文摘
Nivolumab (Opdivo?; Nivolumab BMS? was the first programmed death (PD)-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor to be approved for use in advanced, squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) following prior chemotherapy. In the pivotal CheckMate 017 trial, intravenous nivolumab 3 mg/kg every 2 weeks was associated with significantly better overall survival and progression-free survival and a significantly higher overall response rate than intravenous docetaxel in the second-line treatment of advanced, squamous NSCLC. Nivolumab was also better tolerated than docetaxel in CheckMate 017, and its adverse event profile (which included immune-mediated adverse events) was manageable. In conclusion, nivolumab represents an important advance in previously-treated, advanced, squamous NSCLC. The manuscript was reviewed by: J. G. Aerts, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; C. Choua?d, Service de Pneumologie, GRC Onco Paris Est, UPEC, CHI Créteil, Créteil, France; L. Crinò, Division of Medical Oncology, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia, Perugia, Italy; J. Mazières, Thoracic Oncology Department, Larrey Hospital, University Hospital of Toulouse, University of Toulouse III (Paul Sabatier), Toulouse, France; A. Pluzanski, Lung Cancer Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.