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nivolumab

Generic: nivolumab·Brand: Opdivo Qvantig, Opdualag

nivolumab: developed by 1 company · 320 clinical trials tracked · 5 FDA decisions.

nivolumab evidence translation

What we can confirm

5 FDA records · 320 tracked trials

What it means

Source-backed records connect nivolumab to BMY; that link alone does not prove the drug works.

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Watch active trials and any change in FDA or trial status.
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Prepared research question

How could nivolumab → BMY affect its developer, and what evidence supports the link?

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See linked entities and source evidence8 indications · 52 study sponsors
Development Pipeline (1)
CompanyPhase
BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO (BMY)Approved
Clinical Trials (320)showing 10 most recent

An Expanded Access Program - Real-world Data Collection for VO in Combination With Nivolumab in Patients With Advanced Melanoma That Has Progressed on an Anti-PD-1 Containing Treatment Regimen

No longer available
Expanded AccessReplimune Inc.

A Phase II Study of Nivolumab Plus Relatlimab 360 mg/360 mg and Gemcitabine/Cisplatin as First-Line Treatment in Patients With Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer.(NOBLE)

NCT07369791·Phase 2
Withdrawn

Primary endpoint: Overall response rate (ORR)

InterventionalRandomizedopen0 targetStarted 2026-12Completion 2040-121 site · TaiwanNational Health Research Institutes, Taiwan

Phase 1/2 Trial of PEP-CMV + Nivolumab for Newly Diagnosed Diffuse Midline Glioma/High-grade Glioma and Recurrent Diffuse Midline Glioma/High-grade Glioma, Medulloblastoma, and Ependymoma (PRiME II)

NCT06639607·Phase 1/Phase 2
Suspended

Primary endpoint: Proportion of patients with unacceptable toxicity

Interventionalopen68 targetStarted 2026-08Completion 2051-063 sites · United StatesWashington University School of Medicine

A Safety and Feasibility Study of NeuroNavigation-Guided Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound With Microbubbles to Enhance Nivolumab Delivery for the Treatment of Relapsed and Progressive Diffuse Midline Glioma and Other High Grade Brain Tumors

NCT07664176·Phase 1·NRC
Not yet recruiting

Primary endpoint: Incidence of dose limiting toxicities (DLT) as assessed by CTCAE v6.0.

Interventionalopen30 targetStarted 2026-08Completion 2030-12Children's National Research Institute

A Phase 2, Open-Label, Multicenter, Randomized Study to Evaluate Denikitug as Monotherapy or in Combination With Nivolumab or Chemotherapy in Participants With HER2-Negative, Unresectable, Recurrent, and/or Metastatic Gastric, Gastroesophageal Junction (GEJ), and Esophageal Adenocarcinomas

NCT07546812·Phase 2·GILD
Recruiting

Primary endpoint: Objective Response Rate (ORR)

InterventionalRandomizedopen120 targetStarted 2026-08Completion 2030-0112 sites · Australia, France, Spain, United StatesGilead Sciences

Phase 2 Trial With a Safety Run-in of Combinatorial Therapies With Intrathecal (IT) Dendritic Cell Vaccines (cDC1s) inHER+ (Combined With IT Trastuzumab) and HER2- (Combined With IT Nivolumab) Breast Cancer (BC) Leptomeningeal Disease (LMD)

NCT07694986·Phase 2
Recruiting

Primary endpoint: Safety Run-In: Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)

Interventionalopen30 targetStarted 2026-08Completion 2030-081 site · United StatesH. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Long-Term Extension Study for Participants Previously Enrolled in an Exelixis-Sponsored Study

NCT07620574·Phase 3·EXEL
Enrolling by invitation

Primary endpoint: Number of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)

Interventionalopen5,000 targetStarted 2026-07Completion 2030-052 sites · United StatesExelixis

A Phase 1b Study of HC-7366, an Agonist of ISR With Immunotherapy in Kidney Cancer (SHARK)

NCT07401875·Phase 1·ENTA
Not yet recruiting

Primary endpoint: Safety and adverse events (AEs)

Interventionalopen35 targetStarted 2026-07Completion 2029-111 site · United StatesM.D. Anderson Cancer Center

A Phase III, Open-Label, Randomised, Multicentre, Global Study of Adjuvant Datopotamab Deruxtecan in Combination With Rilvegostomig in Participants With High-risk Muscle Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma

NCT07720284·Phase 3·AZN
Recruiting

Primary endpoint: To demonstrate the superiority of Dato-DXd + rilvegostomig (Arm 1) relative to SoC (Arm 3) by assessment of disease-free survival (DFS) (based on Investigator assessments).

