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
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Local Institution - 0020, Napoli, Italy
New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States
University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Women & Infants Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States
John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, California, United States
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
University of California, San Diego Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, California, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States
Universitätsspital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Spital Thurgau, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Kantonsspital Baselland Bruderholz, Bruderholz, Switzerland
Center for Cancer immune Therapy (CCIT), Dept. of Hematology and dept. of Oncology, Copenhagen, Denmark
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