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
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Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands
University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Research Site, Taunton, United Kingdom
City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
Precision NextGen Oncology, Beverly Hills, California, United States
Northwest Medical Specialties, Tacoma, Washington, United States
Isala Hospital, Zwolle, Netherlands
Honor Health, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, California, United States
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States
Yale University, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Italy
Istituto Europeo di Oncologia IRCCS, Milano, Italy
Nemocnica Poprad, a.s., Poprad, Slovakia
UCSF - Medical Center at Mission Bay, San Francisco, California, United States
Ucsf Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, California, United States
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center At Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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