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
Center for Cancer Immune Therapy Dept. of Hematology/oncology, Copenhagen, Denmark
Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Siteman Cancer Center - South County, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebrรณn - PPDS, Barcelona, Spain
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Massachusetts general Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
The University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc., Miami, Florida, United States
The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States
Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Nebraska Cancer Specialists, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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