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Beskrivning

LandStorbritannien
ListaFTSE 100
SektorHälsovård
IndustriLäkemedel & Handel
AstraZeneca är ett globalt läkemedelsbolag med fokus på forskning, utveckling och marknadsföring av receptbelagda läkemedel, primärt för behandling av sjukdomar inom terapiområdena som berör andningsvägar, hjärta/kärl/metabolism och cancer. Utöver huvudverksamheten är bolaget även aktiva inom autoimmunitet, neurovetenskap och infektion. AstraZeneca är verksamt inom samtliga globala regioner och har sitt huvudkontor i Cambridge, Storbritannien.
2022-12-21 08:00:40

Approval based on TOPAZ-1 updated survival results showing Imfinzi combination reduced risk of death by 24% vs. chemotherapy alone.

AstraZeneca's Imfinzi (durvalumab) has been approved in the European Union (EU) for the 1st-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic biliary tract cancer (BTC) in combination with chemotherapy (gemcitabine plus cisplatin).

The approval by the European Commission was based on the primary results from the TOPAZ-1 Phase III trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine Evidence (https://evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/EVIDoa2200015), and on the updated results presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress 2022 (https://www.astrazeneca.com/media-centre/press-releases/2022/imfinzi-plus-chemotherapy-further-improved-overall-survival-benefit-in-advanced-biliary-tract-cancer-in-the-topaz-1-phase-iii-trial.html). The approval follows the recommendation (https://www.astrazeneca.com/media-centre/press-releases/2022/imfinzi-plus-chemotherapy-recommended-for-approval-in-the-eu-by-chmp-as-first-immunotherapy-regimen-for-advanced-biliary-tract-cancer.html) by The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency in November 2022.

At the interim analysis (https://www.astrazeneca.com/media-centre/press-releases/2022/imfinzi-plus-chemotherapy-reduced-risk-of-death-by-20-in-1st-line-advanced-biliary-tract-cancer.html), Imfinzi plus chemotherapy reduced the risk of death by 20% versus chemotherapy alone (based on a hazard ratio [HR] of 0.80; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.66-0.97; p=0.021). Updated results from TOPAZ-1 after an additional 6.5 months of follow-up showed a 24% reduction in the risk of death versus chemotherapy alone (HR 0.76; 95% CI, 0.64-0.91), with more than two times as many patients treated with Imfinzi plus chemotherapy estimated to be alive at two years versus chemotherapy alone (23.6% versus 11.5%). Updated median overall survival (OS) was 12.9 months versus 11.3 with chemotherapy.

BTC is a group of rare and aggressive cancers that occur in the bile ducts (cholangiocarcinoma) and gallbladder.[1,2] There are approximately 211,000 new patients diagnosed with gallbladder and biliary tract cancer each year, and about 40,000 of these occur across Europe.[3 ]These patients have a poor prognosis, with approximately 5% to 15% of patients with BTC surviving five years.[4]

Juan W. Valle, MD, Professor of Medical Oncology at the University of Manchester and The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, UK, and a lead investigator in the TOPAZ-1 Phase III trial, said: "Today's approval marks an important shift in the treatment of this aggressive and often overlooked disease and a significant improvement compared to standard of care for these patients. After waiting over a decade for new therapeutic options, biliary tract cancer patients in the EU will now have the opportunity to benefit from an immunotherapy-based treatment for the first time."

Dave Fredrickson, Executive Vice President, Oncology Business Unit, AstraZeneca, said: "With this approval, Imfinzi plus chemotherapy becomes the only immunotherapy-based treatment option available to patients in the EU with advanced biliary tract cancer. This approval underscores our commitment to transform survival outcomes while addressing the high unmet need for new and improved treatments for patients with hepatobiliary cancers."

Imfinzi plus chemotherapy was generally well tolerated, with no new safety signals observed, and did not increase the discontinuation rate due to adverse events (AEs) compared to chemotherapy alone. Grade 3 or 4 treatment-related AEs were experienced by 60.9% of patients treated with Imfinzi plus chemotherapy, and by 63.5% of patients treated with chemotherapy alone.

Imfinzi plus chemotherapy is approved (https://www.astrazeneca.com/content/astraz/media-centre/press-releases/2022/imfinzi-approved-in-us-for-biliary-tract-cancer.html#!) in the US and other countries for the treatment of adults with locally advanced or metastatic BTC. Regulatory applications are also currently under review in Japan and several other countries based on the TOPAZ-1 results.

Notes

Biliary tract cancer

BTC is a group of rare and aggressive gastrointestinal (GI) cancers that form in the cells of the bile ducts (cholangiocarcinoma), gallbladder or ampulla of Vater (where the bile duct and pancreatic duct connect to the small intestine).[1,2]

Early-stage BTC affecting the bile ducts and gallbladder often presents without clear symptoms and most new cases of BTC are therefore diagnosed at an advanced stage, when treatment options are limited and the prognosis is poor.[4-6 ]Cholangiocarcinoma is more common in China and Southeast Asia and is on the rise in Western countries.[1,][4]

TOPAZ-1

TOPAZ-1 was a randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled, multicentre, global Phase III trial of Imfinzi in combination with chemotherapy (gemcitabine plus cisplatin) versus placebo in combination with chemotherapy as a 1st-line treatment in 685 patients with unresectable advanced or metastatic BTC including intrahepatic and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, and gallbladder cancer. Patients with ampullary carcinoma were excluded.

