FOI_6925

Internal Reference Number: FOI_6925

Date Request Received: 21/12/2022 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 24/01/2023 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Nivolumab

Request Category: Companies


Question Number 1: In the last 3 months, how many patients have been initiated* on the following agents for the treatment of melanoma? • Nivolumab (monotherapy) • Nivolumab AND Ipilimumab (combination) *Patients are considered initiated if they have not been treated in the previous 6 months with any of the drugs that are part of the named regimen.

Answer To Question 1: We do not treat melanoma at this Trust so answers for Q1 is zero.

Question Number 2: In the last 3 months, how many patients have been initiated* on the following agents for the treatment of Renal Cell Carcinoma? • Nivolumab (monotherapy) • Nivolumab + Ipilimumab • Nivolumab + Cabozantinib • Avelumab + Axitinib *Patients are considered initiated if they have not been treated in the previous 6 months with any of the drugs that are part of the named regimen.

Answer To Question 2: We do not treat renal cell carcinoma at this Trust so answers for Q2 is zero.

Question Number 3: In the past 3 months, how many patients have been initiated* on the following agents for the treatment of upper gastrointestinal cancer (oesophagael cancer, gastric cancer and gastro-oesophageal junction cancer)? • Nivolumab • Pembrolizumab in combination with Platinum (Cisplatin or Oxaliplatin) and Fluoropyrimidene (5-Fluorouracil or Capecitabine) *Patients are considered initiated if they have not been treated in the previous 6 months with any of the drugs that are part of the named regimen.

Answer To Question 3: We have not initiated treatment with either nivolumab or pembrolizumab for upper GI cancer patients within the last 3 months.

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