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Tecentriq Data Builds As IMpower132 In NSCLC Meets PFS Co-Primary Endpoint

 
• By Sten Stovall

As Roche keeps building its catalog of positive Tecentriq results, its Phase III IMpower132 study meets PFS endpoint in NSCLC, with OS data coming later.

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Roche's IMpower132 Tecentriq Combo Trial Is Positive In NSCLC • Source: Shutterstock

Prospects for Roche's cancer immunotherapy Tecentriq (atezolizumab) have been boosted again, this time from the Phase III IMpower132 trial which met its co-primary endpoint of progression free survival (PFS) and showed the drug, when combined with Alimta (pemetrexed) and chemotherapy, produced a statistically significant reduction in the risk of disease worsening or death in first-line non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in an all-comer population.

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