Difference between revisions of "Nivolumab (Opdivo)"

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*11/23/2015: [http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/InformationOnDrugs/ApprovedDrugs/ucm474092.htm FDA approval expanded] "for the treatment of advanced [[Renal cancer|renal cell carcinoma]] in patients who have received prior [[:Category:VEGF_inhibitors|anti-angiogenic therapy]]."
 
*11/23/2015: [http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/InformationOnDrugs/ApprovedDrugs/ucm474092.htm FDA approval expanded] "for the treatment of advanced [[Renal cancer|renal cell carcinoma]] in patients who have received prior [[:Category:VEGF_inhibitors|anti-angiogenic therapy]]."
 
*5/17/2016: [http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/InformationOnDrugs/ApprovedDrugs/ucm501412.htm FDA approval expanded] "for the treatment of patients with [[Hodgkin lymphoma|classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL)]] that has relapsed or progressed after [[Hodgkin_lymphoma#Autologous_stem_cell_transplant|autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)]] and post-transplantation [[brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris)]]."
 
*5/17/2016: [http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/InformationOnDrugs/ApprovedDrugs/ucm501412.htm FDA approval expanded] "for the treatment of patients with [[Hodgkin lymphoma|classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL)]] that has relapsed or progressed after [[Hodgkin_lymphoma#Autologous_stem_cell_transplant|autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)]] and post-transplantation [[brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris)]]."
*9/13/2016: FDA dosing recommendation changed to "240 mg IV every two weeks until disease progression or intolerable toxicity for [[Renal cancer|renal cell carcinoma]], metastatic [[melanoma]], and [[non-small cell lung cancer]]. When combined with [[Ipilimumab (Yervoy)|ipilimumab]] for [[melanoma]], after completion of ipilimumab, the recommended nivolumab dose will be 240 mg every two weeks until disease progression or intolerable toxicity."
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*9/13/2016: [http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/InformationOnDrugs/ApprovedDrugs/ucm520871.htm FDA dosing recommendation changed] to "240 mg IV every two weeks until disease progression or intolerable toxicity for [[Renal cancer|renal cell carcinoma]], metastatic [[melanoma]], and [[non-small cell lung cancer]]. When combined with [[Ipilimumab (Yervoy)|ipilimumab]] for [[melanoma]], after completion of ipilimumab, the recommended nivolumab dose will be 240 mg every two weeks until disease progression or intolerable toxicity."
  
 
==Also known as==
 
==Also known as==

Revision as of 00:34, 17 October 2016

General information

Class/mechanism: PD-1 receptor antibody. Nivolumab is an IgG4 kappa human monoclonal antibody which binds to the PD-1 (programmed death receptor-1) receptor and blocks its interaction with the ligands PD-L1 and PD-L2. Normally, PD-L1 and PD-L2 binding to the PD-1 receptor on T cells inhibits T-cell proliferation and cytokine production, which can impede immune system surveillance of tumors. By interfering with the binding of PD-L1 and PD-L2 to the PD-1 receptor, nivolumab can cause upregulation of the anti-tumor immune response.[1][2][3]
Route: IV
Extravasation: no information

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Diseases for which it is used

Patient drug information

History of changes in FDA indication

Also known as

BMS-936558, MDX-1106.

References