Regulatory approval
Published by the European Medicines Agency.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has authorized tremelimumab in combination with durvalumab and platinum-based chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of adult patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and no sensitizing EGFR mutations or ALK positive mutations. This indication is POSEIDON (NCT03164616), a randomized, multicenter, active-controlled, and open-label study where the specific chemotherapy regime used was based on the histology of the patient's NSCLC.
This is written in the approval document as:
IMJUDO in combination with durvalumab and platinum-based chemotherapy is indicated for the first-line treatment of adults with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with no sensitising EGFR mutations or ALK positive mutations.
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Therapeutic response
Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.
Type | Biomarker(s) | Cancer type | Therapy(ies) | |
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Sensitivity (+) | Wild type ALK, Wild type EGFR | Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer | Carboplatin, Durvalumab, Tremelimumab |