The primary endpoint was overall survival and key secondary endpoints included progression-free survival, objective response rate and safety. The trial was conducted in 105 centres across 17 countries including in the US, Europe, South America and several countries in Asia including South Korea, Thailand, Japan and China.

Imfinzi

Imfinzi (durvalumab) is a human monoclonal antibody that binds to the PD-L1 protein and blocks the interaction of PD-L1 with the PD-1 and CD80 proteins, countering the tumour's immune-evading tactics and releasing the inhibition of immune responses.

Imfinzi is the only approved immunotherapy in unresectable or metastatic BTC, unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma [in combination with Imjudo (tremelimumab)], and the curative-intent setting of unresectable, Stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in patients whose disease has not progressed after chemoradiotherapy. It is the global standard of care in this setting based on the PACIFIC Phase III trial.

Imfinzi is also approved in the US, EU, Japan, China and many other countries around the world for the treatment of extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) based on the CASPIAN Phase III trial. In 2021, updated results from the CASPIAN trial showed Imfinzi plus chemotherapy tripled patient survival at three years versus chemotherapy alone.

Imfinzi is also approved in the US for the treatment of adult patients with Stage IV (metastatic) NSCLC in combination with Imjudo and chemotherapy.

Imfinzi is also approved for previously treated patients with advanced bladder cancer in several countries.

As part of a broad development programme, Imfinzi is being tested as a single treatment and in combinations with other anti-cancer treatments for patients with SCLC, NSCLC, bladder cancer, several GI cancers, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer, and other solid tumours.

AstraZeneca in GI cancers

AstraZeneca has a broad development programme for the treatment of GI cancers across several medicines and a variety of tumour types and stages of disease. In 2020, GI cancers collectively represented approximately 5.1 million new cancer cases leading to approximately 3.6 million deaths.[7]

Within this programme, the Company is committed to improving outcomes in gastric, liver, biliary tract, oesophageal, pancreatic, and colorectal cancers.

Imfinzi is approved in the US in combination with chemotherapy (gemcitabine plus cisplatin) for advanced BTC and in combination with Imjudo in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. Imfinzi is being assessed in combinations, including with Imjudo in liver, oesophageal and gastric cancers in an extensive development programme spanning early to late-stage disease across settings.

Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan), a HER2-directed antibody drug conjugate, is approved in HER2-positive advanced gastric cancer and is being assessed in colorectal cancer. Enhertu is jointly developed and commercialised by AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo.

Lynparza (olaparib), a first-in-class PARP inhibitor, is approved in BRCA-mutated metastatic pancreatic cancer. Lynparza is developed and commercialised in collaboration with MSD (Merck & Co., Inc. inside the US and Canada).

AstraZeneca in immuno-oncology (IO)

AstraZeneca is a pioneer in introducing the concept of immunotherapy into dedicated clinical areas of high unmet medical need. The Company has a comprehensive and diverse IO portfolio and pipeline anchored in immunotherapies designed to overcome evasion of the anti-tumour immune response and stimulate the body's immune system to attack tumours.

AstraZeneca aims to reimagine cancer care and help transform outcomes for patients with Imfinzi as a single treatment and in combination with Imjudo as well as other novel immunotherapies and modalities. The Company is also exploring next-generation immunotherapies like bispecific antibodies and therapeutics that harness different aspects of immunity to target cancer.

AstraZeneca is boldly pursuing an innovative clinical strategy to bring IO-based therapies that deliver long-term survival to new settings across a wide range of cancer types. With an extensive clinical programme, the Company also champions the use of IO treatment in earlier disease stages, where there is the greatest potential for cure.

AstraZeneca in oncology

AstraZeneca is leading a revolution in oncology with the ambition to provide cures for cancer in every form, following the science to understand cancer and all its complexities to discover, develop and deliver life-changing medicines to patients.

The Company's focus is on some of the most challenging cancers. It is through persistent innovation that AstraZeneca has built one of the most diverse portfolios and pipelines in the industry, with the potential to catalyse changes in the practice of medicine and transform the patient experience.

AstraZeneca has the vision to redefine cancer care and, one day, eliminate cancer as a cause of death.

AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca (LSE/STO/Nasdaq: AZN) is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialisation of prescription medicines in Oncology, Rare Diseases, and BioPharmaceuticals, including Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism, and Respiratory & Immunology. Based in Cambridge, UK, AstraZeneca operates in over 100 countries and its innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide. Please visit astrazeneca.com (https://www.astrazeneca.com/media-centre/press-releases/2021/imfinzi-improved-survival-in-biliary-tract-cancer.html) and follow the Company on Twitter @AstraZeneca (https://twitter.com/AstraZeneca).

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