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Atezolizumab Versus Chemotherapy in Patients with Platinum-treated Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma: A Long-term Overall Survival and Safety Update from the Phase 3 IMvigor211 Clinical Trial

Michiel S. van der Heijden, Yohann Loriot, Ignacio Durán, Alain Ravaud, Margitta Retz, Nicholas J. Vogelzang, B. Nelson, Jingjing Wang, Xiaodong Shen, Thomas Powles

European Urology · 2021

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Summary

This Phase 3 clinical trial reported extended follow-up data from IMvigor211, comparing atezolizumab immunotherapy with standard chemotherapy in patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma previously treated with platinum-based regimens. As a cancer immunotherapy trial published in European Urology in 2021, the study provides long-term survival and safety evidence relevant to treatment decisions in this indication, though detailed outcomes cannot be confirmed without access to the full text.

UK applicability

Findings from this international oncology trial may inform National Health Service treatment protocols and NICE guidance for urothelial carcinoma management in the United Kingdom, where atezolizumab and similar immunotherapies are evaluated for reimbursement and clinical use.

Key measures

Overall survival, safety profile, adverse events

Outcomes reported

This study reported long-term overall survival and safety outcomes comparing atezolizumab (an immunotherapy agent) with chemotherapy in patients with platinum-treated locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma. The trial assessed efficacy and tolerability in this patient population as a follow-up to earlier IMvigor211 phase 3 trial results.

Theme
General food systems / other
Subject
Other / interdisciplinary
Study type
Research
Study design
RCT
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
Status
Published
Geography
International
System type
Human clinical
DOI
10.1016/j.eururo.2021.03.024
Catalogue ID
BFmommpjky-7upgu1

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