Setback to AstraZeneca: Imfinzi fails as monotherapy for non-small lung cancer
Imfinzi (durvalumab) is a human monoclonal antibody that binds to the PD-L1 protein and blocks the interaction of PD-L1 with the PD-1 and CD80 proteins, countering the tumour’s immune-evading tactics and releasing the inhibition of immune responses.;
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UK: AstraZeneca has announced that the PEARL Phase III trial for the company's Imfinzi (durvalumab) did not achieve statistical significance for the primary endpoints of improving overall survival (OS) versus platinum-based chemotherapy as a monotherapy treatment of patients with Stage IV (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumour cells express high levels (25% or more) of PD-L1, or in a subgroup of patients at low risk of early mortality.
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