Atezolizumab (Tecentriq)
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
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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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.