InterventionalRandomizedsingle915 targetStarted 2026-07Completion 2032-1150 sites · Australia, Brazil, Canada, China…AstraZeneca

A Phase Ib/II, Single-Center, Open-Label Study of First-Line Ipilimumab Plus Nivolumab and Nogapendekin Alfa Inbakicept (N-803) in Patients With Stage IV or Recurrent Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (FLINN)

NCT07355205·Phase 1/Phase 2
Recruiting

Primary endpoint: Progression-free survival (PFS) (Phase Ib acceptable dose participants and Phase II participants)

Interventionalopen26 targetStarted 2026-07Completion 2032-071 site · United StatesWashington University School of Medicine
FDA Decisions5 records
Approval1 INDICATIONS AND USAGE OPDIVO QVANTIG is a combination of nivolumab, a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1)-blocking antibody, and hyaluronidase, an endoglycosidase, indicated for the treatment of: Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) • adult patients with intermediate or poor risk advanced RCC, as a first-line treatment following combination treatment with intravenous nivolumab and ipilimumab. (1.1) • Limitations of Use: OPDIVO QVANTIG is not indicated in combination with ipilimumab for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma. • adult patients with advanced RCC, as a first-line treatment in combination with cabozantinib. (1.1) • adult patients with advanced RCC who have received prior anti-angiogenic therapy. ( 1.1 ) Melanoma • adult and pediatric (12 years and older who weigh 30 kg or greater) patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma. (1.2) • adult and pediatric (12 years and older who weigh 30 kg or greater) patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma following combination treatment with intravenous nivolumab and ipilimumab. (1.2) • Limitations of Use: OPDIVO QVANTIG is not indicated in combination with ipilimumab for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic melanoma. • for the adjuvant treatment of adult and pediatric (12 years and older who weigh 30 kg or greater) patients with completely resected Stage IIB, Stage IIC, Stage III, or Stage IV melanoma. (1.3) Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) • adult patients with resectable (tumors ≥4 cm or node positive) NSCLC in the neoadjuvant setting, in combination with platinum-doublet chemotherapy. (1.4) • adult patients with resectable (tumors ≥4 cm or node positive) NSCLC and no known EGFR mutations or ALK rearrangements, for neoadjuvant treatment, in combination with platinum-doublet chemotherapy, followed by OPDIVO QVANTIG monotherapy as adjuvant treatment after surgery. (1.5) • adult patients with metastatic NSCLC and progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy. Patients with EGFR or ALK genomic tumor a(BMY)FDA ↗
BLA761429Type 9 - New indication submitted as distinct BLA, consolidatedStandardOtherInjectable
Approval1 INDICATIONS AND USAGE OPDIVO QVANTIG is a combination of nivolumab, a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1)-blocking antibody, and hyaluronidase, an endoglycosidase, indicated for the treatment of: Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) • adult patients with intermediate or poor risk advanced RCC, as a first-line treatment following combination treatment with intravenous nivolumab and ipilimumab. (1.1) • Limitations of Use: OPDIVO QVANTIG is not indicated in combination with ipilimumab for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma. • adult patients with advanced RCC, as a first-line treatment in combination with cabozantinib. (1.1) • adult patients with advanced RCC who have received prior anti-angiogenic therapy. ( 1.1 ) Melanoma • adult and pediatric (12 years and older who weigh 30 kg or greater) patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma. (1.2) • adult and pediatric (12 years and older who weigh 30 kg or greater) patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma following combination treatment with intravenous nivolumab and ipilimumab. (1.2) • Limitations of Use: OPDIVO QVANTIG is not indicated in combination with ipilimumab for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic melanoma. • for the adjuvant treatment of adult and pediatric (12 years and older who weigh 30 kg or greater) patients with completely resected Stage IIB, Stage IIC, Stage III, or Stage IV melanoma. (1.3) Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) • adult patients with resectable (tumors ≥4 cm or node positive) NSCLC in the neoadjuvant setting, in combination with platinum-doublet chemotherapy. (1.4) • adult patients with resectable (tumors ≥4 cm or node positive) NSCLC and no known EGFR mutations or ALK rearrangements, for neoadjuvant treatment, in combination with platinum-doublet chemotherapy, followed by OPDIVO QVANTIG monotherapy as adjuvant treatment after surgery. (1.5) • adult patients with metastatic NSCLC and progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy. Patients with EGFR or ALK genomic tumor a(BMY)FDA ↗
BLA761381Type 3 - New Dosage FormStandardSubcutaneousInjectable
Approval1 INDICATIONS AND USAGE OPDUALAG™ is indicated for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age or older with unresectable or metastatic melanoma. OPDUALAG is a combination of nivolumab, a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1) blocking antibody, and relatlimab, a lymphocyte activation gene-3 (LAG-3) blocking antibody, indicated for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age or older with unresectable or metastatic melanoma. (1)(BMY)FDA ↗
BLA761234Type 1 - New Molecular EntityOrphan DrugPriorityIntravenousSolution
Approval1 INDICATIONS AND USAGE OPDIVO QVANTIG is a combination of nivolumab, a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1)-blocking antibody, and hyaluronidase, an endoglycosidase, indicated for the treatment of: Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) • adult patients with intermediate or poor risk advanced RCC, as a first-line treatment following combination treatment with intravenous nivolumab and ipilimumab. (1.1) • Limitations of Use: OPDIVO QVANTIG is not indicated in combination with ipilimumab for the treatment of r(BMY)FDA ↗
BLA125527Type 9 - New indication submitted as distinct BLA, consolidatedPriorityOtherInjectable
Approval1 INDICATIONS AND USAGE OPDIVO is a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1)-blocking antibody indicated for the treatment of: Melanoma • adult and pediatric (12 years and older) patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma, as a single agent or in combination with ipilimumab. (1.1) • for the adjuvant treatment of adult and pediatric patients 12 years and older with completely resected Stage IIB, Stage IIC, Stage III, or Stage IV melanoma. (1.2) Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) • adult patients(BMY)FDA ↗
BLA125554Type 1 - New Molecular EntityOrphan DrugPriorityOtherInjectable

