Ipilimumab is a fully humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody that blocks cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4). Blocking CTLA-4 removes an inhibitory signal from reducing the activity of T lymphocytes. Ipilimumab was developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Medarex.
Ipilimumab was granted FDA approval on 25 March 2011.
Ipilimumab is indicated in the following cancerous conditions:
Melanoma
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC)
Colorectal Cancer
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Esophageal Cancer
- Treatment of adult patients with unresectable advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, as first line treatment in combination with nivolumab
I.R.S.T. Srl Irccs, Meldola, Italy
Ospedale Classificato Sacro Cuore - Don Calabria, Negrar, Italy
I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Oncologico Veneto, Padova, Italy
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, United States
Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, United States
Abramson Cancer Center at Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States
MD Anderson, Houston, Texas, United States
Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, Washington, United States
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California, United States
Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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