Regulatory approval

Published by the European Medicines Agency.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has authorized ipilimumab in combination with nivolumab and 2 cycles of platinum-based chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of adult patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors have no sensitizing EGFR mutations or ALK translocations. This indication is based on CA2099LA, a phase 3, randomized, and open-label study in which the platinum-based chemotherapy was either carboplatin and pemetrexed or cisplatin and pemetrexed for non-squamous NSCLC, or carboplatin and paclitaxel for squamous NSCLC.

This is written in the approval document as:

YERVOY in combination with nivolumab and 2 cycles of platinum-based chemotherapy is indicated for the first-line treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer in adults whose tumours have no sensitising EGFR mutation or ALK translocation.

Citation

Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma EEIG. Yervoy (ipilimumab) [product information]. European Medicines Agency website. https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/product-information/yervoy-epar-product-information_en.pdf. Revised March 2025. Accessed September 5, 2025.

Therapeutic response

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

Type	Biomarker(s)	Cancer type	Therapy(ies)
Sensitivity (+)	Wild type ALK, Wild type EGFR	Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	Carboplatin, Ipilimumab, Nivolumab, Pemetrexed
Sensitivity (+)	Wild type ALK, Wild type EGFR	Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	Cisplatin, Ipilimumab, Nivolumab, Pemetrexed
Sensitivity (+)	Wild type ALK, Wild type EGFR	Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	Carboplatin, Ipilimumab, Nivolumab, Paclitaxel