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Roche's Tecentriq Positive But Not Perfect In IMpower130 First-line Lung Cancer Study

 
• By Emily Hayes

Combination with Abraxane demonstrates an overall survival benefit on top of progression-free survival, but Merck's competing Keytruda has set a high benchmark for first-line metastatic lung cancer.

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Keytruda has set a high bar for Tecentriq in 1L NSCLC • Source: Shutterstock

Roche's combination of its PD-L1 inhibitor Tecentriq with chemotherapy in first-line treatment of non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer showed a significant 21% reduction in risk of death compared with chemo alone, but the results still may not be enough to cut it commercially.

Detailed results of the IMpower130 study were presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) meeting in Munich Oct. 22, following a positive top-line release in May. (Also see...

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