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
Abramson Cancer Center at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta-Egleston, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
UT Southwestern Medical, Dallas, Texas, United States
Springfield Memorial Hospital, Springfield, Illinois, United States
Logan Health Medical Center, Kalispell, Montana, United States
Marshfield Medical Center - Minocqua, Minocqua, Wisconsin, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Local Institution - 0059, Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Local Institution - 0027, Singapore, Singapore
Local Institution - 0189, Coronado, California, United States
The University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
University of Virginia Health Systems, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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