Advice
following a full submission assessed under the end of life process:
nivolumab (Opdivo®) is accepted for use within NHSScotland.
Indication under review: in combination with ipilimumab for the first-line treatment of adult patients with intermediate/poor-risk advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
Overall survival was significantly longer in the nivolumab plus ipilimumab group compared with a multiple receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor in a phase III study in treatment naïve patients with intermediate/poor-risk advanced RCC.
This SMC advice takes account of the benefits of a Patient Access Scheme (PAS) that improves the cost-effectiveness of nivolumab in combination with ipilimumab.
Medicine details
- Medicine name:
- nivolumab (Opdivo)
- SMC ID:
- SMC2153
- Indication:
- In combination with ipilimumab for the first-line treatment of adult patients with intermediate/poor-risk advanced renal cell carcinoma.
- Pharmaceutical company
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Ltd
- BNF chapter
- Malignant disease and immunosuppression
- Submission type
- Full
- Status
- Accepted
- Date advice published
- 10 June 2019