Regulatory approval

Published by the European Medicines Agency.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has authorized nivolumab in combination with ipilimumab for the treatment of adult patients with mismatch repair deficient or microsatellite instability-high metastatic colorectal cancer after prior fluoropyrimidine-based combination chemotherapy.

This is written in the approval document as:

OPDIVO in combination with ipilimumab is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with mismatch repair deficient or microsatellite instability-high metastatic colorectal cancer after prior fluoropyrimidine-based combination chemotherapy.

Citation

Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma EEIG. Opdivo (nivolumab) [product information]. European Medicines Agency website. https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/product-information/opdivo-epar-product-information_en.pdf. Revised March 2024. Accessed March 22, 2024.

Therapeutic response

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

Type Biomarker(s) Cancer type Therapy(ies)
Sensitivity (+) MSI-H Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Ipilimumab, Nivolumab
Sensitivity (+) dMMR Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Ipilimumab, Nivolumab