what is nivolumab used for
Medical use. Nivolumab is used as a first line treatment for inoperable or metastatic melanoma in combination with ipilimumab if the cancer does not have a mutation in BRAF, and as a second-line treatment for inoperable or metastatic melanoma following treatment of ipilimumab and, if the cancer has a BRAF mutation, a BRAF inhibitor.
Nivolumab is also used to treat advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC, a type of cancer that begins in the cells of the kidneys) that worsened after treatment with other chemotherapy medications. Nivolumab is in a class of medications called monoclonal antibodies.
Nivolumab, marketed as Opdivo, is a medication used to treat cancer.