Nivolumab in the treatment of malignant melanoma: review of the literature

نویسندگان

  • Emi Mashima
  • Akiha Inoue
  • Yumiko Sakuragi
  • Takashi Yamaguchi
  • Natsuko Sasaki
  • Yoko Hara
  • Daisuke Omoto
  • Shun Ohmori
  • Sanehito Haruyama
  • Yu Sawada
  • Manabu Yoshioka
  • Daisuke Nishio
  • Motonobu Nakamura
چکیده

Nivolumab was developed as a monoclonal antibody against programmed death receptor-1, an immune checkpoint inhibitor which negatively regulates T-cell proliferation and activation. Intravenous administration of nivolumab was approved for the treatment of unresectable malignant melanoma in 2014 in Japan. When advanced melanoma patients were treated with nivolumab, median overall survival became longer. Overall survival rate was significantly better in nivolumab-treated melanoma patients than dacarbazine-treated melanoma patients. Nivolumab had an acceptable long-term tolerability profile, with 22% of patients experiencing grade 3 or 4 adverse events related to the drug. Therefore, nivolumab can become an alternative therapy for advanced malignant melanoma.

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دوره 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015