VIENNA – The survival benefit shown by nivolumab in the phase III CheckMate 025 trial may offer hope of even longer survival benefits in advanced kidney cancer.
During a press briefing at the European Cancer Congress, study author Dr. Padmanee Sharma of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, defended immune checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab’s 5.6-month gain in overall survival.
“The immune checkpoint therapy agents are targeting your immune system,” Dr. Sharma explained in an interview. “Your immune system has the capability of giving you a memory response.” That could lead to long-term, durable responses in cancer patients that can last for years, she noted.
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