Ipilimumab

Ipilimumab (Yervoy, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma EEIG) has 9 EU-approved indications in 7 tumour types. 3 need a biomarker result: MMR/MSI (2) and PD-L1 (1).
Approved indications of Ipilimumab
Biomarker requirementRegimenSettingConditions
Non-small cell lung cancer1
No sensitising EGFR mutation or ALK translocation
+ nivolumab and 2 cycles of platinum-based chemotherapy
1L
metastatic
None
Mesothelioma1
None
+ nivolumab
1L
advanced
Pleural mesothelioma only
Colorectal cancer2
Mismatch repair deficient or microsatellite instability-high
+ nivolumab
1L
advanced
None
Mismatch repair deficient or microsatellite instability-high
+ nivolumab
2L
metastatic
After prior fluoropyrimidine-based combination chemotherapy
Oesophageal cancer1
Tumour cell PD-L1 expression ≥ 1%
+ nivolumab
1L
advanced
Squamous cell carcinoma only
Hepatocellular carcinoma1
None
+ nivolumab
1L
advanced
None
Renal cell carcinoma1
None
+ nivolumab
1L
advanced
Intermediate/poor-risk
Melanoma2
None
+ nivolumab
Any line
advanced
None
None
Monotherapy
Any line
advanced
None
Full text of section 4.1 (therapeutic indications)

Melanoma YERVOY as monotherapy or in combination with nivolumab is indicated for the treatment of advanced (unresectable or metastatic) melanoma in adults and adolescents 12 years of age and older (see section 4.4). Relative to nivolumab monotherapy, an increase in progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) for the combination of nivolumab with ipilimumab is established only in patients with low tumour PD-L1 expression (see sections 4.4 and 5.1). Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) YERVOY in combination with nivolumab is indicated for the first-line treatment of adult patients with intermediate/poor-risk advanced renal cell carcinoma (see section 5.1). Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) YERVOY in combination with nivolumab and 2 cycles of platinum-based chemotherapy is indicated for the first-line treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer in adults whose tumours have no sensitising EGFR mutation or ALK translocation. Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) YERVOY in combination with nivolumab is indicated for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma. Mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) or microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) colorectal cancer (CRC) YERVOY in combination with nivolumab is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with mismatch repair deficient or microsatellite instability-high colorectal cancer in the following settings: - first-line treatment of unresectable or metastatic colorectal cancer; - treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer after prior fluoropyrimidine-based combination chemotherapy (see section 5.1). Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) YERVOY in combination with nivolumab is indicated for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable advanced, recurrent or metastatic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma with tumour cell PD-L1 expression ≥ 1%. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) YERVOY in combination with nivolumab is indicated for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable or advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

Label history

60 changes to the Yervoy label since 2012, 11 of them to the indications. Newest first, in the words of EMA's record of each procedure.

Changes