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
Kaiser Permanente-Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
Kaiser Permanente-Irvine, Irvine, California, United States
City of Hope Antelope Valley, Lancaster, California, United States
University Cancer & Blood Cent /ID# 161028, Athens, Georgia, United States
University of Chicago /ID# 161006, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Clinica Universitar de Navarra - Pamplona /ID# 165165, Pamplona, Navarra, Comunidad, Spain
Marieke van de Belt, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Catharina Ziekenhuis, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Spaarne Ziekenhuis, Haarlem, Netherlands
PROCLAIM Invetigative Site, Glasgow, United Kingdom
PROCLAIM Investigative Site, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
PROCLAIM Investigative Ssite, Valencia, Spain
Centre Léon Bérard, Dpt Medecine & INSERM, Lyon, France
Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, Villejuif, France
St George's University of London, Institute of Infection and Immunity, London, United Kingdom
NKI-AVL, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Los Angeles Cancer Network, Los Angeles, California, United States
Tennessee Oncology, PLLC - SCRI - PPDS, Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Hollings Cancer Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Washington Cancer Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
John Theurer Cacner Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Melanoma Institute Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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