Atezolizumab (Tecentriq)

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General information

Class/mechanism: PD-L1 antibody. Atezolizumab targets PD-L1 (programmed cell death-1 ligand 1) which is expressed on tumor cells and tumor-infiltrating immune cells, preventing it from binding to PD-1 and B7.1 on T-cells. By interfering with the binding of PD-L1 to T-cell receptors, it can cause upregulation of the anti-tumor immune response.[1][2]

Preliminary data

Non-small cell lung cancer

  1. Fehrenbacher L, Spira A, Ballinger M, Kowanetz M, Vansteenkiste J, Mazieres J, Park K, Smith D, Artal-Cortes A, Lewanski C, Braiteh F, Waterkamp D, He P, Zou W, Chen DS, Yi J, Sandler A, Rittmeyer A; POPLAR Study Group. Atezolizumab versus docetaxel for patients with previously treated non-small-cell lung cancer (POPLAR): a multicentre, open-label, phase 2 randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2016 Mar 9. [Epub ahead of print] link to original article PubMed

Also known as

  • RG7446

References

  1. Naiyer A. Rizvi, Laura Quan Man Chow, Luc Yves Dirix, Scott N. Gettinger, Michael S. Gordon, Fairooz F. Kabbinavar, Joachim Von Pawel, Jean-Charles Soria, Colombe Chappey, Ahmad Mokatrin, Alan Sandler, Daniel Waterkamp, David R. Spigel. Clinical trials of MPDL3280A (anti-PDL1) in patients (pts) with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting abstract TPS8123. link to abstract
  2. Pivotal Phase II study showed Roche's investigational immunotherapy atezolizumab shrank tumours in people with a specific type of lung cancer Roche.com, 8/17/2015.