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
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
University Hospital Essen, Clinic of Urology, Essen, Germany
Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Florida Cancer Specialists, Lake Mary, Florida, United States
Dartmouth Hitchcock, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Grady Health System, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, United States
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
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