Phase III IMmotion151 study showed Roche ’s Tecentriq (atezolizumab) and Avastin (bevacizumab) reduced the risk of disease worsening or death for the initial treatment of certain people with advanced kidney cancer

Roche today announced that the Phase III IMmotion151 study met its co-primary endpoint of investigator-assessed progression-free survival (PFS) and demonstrated that the combination of Tecentriq ® (atezolizumab) and Avastin® (bevacizumab) provided a statistically significant and clinically meaningful reduction in the risk of disease worsening or death (PFS) in people whose disease expressed the PD-L1 (programmed death-ligand 1: Expression ≥1%) protein compared with sunitinib for the fir st-line treatment of people who have advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC).
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