Frequently asked questions

Who is developing nivolumab?

nivolumab is being developed by BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO.

How many clinical trials involve nivolumab?

BioSniper tracks 320 clinical trials involving nivolumab.

What is nivolumab's latest FDA decision?

The most recent tracked FDA decision for nivolumab is Approval for 1 INDICATIONS AND USAGE OPDIVO QVANTIG is a combination of nivolumab, a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1)-blocking antibody, and hyaluronidase, an endoglycosidase, indicated for the treatment of: Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) • adult patients with intermediate or poor risk advanced RCC, as a first-line treatment following combination treatment with intravenous nivolumab and ipilimumab. (1.1) • Limitations of Use: OPDIVO QVANTIG is not indicated in combination with ipilimumab for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma. • adult patients with advanced RCC, as a first-line treatment in combination with cabozantinib. (1.1) • adult patients with advanced RCC who have received prior anti-angiogenic therapy. ( 1.1 ) Melanoma • adult and pediatric (12 years and older who weigh 30 kg or greater) patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma. (1.2) • adult and pediatric (12 years and older who weigh 30 kg or greater) patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma following combination treatment with intravenous nivolumab and ipilimumab. (1.2) • Limitations of Use: OPDIVO QVANTIG is not indicated in combination with ipilimumab for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic melanoma. • for the adjuvant treatment of adult and pediatric (12 years and older who weigh 30 kg or greater) patients with completely resected Stage IIB, Stage IIC, Stage III, or Stage IV melanoma. (1.3) Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) • adult patients with resectable (tumors ≥4 cm or node positive) NSCLC in the neoadjuvant setting, in combination with platinum-doublet chemotherapy. (1.4) • adult patients with resectable (tumors ≥4 cm or node positive) NSCLC and no known EGFR mutations or ALK rearrangements, for neoadjuvant treatment, in combination with platinum-doublet chemotherapy, followed by OPDIVO QVANTIG monotherapy as adjuvant treatment after surgery. (1.5) • adult patients with metastatic NSCLC and progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy. Patients with EGFR or ALK genomic tumor a, dated December 27, 2024.