Regulatory approval

Published by the Health Canada.

Health Canada approved atezolizumab as monotherapy, for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic NSCLC whose tumours have high PD-L1 expression (PD-L1 stained ≥ 50% of TCs or PD-L1 stained tumour-infiltrating immune cells [ICs] covering ≥ 10% of the tumour area), as determined by a validated test and who do not have EGFR or ALK genomic tumour aberrations.

This is written in the approval document as:

TECENTRIQ (atezolizumab, concentrate for solution for infusion) is indicated as monotherapy, for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic NSCLC whose tumours have high PD-L1 expression (PD-L1 stained ≥ 50% of TCs or PD-L1 stained tumour-infiltrating immune cells [ICs] covering ≥ 10% of the tumour area), as determined by a validated test and who do not have EGFR or ALK genomic tumour aberrations.

Citation

Hoffmann-La Roche Limited. Tecentriq (atezolizumab) [product monograph]. Health Canada website. https://pdf.hres.ca/dpd_pm/00078266.PDF. Revised January 2025. Accessed June 2025.

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Type Biomarker(s) Cancer type Therapy(ies)
Sensitivity (+) PD-L1 >= 50%, Wild type ALK, Wild type EGFR Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Atezolizumab
Sensitivity (+) PD-L1 >= 10% TIIC, Wild type ALK, Wild type EGFR Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Atezolizumab