Therapeutic Response Statement (Sensitivity)

This therapeutic response statement supports the relationship that PD-L1 >= 1% status confers therapeutic sensitivity to Cisplatin, Fluorouracil, Nivolumab in patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

This statement is based on a regulatory approval from the Health Service Executive:

Nivolumab in combination with fluoropyrimidine and platinum-based combination chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable advanced, recurrent or metastatic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) with tumour cell programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression >= 1%.

Citation

Nivolumab 480mg, CISplatin 80mg/m2 and 5-Fluorouracil Infusional Therapy, 2024, version number 1a, NCCP National SACT Regimen, NCCP, viewed 04/04/2024, https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/5/cancer/profinfo/chemoprotocols/gastrointestinal/832-nivolumab-cisplatin.pdf