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
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Local Institution - 0117, Hamburg, Germany
Local Institution - 0008, Hannover, Germany
Local Institution - 0009, Heidelberg, Germany
City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
The Angeles Clinic, Los Angeles, California, United States
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, United States
Inova Dwight and March Schar Cancer Institute, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Beacon Cancer Care, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States
University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
University of Maryland - Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Allegheny Health Network Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, Val De Marne, France
Local Institution - 0002, Los Angeles, California, United States
Local Institution - 0018, Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Local Institution - 0016, Brussels, Belgium
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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