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Bristol Myers Squibb Presents Data from CheckMate -648 Showing Opdivo plus Chemotherapy and Opdivo plus Yervoy Significantly Improved Overall Survival Compared to Chemotherapy in Unresectable Advanced or Metastatic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Published: 2021-06-03 21:01:00 ET
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Opdivo demonstrated significant overall survival benefit over chemotherapy alone in both PD-L1 positive and all-randomized populations in both treatment arms

CheckMate -648 marks the third global trial in which Opdivo demonstrated a significant benefit for patients with upper gastrointestinal cancers

Data to be featured in an oral presentation during the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting

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PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced results from the Phase 3 CheckMate -648 trial, in which two Opdivo-based treatment combinations — Opdivo (nivolumab) plus chemotherapy and Opdivo plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) — demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful overall survival (OS) benefit compared to chemotherapy at the pre-specified interim analysis in patients with unresectable advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) with tumor cell PD-L1 expression ≥1%, as well as in the all-randomized population. Opdivo plus Yervoy is the first dual immunotherapy combination to demonstrate a superior survival benefit versus chemotherapy in this setting. The data will be presented in an oral session on Saturday, June 5, 2021 from 1:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. EDT and featured in the official press program during the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.

For the combination of Opdivo plus chemotherapy, median OS was 15.4 months vs. 9.1 months for chemotherapy in patients whose tumors express PD-L1, a primary endpoint (hazard ratio [HR] 0.54, 99.5% CI: 0.37-0.80, p