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Incidence and Management of Proteinuria in the IMbrave150 Clinical Trial

This article responds to your request for information on Tecentriq® (atezolizumab) in combination with Avastin® (bevacizumab) and the incidence and management of proteinuria in the IMbrave150 clinical trial.

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Last updated September 15, 2023

Summary

  • Proteinuria is a common adverse event associated with Avastin.
    • At trial enrolment, patients were tested for pre-existing proteinuria.
      • Avastin management guidance was provided in the study protocol.
        • The incidence of all grade proteinuria during the study was 30%.
          • Patients could still continue single-agent therapy with Tecentriq if they discontinued Avastin due to proteinuria.

            IMbrave 150 Study design

            IMbrave150 was a Phase III, open-label, randomised study of Tecentriq in combination with Avastin compared with sorafenib, in patients with unresectable or advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who had not received prior systemic therapy.[1]

            Within 7 days prior to IMbrave150 trial initiation, patients underwent dipstick urinalysis for proteinuria. Table 1 shows the recruitment criteria.[2]

                

            Table 1: Proteinuria analysis at IMbrave150 initiation

            If dipstick urinalysis was... 1 or ≥2 and Then...

            Incidence of proteinuria in IMbrave150

            Table 2 shows the incidence of proteinuria in the IMbrave150 trial. In clinical trials investigating Tecentriq in combination with different therapies in different indications, all grade proteinuria arose at an of incidence of 8.2%.[3] In clinical trials studying Avastin in different indications, proteinuria arose within a range of 0.7% to 54.7% of patients receiving Avastin.[4] In these trials proteinuria ranged in severity from clinically asymptomatic, transient, trace proteinuria to nephrotic syndrome.[3,4]

               

            Table 2. Incidence of all-cause proteinuria during IMbrave150 in safety-evaluable population [5]

            Proteinuria grade for Any grade (%), Grade 1-2 (%), Grade 3-4 (%) and Grade 5 (%) and Tecentriq IV 1200 mg Q3W + Avastin IV 15 mg/kg Q3W( n=329) and Sorafenib oral 400 mg bid continuously(n=156)
            Abbreviations: IV=intravenous; Q3W=every 3 weeks; bid=twice a day; Data Cutoff: Aug 31st 2020

            Management of proteinuria in IMbrave150

            Proteinuria was managed in the IMbrave150 trial as per Table 3.

              

            Table 3. Management guidelines for proteinuria associated with Avastin [5]

            If proteinuria is... for Grade 1(1+ proteinuria; urinary protein <1.0 g/24 hour), Grade 2(2+ proteinuria; urinary protein 1.0 to 3.4 g/24 hour), Grade 3(urinary protein ≥3.5 g/24 hour) and Grade 4 or with diagnosis of nephrotic syndrome and Then...

            Avastin discontinuation as a result of proteinuria

            The protocol of the IMbrave150 study allowed patients who discontinued either Tecentriq or Avastin due to adverse event to continue on single-agent therapy, until loss of clinical benefit or unacceptable toxicity associated with the single agent.[5] Table 4 shows the incidence of Avastin treatment interruptions and withdrawals due to proteinuria.

              

            Table 4: Avastin treatment interruptions/dose modifications and withdrawals due to proteinuria [6]

            Proteinuria events for Lead to study treatment interruption (%) and Lead to withdrawal of Avastin (%) in Tecentriq IV 1200 mg Q3W + Avastin IV 15 mg/kg Q3W(n=329) and Sorafenib oral 400 mg bid continuously(n=156)
            Abbreviations: IV=intravenous; Q3W=every 3 weeks; bid=twice a day, Data Cutoff: Feb 2023

            Additional information

            For further information related to Avastin-related proteinuria, please refer to the article "Monitoring and Management of Avastin-Associated Proteinuria".

            References

            1. Finn R, Qin S, Ikeda M, et al. Atezolizumab plus Bevacizumab in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma. N Engl J Med 2020;382:1894-1905. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32402160
              1. Protocol for: Finn RS, Qin S, Ikeda M, et al. Atezolizumab plus bevacizumab in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. N Engl J Med 2020;382:1894-905. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1915745. Available at https://www.nejm.org/doi/suppl/10.1056/NEJMoa1915745/suppl_file/nejmoa1915745_protocol.pdf.
                1. Roche Internal Regulatory Document, accessed on 03-Jul-2023.
                  1. Roche Internal Regulatory Document, accessed on 03-Jul-2023.
                    1. Cheng A, Qin S, Ikeda M, et al. Updated efficacy and safety data from IMbrave150: Atezolizumab plus bevacizumab vs. sorafenib for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. See supplementary data " Multimedia component 4" for protocol and safety data. J Hepatol 2022;76:862-873. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34902530
                      1. Roche Clinical Study Report, accessed on 14-Sept-2023.

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