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F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd: FDA approves Roche's Tecentriq plus lurbinectedin as first-line maintenance therapy for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer
['Globenewswire', 'Europe']
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Safety was generally consistent with the known safety profiles of Tecentriq and lurbinectedin.1Today's approval builds on Tecentriq's established role in ES-SCLC.
(atezolizumab) plus lurbinectedin (Zepzelca®) versus Tecentriq alone as first-line maintenance therapy for adults (=18 years) with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC).
Patients first received induction therapy with Tecentriq, carboplatin and etoposide for four 21-day cycles.
Those without disease progression were then randomised 1:1 to receive maintenance therapy with either Tecentriq plus lurbinectedin or Tecentriq alone until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Tecentriq was the first cancer immunotherapy approved for the treatment of a certain type of early-stage (adjuvant) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).