| Literature DB >> 25755681 |
Raghav Sundar1, Byoung-Chul Cho2, Julie R Brahmer3, Ross A Soo4.
Abstract
New insight on the interaction between the immune system and tumor has identified the programmed death-1/programmed death-1 ligand pathway to be a key player in evading host immune response. The immune checkpoint modulator, nivolumab (BMS-936558/ONO-4538), is the first PD-1 inhibitor to gain regulatory approval, for the treatment of patients with unresectable melanoma. This review will discuss results from early phase studies of nivolumab in solid tumors including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as well as studies of nivolumab in combination with chemotherapy, other immune modulators and molecular targeted therapy in patients with NSCLC.Entities:
Keywords: immune checkpoint modulator; nivolumab; non-small cell lung cancer; programmed death-1; programmed death-1 ligand
Year: 2015 PMID: 25755681 PMCID: PMC4346216 DOI: 10.1177/1758834014567470
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ther Adv Med Oncol ISSN: 1758-8340 Impact factor: 8.168