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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Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Christ Hospital Cancer Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, United States
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Local Institution - 0010, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Local Institution - 0001, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
Local Institution - 0003, Houston, Texas, United States
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek - Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France
CHU Jean Minjoz, Besançon, France
ICM Val d'Aurelle, Montpellier, France
Children's National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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