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
Indiana Univeristy Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Providence Cancer Institute, Portland, Oregon, United States
Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Northwestern Univeristy Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Cancer Center of Sun-Yat Sen University (CCSYSU), GuangZhou, Guangdong, China
START Midwest, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
South Texas Oncology & Hematology, San Antonio, Texas, United States
The University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All Protocol Activities), Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All Protocol Activities), Middletown, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (All Protocol Activities), Montvale, New Jersey, United States
Assistance Publique Hรดpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
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