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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University of California, San Francisco, California, United States
IU Health Goshen Hospital, Goshen, Indiana, United States
Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
City of Hope: Duarte, Duarte, California, United States
Abramson Cancer Center of the Universirty of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Johannes Wesling Klinikum Minden, Minden, Germany
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany
Klinikum Kassel GmbH, Kassel, Hessen, Germany
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