Review Article

Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 Therapy for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Toward Personalized Medicine and Combination Strategies

Table 2

PD-L1 IHC assay systems as companion and complementary diagnostic assays for NSCLC treatment using anti-PD-1/PD-L1 agents.

Assay systemSource and antibody clonalityTherapeutic antibodyType of tissueDetection systems requiredInstrumentTPSCompanyCancer

PD-L1 IHC 28-8 pharmDx DakoRabbit monoclonalNivolumabFFPEAutostainer Link 48EnVision FLEX visualization systemTumor cell membrane stainingDako Autolink 48Nonsquamous NSCLC
PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx DakoMouse monoclonalPembrolizumabFFPEAutostainer Link 48EnVision FLEX visualization systemTumor cell membrane stainingDako Autolink 48NSCLC
Ventana PD-L1 (SP142) assayRabbit monoclonalAtezolizumabFFPEOptiView AmplificationVentana BenchMark ULTRATumor cell membrane and immune cell stainingVentana UltraNSCLC
Ventana PD-L1 (SP263)Rabbit monoclonalDurvalumabFFPEOptiView AmplificationVentana BenchMark ULTRATumor cell membrane stainingVentana UltraNSCLC

FFPE: formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded; IC: immune cells; NSCLC: non-small-cell lung cancer; PD-1: programmed death-1; PD-L1: programmed death-ligand 1; TC: tumor cells; TPS: tumor proportion score.