Difference between revisions of "Durvalumab (Imfinzi)"

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**Have disease progression within 12 months of neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatment with [[Regimen_classes#Platinum-based_regimen|platinum-containing chemotherapy]].
 
**Have disease progression within 12 months of neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatment with [[Regimen_classes#Platinum-based_regimen|platinum-containing chemotherapy]].
 
*2/16/2018: FDA approved for patients with unresectable stage III [[Non-small cell lung cancer|non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)]] whose disease has not progressed following [[Regimen_classes#Platinum-based_chemoradiation|concurrent platinum-based chemotherapy and radiation therapy]].
 
*2/16/2018: FDA approved for patients with unresectable stage III [[Non-small cell lung cancer|non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)]] whose disease has not progressed following [[Regimen_classes#Platinum-based_chemoradiation|concurrent platinum-based chemotherapy and radiation therapy]].
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*3/27/2020: Approved in combination with etoposide and either carboplatin or cisplatin as first-line treatment of patients with extensive-stage [[small cell lung cancer]] (ES-SCLC).
  
 
==Also known as==
 
==Also known as==

Revision as of 01:21, 1 April 2020

General information

Class/mechanism: PD-L1 blocking antibody. PD-L1 (programmed death-1 ligand 1) expressed on tumor cells and tumor-infiltrating immune cells can result in inhibition of anti-tumor immune responses. Durvalumab binds to PD-1 and CD80 (B7.1) receptors on T-cells and antigen presenting cells and prevents PD-L1's inhibitory effects on the immune system. As a result, durvalumab stimulates immune responses, including anti-tumor immune effects. [1][2][3][4]
Route: IV
Extravasation: no information

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Diseases for which it is used

Patient drug information

History of changes in FDA indication

Also known as

  • Code name: MEDI4736
  • Brand name: Imfinzi

References