Regulatory approval

Published by the Health Service Executive.

The Republic of Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE) has approved durvalumab for reimbursement as a monotherapy treatment option for the treatment of locally advanced, unresectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in adults whose tumours express PD-L1 >= 1% on tumour cells and whose disease has not progressed following platinum-based chemo-radiation therapy (CRT).

This is written in the approval document as:

As monotherapy is indicated for the treatment of locally advanced, unresectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in adults whose tumours express PD-L1 >= 1% on tumour cells and whose disease has not progressed following platinum-based chemo-radiation therapy (CRT).

Citation

Durvalumab Monotherapy 1500 mg - 28 day, 2025, version number 3a, NCCP National SACT Regimen, NCCP, viewed 26/03/2026, https://healthservice.hse.ie/documents/6883/655_V3a_Durvalumab_1500mg.pdf

Therapeutic response

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

Organization(s) Biomarker(s) Cancer type Therapy(ies)
HSE (1) PD-L1 >= 1% Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Durvalumab