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Efficacy and safety of adjuvant therapy with nivolumab or placebo in high-risk patients with muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma after radical surgery: review of the first results of the randomized phase III trial CheckMate 274

https://doi.org/10.17650/1726-9776-2021-17-1-108-119

Abstract

This article analyzes first results of the randomized phase III clinical trial CheckMate 274 that has demonstrated the advantage of adjuvant immunotherapy with nivolumab, a PD-1 inhibitor, over placebo in high-risk patients with muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma after radical surgery

About the Authors

M. I. Volkova
N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia
Russian Federation

24 Kashirskoe Shosse, Moscow 115478.


Competing Interests:

No



A. S. Olshanskaya
N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia; N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia
Russian Federation

24 Kashirskoe Shosse, Moscow 115478; 1 Ostrovityanova St., Moscow 117997.


Competing Interests:

No



S. A. Kalinin
N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia
Russian Federation

1 Ostrovityanova St., Moscow 117997.


Competing Interests:

No



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Volkova M.I., Olshanskaya A.S., Kalinin S.A. Efficacy and safety of adjuvant therapy with nivolumab or placebo in high-risk patients with muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma after radical surgery: review of the first results of the randomized phase III trial CheckMate 274. Cancer Urology. 2021;17(1):108-119. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17650/1726-9776-2021-17-1-108-119

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