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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Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital, Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States
Nebraska Methodist Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
UCI Health - Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ambulatory Care, Irvine, California, United States
UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, California, United States
Keck Medicine of USC Koreatown, Los Angeles, California, United States
Los Angeles General Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
University of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California, United States
UCI Health - Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ambulatory Care, Irvine, California, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Department of Oncology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
Herlev & Gentofte University Hospital, Denmark, Herlev, Denmark
John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, New Jersey, United States
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, United States
Anchorage Associates in Radiation Medicine, Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Alaska Oncology and Hematology LLC, Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Anchorage Radiation Therapy Center, Anchorage, Alaska, United States
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
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