Therapeutic Response

PD-L1 >= 1% status confers therapeutic sensitivity to Cisplatin in combination with Gemcitabine and Nivolumab in patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

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Source and description

Opdivo (nivolumab) [product information]. EMA. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has authorized nivolumab in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy for the neoadjuvant treatment of adult patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer at high risk of recurrence whose tumors haev PD-L1 expression >= 1%. This indication is based on CA209816, a randomized, open-label, phase 3 study where the selection of platinum-based chemotherapy was investigator's choice of paclitaxel and carboplatin, pemetrexed and cisplatin, or gemcitabine and cisplatin.