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Adding ipilimumab to nivolumab provides no benefit in SCC trial
Key clinical point: Ipilimumab plus nivolumab appears no more effective than nivolumab alone in previously treated patients with metastatic squamous cell lung cancer and no matching biomarker.
Major finding: The median progression-free survival was 3.8 months in the ipilimumab plus nivolumab arm and 2.9 months in the nivolumab arm (P = .19). The median overall survival was 10.0 months and 11.0 months, respectively (P = .82).
Study details: A phase 3 trial of 275 previously treated patients with stage IV or recurrent squamous cell lung cancer.
Disclosures: This study was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and by AbbVie, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Genentech, and Pfizer through the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health in partnership with Friends of Cancer Research. The researchers reported relationships with a range of companies. Source: Bazhenova L et al. ASCO 2019, Abstract 9014.
REPORTING FROM ASCO 2019