Nivolumab

Therapeutic indications

Nivolumab is indicated for:

Melanoma

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)

Nivolumab as monotherapy or in combination with ipilimumab is indicated for the treatment of advanced (unresectable or metastatic) melanoma in adults.

Relative to nivolumab monotherapy, an increase in progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) for the combination of nivolumab with ipilimumab is established only in patients with low tumour PD-L1 expression.

Adjuvant treatment of melanoma

Nivolumab as monotherapy is indicated for the adjuvant treatment of adults with melanoma with involvement of lymph nodes or metastatic disease who have undergone complete resection.

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Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)

Nivolumab as monotherapy is indicated for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer after prior chemotherapy in adults.

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Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC)

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)

Nivolumab as monotherapy is indicated for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma after prior therapy in adults. Nivolumab in combination with ipilimumab is indicated for the first-line treatment of adult patients with intermediate/poor-risk advanced renal cell carcinoma.

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Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma (cHL)

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)

Nivolumab as monotherapy is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma after autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) and treatment with brentuximab vedotin.

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Squamous Cell Cancer of the Head and Neck (SCCHN)

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)

Nivolumab as monotherapy is indicated for the treatment of recurrent or metastatic squamous cell cancer of the head and neck in adults progressing on or after platinum-based therapy.

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Urothelial Carcinoma

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)

Nivolumab as monotherapy is indicated for the treatment of locally advanced unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma in adults after failure of prior platinum-containing therapy.

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):

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