Therapeutic Response

PD-L1 >= 1% status confers therapeutic sensitivity to Cisplatin in combination with Nivolumab and Pemetrexed 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, followed by nivolumab as monotherapy as adjuvant treatment, of patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer at high risk of recurrence whose tumors have PD-L1 expression >= 1%. This indication is based on CA20977T, randomised, double-blind study consisting of 461 patients. Platinum-based chemotherapy consisted of paclitaxel and carboplatin (any histology); pemetrexed and cisplatin (non-squamous histology); pemetrexed or carboplatin (non-squamous histology); or cisplatin and docetaxel (squamous histology).