Cemiplimab [CEM3]
To treat recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer that has progressed on or after platinum-based chemotherapy where the following criteria have been met:
- This application is being made by and the first cycle of systemic anti-cancer therapy with cemiplimab will be prescribed by a consultant or internally accredited oncology specialty trainee, specifically trained and assessed in the use of systemic anti-cancer therapy.
- This patient has a histological diagnosis of recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer, and has exhibited disease progression, either whilst receiving, or after treatment with platinum- containing chemotherapy.
Note
Note: The histology must be either squamous, adenocarcinoma, or adenosquamous.
- This patient has received either ONE or TWO prior lines of systemic treatment for their recurrent/metastatic cervical cancer. Please mark below how many prior lines of treatment have been received:
- ONE prior line
- TWO prior lines
- The patient has not received prior treatment with an anti PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, anti-CD137 or anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTL-4) antibody.
- Treatment with cemiplimab will continue for a total treatment duration of 96 weeks or until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity or withdrawal of patient consent, whichever occurs first.
- The patient has a performance status (PS) of 0 or 1.
- The patient has no symptomatically active brain metastases or leptomeningeal metastases.
- Where a treatment break of more than 12 weeks beyond the expected cycle length is needed, the prescribing clinician will complete a treatment break form to restart treatment, which MUST be approved, before treatment is re-commenced.
- Cemiplimab will be otherwise used as set out in its Summary of Product Characteristics.
CDF funded From: 23 June 2026
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BibTeX citation:
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author = {},
title = {Cemiplimab: From the {NHS} {England} {CDF} {List} (V1.404)
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number = {CEM3},
date = {2026-06-30},
url = {https://updates.chemo.org.uk/CDF_Forms/CEM3.html},
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}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Cemiplimab: from the NHS England CDF List
(v1.404) [CEM3]. Chemotherapy Updates. June 30, 2026. https://updates.chemo.org.uk/CDF_Forms/CEM3.html