Immunotherapy treatments approved for stage IV or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (cancer that has spread outside of one lung)

These drugs are approved for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer:

FIRST LINE (as your first treatment)
  • Keytruda (pembrolizumab, a PD-1 Inhibitor) – approved for stage 4 NSCLC patients in combination with chemotherapy. Keytruda is also approved for stage 4 NSCLC patients with >1% PD-L1 without chemotherapy.
  • Libtayo (cemiplimab-rwlc, a PD-1 Inhibitor) – approved for stage 4 NSCLC patients with >50% PD-L1 without chemotherapy.
  • Yervoy (ipilimumab, a CTLA-4 Inhibitor) plus Opdivo (nivolumab, a PD-1 Inhibitor) – approved for stage 4 NSCLC patients with >1% PD-L1 in combination with Opdivo. Yervoy is also approved for stage 4 NSCLC patients in combination with Opdivo and two cycles of platinum doublet chemotherapy.
LATER LINES OF THERAPY (after another treatment)
  • Keytruda (pembrolizumab, a PD-1 Inhibitor) – approved for stage 4 NSCLC patients in combination with chemotherapy. Keytruda is also approved for stage 4 NSCLC patients with >1% PD-L1 without chemotherapy.
  • Opdivo (nivolumab, a PD-1 Inhibitor) – approved for stage 4 NSCLC patients who have progressed on platinum doublet chemotherapy.
  • Tecentriq (atezolizumab, a PD-L1 Inhibitor) – approved for stage 4 NSCLC patients in combination with Avastin and platinum doublet chemotherapy. Tecentriq is also approved for stage 4 NSCLC patients who have progressed on platinum doublet chemotherapy.

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