Regulatory approval

Published by the Health Service Executive.

The Republic of Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE) has approved atezolizumab (1680mg) as a monotherapy for reimbursement as a treatment option for the adjuvant treatment following complete resection and platinum-based chemotherapy for adult patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors have PD-L1 expression on >= 50% tumor cells and who do not have EGFR mutant or ALK-positive NSCLC.

This is written in the approval document as:

Adjuvant treatment following complete resection and platinum-based chemotherapy for adult patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a high risk of recurrence whose tumours have PD-L1 expression on >= 50% of tumour cells and who do not have EGFR mutant or ALK-positive mutations.

Citation

Atezolizumab 1680mg Monotherapy - 28 Day, 2024, version number 10a, NCCP National SACT Regimen, NCCP, viewed 04/04/2024, https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/5/cancer/profinfo/chemoprotocols/lung/593-atezolizumab-1680mg-monotherapy-28-day.pdf

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Type Biomarker(s) Cancer type Therapy(ies)
Sensitivity (+) PD-L1 >= 50%, Wild type ALK, Wild type EGFR Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Atezolizumab