FDA Accepts Supplemental Biologics License Application for Nivolumab in Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma, Grants Priority Review
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA), which seeks to expand the use of nivolumab (Opdivo) to patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma after prior therapies. The application included data from the CheckMate-205 clinical trial, which evaluated nivolumab in patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma who have received autologous stem cell transplant and brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris). The FDA granted the application a priority review and previously granted nivolumab Breakthrough Therapy Designation for classical Hodgkin lymphoma on May 14, 2014.
“There is a significant burden on classical Hodgkin lymphoma patients who do not respond to initial treatment, and they need new treatment options that address the disease in a different way,” said Jean Viallet, MD, Oncology Global Clinical Research Lead, Bristol-Myers Squibb. “With the Agency’s acceptance of our application, [nivolumab] has the potential to be the first PD-1 inhibitor in hematology, allowing us to expand immuno-oncology beyond solid tumors to patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma and strengthen our hematology franchise.”
CheckMate-205 is a phase II study evaluating the safety and efficacy of nivolumab in patients with relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma. Data from this trial are expected to be presented at a medical meeting later this year.
Nivolumab is indicated as a single agent for the treatment of patients with BRAF V600 wild-type and mutation-positive unresectable or metastatic melanoma; in combination with ipilimumab (Yervoy) for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma; for the treatment of patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer with progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy; and for the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma who have received prior antiangiogenic therapy.
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