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 Pittsburgh Medical Center/University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Southern Cancer Center, Mobile, Alabama, United States
Arizona Clinical Research Center, Inc., Tucson, Arizona, United States
Loma Linda University Cancer Center, Loma Linda, California, United States
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Local Institution, New York, New York, United States
The Angeles Clinic & Research Inst., Los Angeles, California, United States
H Lee Moffit Cancer Cnt And Res Inst, Tampa, Florida, United States
Blumenthal Cancer Center, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego, California, United States
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Ctr, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
The Angeles Clinic & Research Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States
The Angeles Clinic & Research Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, Washington, United States
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States
Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
Compassionate Cancer Care Medical Group, Inc., Fountain Valley, California, United States
Local Institution, Uzhgorod, Ukraine
Instituto รTICA - AMO - Assistรชncia Multidisciplinar em Oncologia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Hospital Sao Jose - Beneficencia Portuguesa - Oncology Center, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Cancer - INCA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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