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. 2020 Apr 1;27(Suppl 2):S106–S114. doi: 10.3747/co.27.5549

TABLE I.

Immune checkpoint inhibitors assessed by the pan-Canadian Oncology Drug Review

Drug and tumour type Stage Indication Implementation Biomarker details
Atezolizumab
 NSCLC IV Second line 6 Jul 2018
 SCLC Extensive First line 14 Feb 2020

Durvalumab
 NSCLC III Consolidative 21 May 2019

Ipilimumab
 Melanoma Advanced First line 14 Jan 2015
Second line 2 May 2012

Nivolumab
 Melanoma Advanced First line 18 Apr 2016
Node-positive Adjuvant 22 Mar 2019
 NSCLC IV Second line 20 Jun 2016
 Renal cell carcinoma IV Second line 19 Sep 2016
 HNSCC IV Second line 18 Sep 2017
 Hodgkin lymphoma Failed ASCT 18 May 2018

Ipilimumab–nivolumab
 Melanoma Advanced First line 15 Dec 2017
 Renal cell carcinoma IV First line 16 Nov 2018

Pembrolizumab
 Melanoma Advanced First line 1 Dec 2015
III Adjuvant 19 Aug 2019
 NSCLC IV First line 8 Sep 2017 PD-L1 TPS ≥50%
First linea 17 Jun 2019
First lineb 20 Jan 2020
Second line 18 November 2016 PD-L1 TPS ≥1%
 Hodgkin lymphoma Relapsed 22 Jan 2018
 Urothelial carcinoma IV First line 21 Oct 2019 PD-L1 CPS ≥10%
Second line 19 Mar 2018
a

Nonsquamous histology.

b

Squamous histology.

NSCLC = non-small-cell lung cancer; SCLC = small-cell lung cancer; HNSCC = head and neck squamous-cell carcinoma; ASCT = autologous stem-cell transplantation; TPS = tumour proportion score; CPS = combined positive score.