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
The Angeles Clinic & Research Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Florida, United States
Advocate Health, SC, Park Ridge, Illinois, United States
Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Italy
Universitaetsklinikum Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Nebraska Cancer Specialists, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Oslo University Hospital, Radiumhospitalet, Oslo, Norway
Johnathan Spicer, Montrรฉal, Quebec, Canada
Johns Hopkins at Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Local Institution, St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Kaiser Permanente-Fontana, Fontana, California, United States
Palo Alto Medical Foundation-Fremont, Fremont, California, United States
Kaiser Permanente-Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
NYU Clinical Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
NYU Langone Medical Center, Tisch Hospital, New York, New York, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
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