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
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Cancer Hematology Centers - Flint, Flint, Michigan, United States
Anchorage Associates in Radiation Medicine, Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Anchorage Radiation Therapy Center, Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Russian Scientific Center of Roentgenoradiology, Moscow, Russian Federation
N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Moscow, Russian Federation
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands
State Hospital Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria, Austria
Hospital North - Clinic Floridsdorf, Vienna, Austria
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, California, United States
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
University Hospitals Dorest NHS Foundation Trust, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Bath, United Kingdom
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom
John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center, Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Cancer Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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