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
James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States
University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
BCCA - Vancouver Cancer Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Department of Radiation Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Universitatsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
CHU Amiens Picardie - Hopital Sud, Amiens, France
Sutter Health Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States
Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, United States
Indiana University Health Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Institut Catala d'Oncologia - ICO Badalona - Hospital De Mataro, Barcelona, Spain
Institut Catala d'Oncologia - ICO L'Hospitalet - Hospital Duran i Reynals (Institut Catala D'Oncologia), Barcelona, Spain
Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Saint John's Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, California, United States
Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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