Durvalumab is a human immunoglobulin G1 kappa (IgG1κ) monoclonal antibody and a novel immune-checkpoint inhibitor for cancer treatment. Produced by recombinant DNA technology in Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell suspension culture, durvalumab is a programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) blocking antibody that works to promote normal immune responses that attack tumour cells.
Durvalumab is marketed under the brand name Imfinzi, which is available for intravenous injections. It was granted accelerated approval by the FDA in May 2017 for the treatment of selected patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma. In September 2018, durvalumab was approved by the EMA for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced, unresectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), only if PD-L1 is expressed in ≥ 1% of tumour cells and there was no observable disease progression following platinum-based chemoradiation therapy. On March 27, 2020, durvalumab was approved by the FDA for use in combination with etoposide and either carboplatin or cisplatin as first-line treatment of patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC).
Durvalumab is indicated for the treatment of adults with the following conditions:
Istituto Oncologico del Mediterraneo IOM - Viagrande Catania, Viagrande, CT, Italy
Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori "Dino Amadori" - IRST S.r.l. IRCCS, Meldola, FC, Italy
Azienda Usl Toscana nord ovest Ospedale San Luca, Lucca, Italy
Chu Reunion, Réunion, Réunion
Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Aix-Pertuis, Aix-en-Provence, France
Chu Amiens Picardie Site Sud, Amiens, France
Department of Radiology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
Istituto Nazionale Tumori di Napoli - IRCCS - Fondazione G. Pascale, Napoli, Italia, Italy
Ospedale Cardarelli, Napoli, Napoli, Italia, Italy
Università di Napoli "Federico II", Napoli, Napoli, Italia, Italy
University of Miami (Data Collection Only), Miami, Florida, United States
University of Michigan (Data Collection Only), Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All Protocol Activities), Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Border Medical Oncology, Albury, New South Wales, Australia
University of Kansas Clinical Research Center, Fairway, Kansas, United States
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California, United States
City of Hope at Irvine Lennar, Irvine, California, United States
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