Nivolumab plus chemotherapy or ipilimumab versus chemotherapy in patients with advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (CheckMate 648): 29-month follow-up from a randomized, open-label, phase III trial.
Ken KatoYuichiro DokiIan ChauJianming XuLucjan WyrwiczSatoru MotoyamaTakashi OgataHisato KawakamiChih-Hung HsuAntoine AdenisFarid El HajbiMaria Di BartolomeoMaria Ignez BraghiroliEva HoltvedTomoki MakinoMariela Blum MurphyCarlos Amaya-ChanagaApurva PatelNan HuYasuhiro MatsumuraYuko KitagawaJaffer A AjaniPublished in: Cancer medicine (2024)
Nivolumab plus chemotherapy and nivolumab plus ipilimumab continued to demonstrate clinically meaningful OS benefit versus chemotherapy with no new safety signals identified with longer follow-up, further supporting use as first-line standard treatment options for patients with advanced ESCC.