Opdivo (nivolumab) Plus Low-Dose (1mg/kg) Yervoy (ipilimumab) Provided Significant and Sustained Health-Related Quality of Life Improvements

Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY) today announced patient-reported outcomes data from the Phase 3 CheckMate -214 trial in intermediate- and poor-risk patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) treated with the Immuno-Oncology combination Opdivo (nivolumab) plus low-dose (1mg/kg) Yervoy (ipilimumab) versus sunitinib over a two-year follow-up period.

As quoted in the press release:

Relative to the current standard of care, patients in the Opdivo plus low-dose Yervoy arm reported fewer kidney cancer symptoms as measured by the NCCN Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Kidney Symptom Index (FKSI-19). This benefit was significant at all but one post-baseline time point through two years of follow-up (P<0.05). Time to deterioration (TTD) in FKSI-19 total score was also significantly delayed with Opdivo plus low-dose Yervoyversus sunitinib (HR 0.54; 95% CI, 0.46–0.63; P < 0.0001).

An additional analysis showed similar results with a significant benefit seen for Opdivo plus low-dose Yervoy relative to sunitinib on change from baseline at a pre-planned 25-week landmark. Assessed by FKSI-19 total score, with a mean difference of 3.55 (1.65 vs -1.9; P<0.0001), the analysis showed that patients in the Opdivo plus low-dose Yervoy arm experienced significantly better health-related quality of life scores in regard to disease-related symptoms, treatment side effects and functioning.

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