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Atezolizumab plus chemotherapy FDA approved for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer
By: scienterrific | Last updated: 23 March 2019 | In: US FDA Onc\Haem Approvals, Lung Cancer, Oncology, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy
Article Keywords
atezolizumab, FDA, carboplatin, etoposide, Genentech, Tecentriq, SCLC, NSCLC, Roche
On 18 March 2019, the FDA approved atezolizumab (Tecentriq®, Genentech) plus carboplatin and etoposide as front-line treatment of adult extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) patients.1FDA website
IMpower133
The multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled IMpower133 (NCT02763579) trial randomised 403 ES-SCLC patients 1:1 to either receive four cycles of atezolizumab plus carboplatin and etoposide followed by maintenance atezolizumab or four cycles of placebo plus carboplatin and etoposide, followed by maintenance placebo. Eligible participants did not receive prior chemotherapy for extensive stage disease and had an ECOG performance status 0 or 1. The treatment was continued until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. The efficacy outcome measures included the overall survival (OS) and the progression-free survival (PFS) by RECIST 1.1 in the intent-to-treat population as assessed by the investigator.
The median OS for patients in the atezolizumab plus chemotherapy group was 12.3 months (10.8, 15.9) vs 10.3 months (9.3, 11.3) for those treated in the placebo plus chemotherapy group (HR=0.70; 95% CI, 0.54-0.91; P=0.0069). The median PFS measured 5.2 months (4.4-5.6) with atezolizumab plus chemotherapy vs 4.3 months (4.2-4.5) for placebo plus chemotherapy (HR=0.77; 95% CI, 0.62-0.96; P=0.0170).
Safety
Common adverse reactions in ≥ 20% of atezolizumab-treated patients in the IMpower133 included fatigue/asthenia, nausea, alopecia, constipation, and decreased appetite.
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