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Atezolizumab, sold under the brand name Tecentriq among others, is a monoclonal antibody medication used to treat urothelial carcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), small cell lung cancer (SCLC), hepatocellular carcinoma and alveolar soft part sarcoma, [9] [11] but discontinued for use in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). [12]
The subcutaneous injection of atezolizumab and hyaluronidase was evaluated in IMscin001 (NCT03735121), an open-label, multi-center, international, randomized trial in adults with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer who were not previously exposed to cancer immunotherapy and who had disease progression following treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy. [2]
NSCLC cells expressing programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) could interact with programmed death receptor 1 (PD-1) expressed on the surface of T cells and result in decreased tumor cell kill by the immune system. Atezolizumab is an anti-PD-L1 monoclonal antibody. Nivolumab and Pembrolizumab are anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibodies.
Atezolizumab (Tecentriq) is a fully humanised IgG1 (immunoglobulin 1) antibody developed by Roche Genentech. In 2016, the FDA approved atezolizumab for urothelial carcinoma and non-small cell lung cancer. Avelumab (Bavencio) is a fully human IgG1 antibody developed by Merck Serono and Pfizer.
Checkpoint inhibitor therapy is a form of cancer immunotherapy.The therapy targets immune checkpoints, key regulators of the immune system that when stimulated can dampen the immune response to an immunologic stimulus.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved durvalumab for certain types of bladder, lung, and biliary tract cancer: [6] [13] [14]. Adults with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma who either have disease progression during or following platinum-containing chemotherapy or have disease progression within twelve months of neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatment with platinum ...
The study enrolled 34 patients, 28 of which underwent surgery to resect the PDAC. 19 of the patients who had undergone surgery then received atezolizumab, an immune checkpoint inhibitor. 16 of the patients on atezolizumab then received autogene cevumeran. 1 patient was considered to have insufficiently many neoantigens to manufacture the vaccine.
Cobimetinib, sold under the brand name Cotellic, is an anti-cancer medication used to treat melanoma and histiocytic neoplasms. [2] [8] Cobimetinib is a MEK inhibitor. [2] ...