CHMP recommends approval of Opdualag in unresectable or metastatic melanoma
Bristol Myers Squibb announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended approval of Opdualag, the fixed-dose combination of nivolumab and relatlimab for the first-line treatment of advanced (unresectable or metastatic) melanoma in adults and adolescents 12 years of age and older with tumor cell PD-L1 expression < 1%
The European Commission (EC), which has the authority to approve medicines for the European Union (EU), will now review the CHMP opinion.
The positive opinion is based upon efficacy and safety results from the Phase II/III RELATIVITY-047 trial. The trial showed that treatment with the fixed-dose combination of nivolumab and relatlimab more than doubled the median progression-free survival (PFS), including in patients with tumor cell PD-L1 expression < 1%, when compared to nivolumab monotherapy – an established standard of care. The proposed indication for the EU is based upon an exploratory analysis of the data in patients with tumor cell PD-L1 expression < 1%. No new safety events were identified with the combination when compared to nivolumab monotherapy.
On March 18, 2022, the FDA approved the fixed-dose combination of nivolumab and relatlimab as Opdualag (nivolumab and relatlimab-rmbw) for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age or older with unresectable or metastatic melanoma.