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
Sutter Cancer Centers Radiation Oncology Services-Cameron Park, Cameron Park, California, United States
Sutter Davis Hospital, Davis, California, United States
Palo Alto Medical Foundation-Gynecologic Oncology, Mountain View, California, United States
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California, United States
University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Local Institution - 0003, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Local Institution - 0012, Brussels, Belgium
Local Institution - 0033, Tampa, Florida, United States
Local Institution - 0017, San Francisco, California, United States
Local Institution - 0115, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Local Institution - 0014, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Emory University Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
University of Colorado Cancer Center, Denver, Colorado, United States
Smilow Cancer Center/Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California, United States
UTHealth Memorial Hermann Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Haukeland University Hospital Research Department, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
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