Flu shot on yervoy/opdivo
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Flu shot on yervoy/opdivo

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    • September 27, 2016 at 4:42 pm
    Hukill
    Participant

    Has anyone received a flu shot while on these drugs and did you have any problems from it? I see my dr on friday and can ask him then, I looked on line but did not find much and then some said you could some said you can't.

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      • September 27, 2016 at 5:49 pm
      Nanners10
      Participant
      I was not allowed to get the flu shot when I was on yervoy.
      • September 27, 2016 at 5:49 pm
      Nanners10
      Participant
      I was not allowed to get the flu shot when I was on yervoy.
        • September 27, 2016 at 7:10 pm
        Hukill
        Participant

        Thanks

        • September 27, 2016 at 7:10 pm
        Hukill
        Participant

        Thanks

        • September 27, 2016 at 7:10 pm
        Hukill
        Participant

        Thanks

      • September 27, 2016 at 5:49 pm
      Nanners10
      Participant
      I was not allowed to get the flu shot when I was on yervoy.
      • September 27, 2016 at 8:11 pm
      momof4boys
      Participant

      I was not allowed to get a flu shot either while on Yervoy

       

      Rachel

      • September 27, 2016 at 8:11 pm
      momof4boys
      Participant

      I was not allowed to get a flu shot either while on Yervoy

       

      Rachel

      • September 27, 2016 at 8:11 pm
      momof4boys
      Participant

      I was not allowed to get a flu shot either while on Yervoy

       

      Rachel

      • September 27, 2016 at 8:51 pm
      jennunicorn
      Participant

      I got one, was fine, my oncologist is fine with it, I know others have gotten them too. Guess some doctors have different opinions, see what yours says about it.

      • September 27, 2016 at 8:51 pm
      jennunicorn
      Participant

      I got one, was fine, my oncologist is fine with it, I know others have gotten them too. Guess some doctors have different opinions, see what yours says about it.

      • September 27, 2016 at 8:51 pm
      jennunicorn
      Participant

      I got one, was fine, my oncologist is fine with it, I know others have gotten them too. Guess some doctors have different opinions, see what yours says about it.

        • September 28, 2016 at 12:26 am
        dmturner
        Participant

        I will ask tomorrow before my 3rd yervoy infusion but I think it is a must.  Free at work.  I want ALL my fellow co-workers to get one. 

        -Donna

        • September 28, 2016 at 12:26 am
        dmturner
        Participant

        I will ask tomorrow before my 3rd yervoy infusion but I think it is a must.  Free at work.  I want ALL my fellow co-workers to get one. 

        -Donna

        • September 28, 2016 at 12:26 am
        dmturner
        Participant

        I will ask tomorrow before my 3rd yervoy infusion but I think it is a must.  Free at work.  I want ALL my fellow co-workers to get one. 

        -Donna

        • September 28, 2016 at 12:26 am
        dmturner
        Participant

        I will ask tomorrow before my 3rd yervoy infusion but I think it is a must.  Free at work.  I want ALL my fellow co-workers to get one. 

        -Donna

        • September 28, 2016 at 12:26 am
        dmturner
        Participant

        I will ask tomorrow before my 3rd yervoy infusion but I think it is a must.  Free at work.  I want ALL my fellow co-workers to get one. 

        -Donna

        • September 28, 2016 at 12:26 am
        dmturner
        Participant

        I will ask tomorrow before my 3rd yervoy infusion but I think it is a must.  Free at work.  I want ALL my fellow co-workers to get one. 

        -Donna

      • September 28, 2016 at 7:33 pm
      geriakt
      Participant

      I did get a flu shot while on Yervoy and NIVO last year. BMS approved it.  I plan on getting both the flu and pneumonia shot next month.

      • September 28, 2016 at 7:33 pm
      geriakt
      Participant

      I did get a flu shot while on Yervoy and NIVO last year. BMS approved it.  I plan on getting both the flu and pneumonia shot next month.

