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:
Research Site, Manchester, United Kingdom
MD Anderson Regional Care Center-Sugar Land, Sugar Land, Texas, United States
University of Maryland/Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
University of Virginia Division of Hematology and Oncology, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Research Site, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Research Site, Sutton, United Kingdom
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
University of Kansas, Westwood, Kansas, United States
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