OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine the association between platinum-free interval (PFI) and response to retreatment with platinum-based chemotherapy vs lenvatinib/pembrolizumab in patients with recurrent endometrial cancer. METHODS: Endometrial Cancer Molecularly Targeted Therapy (ECMT2) Consortium patients with recurrent disease were included in this retrospective analysis if they received first-line treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy (adjuvant or first recurrence), followed by second-line re-treatment with platinum or lenvatinib/pembrolizumab. PFI was defined as time between date of last platinum to start date of second-line therapy. Patients were stratified according to PFI ≤12 months or >
12 months. Overall response rate (ORR) to second-line treatment was estimated after stratification by PFI. RESULTS: Of 217 patients, 146 (67 %) underwent retreatment with platinum and 71 (33 %) were treated with lenvatinib/pembrolizumab. 127 (59 %) had PFI ≤12 months, and 84 (39 %) patients had PFI >
12 months. Patients treated with platinum had longer PFI than those treated with lenvatinib/pembrolizumab (median PFI 12.9 vs 4.6 months
p <
0.001). ORR was 58 % vs 49 % for platinum vs lenvatinib/pembrolizumab (p = 0.27). For all patients, ORR was 68 % vs 47 % with PFI >
12 months and ≤ 12 months, respectively (p = 0.002). At each PFI, ORR was similar regardless of treatment with platinum or lenvatinib/pembrolizumab (PFI ≤12 months ORR 49 % vs 44 % respectively, p = 0.75
PFI >
12 months ORR 67 % vs 75 % respectively, p = 0.74). CONCLUSION: Longer PFI is associated with improved response to second-line treatment in patients with recurrent endometrial cancer. Despite utilization of PFI for real-world treatment decisions, it was not found to predict response between regimens at any given PFI.