Atezolizumab
Drug Detail

Tecentriq (atezolizumab) is a monoclonal antibody against PD-L1 (CD274), preventing activation of its receptor, potentially enhancing T-cell-mediated immune response to neoplasms and inhibiting T-cell inactivation (PMID: 29449897). Tecentriq (atezolizumab) is FDA approved for use in PD-L1 positive (IC >/= 5%) advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma not eligible for cisplatin-containing chemotherapy, in advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma not eligible for chemotherapy, in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) progressed on platinum-containing therapy, as first-line therapy in metastatic NSCLC with high PD-L1 expression (TC>/=50% or IC>/=10%) and without EGFR or ALK alterations, for adjuvant treatment in patients with PD-L1-positive (>=1% tumor cell expression) NSCLC, in combination with bevacizumab, paclitaxel, and carboplatin as first-line therapy for non-squamous NSCLC with no EGFR or ALK aberrations, in combination with paclitaxel protein-bound and carboplatin in metastatic non-squamous NSCLC with no EGFR or ALK aberrations, in combination with carboplatin and etoposide in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer, in combination with bevacizumab in hepatocellular carcinoma without prior systemic therapy, in combination with Cotellic (cobimetinib) and Zelboraf (vemurafenib) in unresectable or metastatic BRAF V600-mutated melanoma, and in pediatric and adult patients with unresectable or metastatic alveolar soft part sarcoma (FDA.gov).