      • September 28, 2016 at 7:33 pm
      geriakt
      Participant

      I did get a flu shot while on Yervoy and NIVO last year. BMS approved it.  I plan on getting both the flu and pneumonia shot next month.

      • September 29, 2016 at 12:03 am
      Joycem
      Participant

      http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/852392

      "Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), the maker of ipilimumab and nivolumab, suggested to Medscape Medical News that there is not a definitive answer about the safety and efficacy of the flu vaccine in patients on their drugs.
       

      About ipilimumab, company spokesperson Carrie Fernandez said in an email: "Controlled clinical trials have not been conducted to investigate the combination of influenza vaccines with ipilimumab."

      However, there are some data on the activity of the flu vaccine in ipilimumab-treated patients.

      According to a BMS summary, some patients in a phase 2 study received an influenza vaccine after the first ipilimumab dose for the treatment of advanced melanoma (J Immunother. 2012;35:89-97). Most vaccinated patients had an increase in antibody levels (humoral response) to influenza B, A/H1N1, A/H3N2 antigens, whereas most nonvaccinated patients showed no response. In other words, there is some evidence that the flu shot produces an immune response in some ipilimumab-treated patients."

      I think I would want vaccine unless doc could give compelling reason not to take. 

       

      • September 29, 2016 at 12:03 am
      Joycem
      Participant

      http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/852392

      "Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), the maker of ipilimumab and nivolumab, suggested to Medscape Medical News that there is not a definitive answer about the safety and efficacy of the flu vaccine in patients on their drugs.
       

      About ipilimumab, company spokesperson Carrie Fernandez said in an email: "Controlled clinical trials have not been conducted to investigate the combination of influenza vaccines with ipilimumab."

      However, there are some data on the activity of the flu vaccine in ipilimumab-treated patients.

      According to a BMS summary, some patients in a phase 2 study received an influenza vaccine after the first ipilimumab dose for the treatment of advanced melanoma (J Immunother. 2012;35:89-97). Most vaccinated patients had an increase in antibody levels (humoral response) to influenza B, A/H1N1, A/H3N2 antigens, whereas most nonvaccinated patients showed no response. In other words, there is some evidence that the flu shot produces an immune response in some ipilimumab-treated patients."

      I think I would want vaccine unless doc could give compelling reason not to take. 

       

      • September 29, 2016 at 12:03 am
      Joycem
      Participant

      http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/852392

      "Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), the maker of ipilimumab and nivolumab, suggested to Medscape Medical News that there is not a definitive answer about the safety and efficacy of the flu vaccine in patients on their drugs.
       

      About ipilimumab, company spokesperson Carrie Fernandez said in an email: "Controlled clinical trials have not been conducted to investigate the combination of influenza vaccines with ipilimumab."

      However, there are some data on the activity of the flu vaccine in ipilimumab-treated patients.

      According to a BMS summary, some patients in a phase 2 study received an influenza vaccine after the first ipilimumab dose for the treatment of advanced melanoma (J Immunother. 2012;35:89-97). Most vaccinated patients had an increase in antibody levels (humoral response) to influenza B, A/H1N1, A/H3N2 antigens, whereas most nonvaccinated patients showed no response. In other words, there is some evidence that the flu shot produces an immune response in some ipilimumab-treated patients."

      I think I would want vaccine unless doc could give compelling reason not to take. 

       

      • September 29, 2016 at 12:38 pm
      JuTMSY4
      Participant

      My doc was fine with it, post Yervoy and several months into Keytruda.  YMMV.

      • September 29, 2016 at 12:38 pm
      JuTMSY4
      Participant

      My doc was fine with it, post Yervoy and several months into Keytruda.  YMMV.

      • September 29, 2016 at 12:38 pm
      JuTMSY4
      Participant

      My doc was fine with it, post Yervoy and several months into Keytruda.  YMMV.

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