Nivolumab (Opdivo)

Key Messages

• CADTH reimbursement reviews are comprehensive assessments of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, as well as patient and clinician perspectives, of a drug or drug class.
• The assessments inform non-binding recommendations that help guide the reimbursement decisions of Canada's federal, provincial, and territorial governments, with the exception of Quebec.
• This review assesses nivolumab (Opdivo), 240 mg every 2 weeks or 480 mg every 4 weeks, IV administration.
• Indication: As monotherapy for the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with urothelial carcinoma who are at high risk of recurrence after undergoing radical resection of urothelial carcinoma.