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. 2018 Feb 9;13:12. doi: 10.1186/s13000-018-0689-9

Table 2.

Dichotomous Scoring Used Across Antibodies for PD-L1 IHC Tests in Lung Cancer

Antibody (developer) [drug against which the study validated the test] Cutoff/Threshold
22C3 (Dako) [pembrolizumab] 1% (used in training group): 1 study [4]a
50% (determined as optimal cutoff): 1 study [4]a
28–8 (Dako) [nivolumab] 1%: 3 studies [7, 10, 12]a
5%: 2 studies [10, 11]a
10%: 1 study [10]a
50%: 1 study [11]a
SP263 (Roche) [durvalumab] 25%: 3 studies [7, 14, 28]a,b
SP142 (Roche) [atezolizumab] 1%: 2 studies [19, 20]a
5%: 2 studies [19, 20]a,c
50%: 1 study [20]a
E1L3N (Cell Signaling Technology; reagent provider) [not applicable] 1%: 2 studies [20, 21]a
5%: 4 studies [11, 20, 21, 23]a,c
50%: 3 studies [11, 20, 21]a

aTested in tumor cells. b Tested in tumor-infiltrating immune cells. c Tested in tumor stroma