Regulatory approval

Published by the Health Service Executive.

The Republic of Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE) has approved nivolumab in combination with ipilimumab as a treatment option for the first-line treatment of adult patient with unresectable or metastatic mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) or microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) colorectal cancer (CRC).

This is written in the approval document as:

Nivolumab in combination with ipilimumab for the first-line treatment of adult patient with unresectable or metastatic mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) or microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) colorectal cancer (CRC).

Citation

Nivolumab 240 mg and Ipilimumab 1mg/kg Therapy, 2025, version number 1a, viewed 26/03/2026, https://healthservice.hse.ie/documents/6653/900_v1a_Nivolumab_240mg_ipilimumab_1mgkg_.pdf

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Organization(s) Biomarker(s) Cancer type Therapy(ies)
HSE (1) MSI-H Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Ipilimumab, Nivolumab
HSE (1) dMMR Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Ipilimumab, Nivolumab