FDA Approves Genentech’s Tecentriq in Combination With a Fluoropyrimidine and Oxaliplatin for the Adjuvant Treatment of a Certain Type of Stage III Colon Cancer
View original at finance.yahoo.comFDA Approves Genentech’s Tecentriq in Combination With a Fluoropyrimidine and Oxaliplatin for the Adjuvant Treatment of a Certain Type of Stage III Colon Cancer FDA approval is based on results from the landmark Phase III ATOMIC study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, which showed Tecentriq plus chemot…
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The safety profile of Tecentriq with mFOLFOX6 was consistent with previous studies of Tecentriq and mFOLFOX6.
60% confidenceUntil now the adjuvant standard of care for stage III colon cancer has not differed by mismatch repair status; atezolizumab plus chemotherapy is a practice-changing regimen that reduces the risk of recurrence or death by 50%.
60% confidenceNearly 25% of all colon cancers are diagnosed at stage III, and almost one in three patients with stage III colon cancer experience a recurrence within five years.
60% confidenceThe approval provides a new adjuvant treatment option for stage III dMMR colon cancer patients at high risk of recurrence, and Tecentriq plus chemotherapy has the potential to become the new standard of care as the first approved immunotherapy-based regimen in this setting.
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