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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Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Anchorage Oncology Centre, Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Katmai Oncology Group, Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Providence Alaska Medical Center, Anchorage, Alaska, United States
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, California, United States
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Moores UCSD Cancer Center, La Jolla, California, United States
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Columbia University Medical Center, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Austin Health, LICR Melbourne Austin Branch, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Prostate Oncology Specialists, Inc., Marina del Rey, California, United States
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States
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