Phase I/II Study of Lenalidomide Plus Pembrolizumab in Patients With Solid Tumors With Expansion in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Lenalidomide is a thalidomide analogue with immunomodulatory, anti-angiogenic, and antineoplastic effects. It is administered as a pill taken orally. It has completed phase III study evaluation and has FDA indications for use in certain patients with multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndrome, and mantle cell lymphoma.

Pembrolizumab is a humanized IgG4 monoclonal antibody which targets the PD-1 receptor, thus inhibiting the interaction between PD-1 and its ligands, PD-L1 and PD-L2 respectively. It is administered as an IV infusion. This drug has several studies in patients with solid tumors and currently has an FDA indication for use in patients with melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer.