Eight-Year Data for Opdivo (nivolumab) Plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) Continue to Demonstrate Longest Survival Benefit vs. Sunitinib Reported in Patients with Previously Untreated Advanced or Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced that Opdivo (nivolumab) plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) continued to demonstrate long-term survival results in the Phase 3 CheckMate -214 trial, reducing the risk of death by 28% in patients with previously untreated advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) vs. sunitinib after eight years, regardless of International Metastatic RCC Database Consortium (IMDC) risk group. Patients treated with Opdivo plus Yervoy maintained su ...