino N, Nadal E "Impact of baseline steroids on efficacy of programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) and programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) blockade in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer." Transl Lung Cancer Res 8 (2019): S364-8. [PMID: 32038916]
11 Scott SC, Pennell NA "Early use of systemic corticosteroids in patients with advanced NSCLC treated with nivolumab." J Thorac Oncol 13 (2018): 1771-5. [PMID: 29935305]
12 Fuca G, Galli G, Poggi M, et.al "Modulation of peripheral blood immune cells by early use of steroids and its association with clinical outcomes in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors." ESMO Open 4 (2019): e000457. [PMID: 30964126]
13 Horvat TZ, Adel NG, Dand TO, et.al "Immune-related adverse events, need for systemic immunosuppression, and effects on survival and time to treatment failure in patients with melanoma treated with ipilimumab at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center." J Clin Oncol 33 (2015): 3193-8. [PMID: 26282644]