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
California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
The University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Northside Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
University of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States
University of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Local Institution - 0122, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Local Institution - 0017, Nea Kifissia, Attikí, Greece
Local Institution - 0016, Lublin, Poland
Herlev & Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
University of Alabama at Birmingham Cancer Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, Alabama, United States
Anchorage Associates in Radiation Medicine, Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, United States
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