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]

Diseases for which it is used

  1. Rosenberg JE, Hoffman-Censits J, Powles T, van der Heijden MS, Balar AV, Necchi A, Dawson N, O'Donnell PH, Balmanoukian A, Loriot Y, Srinivas S, Retz MM, Grivas P, Joseph RW, Galsky MD, Fleming MT, Petrylak DP, Perez-Gracia JL, Burris HA, Castellano D, Canil C, Bellmunt J, Bajorin D, Nickles D, Bourgon R, Frampton GM, Cui N, Mariathasan S, Abidoye O, Fine GD, Dreicer R. Atezolizumab in patients with locally advanced and metastatic urothelial carcinoma who have progressed following treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy: a single-arm, multicentre, phase 2 trial. Lancet. 2016 Mar 4. [Epub ahead of print] link to original article PubMed
  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

History of changes in FDA indication

  • 5/18/2016: Granted FDA accelerated approval for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma who have disease progression during or following platinum-containing chemotherapy or have disease progression within 12 months of neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatment with platinum-containing chemotherapy.

Also known as

MPDL3280A, 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.