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. 2017 Jan 22;8(2):81–90. doi: 10.1177/2040620716673787

Table 2.

Checkpoint inhibitors used in clinical setting.

Target Name Construct Manufacturer Clinical development Cancer type
CTLA-4 Ipilimumab Fully human IgG1 Bristol-Myers Squibb FDA approved Melanoma
Phase I–III Multiple cancers
Tremelimumab Fully human IgG2 MedImmune, Pfizer Phase I–III Multiple cancers
PD-1 Pidilizumab Humanized IgG1 CureTech Completed phase I Multiple cancers
Phase II ongoing
Nivolumab Fully human IgG4 Bristol-Myers Squibb FDA approved HL, melanoma, lung
Multiple cancers
Pembrolizumab Humanized IgG4-κ Merck FDA approved Melanoma
Phase I–III Multiple cancers
PD-L1 Atezolizumab Humanized IgG1 Genentech, Roche Phase I–III Multiple cancers
Avelumab Fully human IgG1 Merck, Pfizer Phase I–III Multiple cancers
MEDI4736 Fully human IgG1 MedImmune, AstraZeneca Phase I–III Multiple cancers
BMS-936,559 Fully human IgG4 Bristol-Myers Sqibb Phase I Multiple cancers

CTLA-4, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4; FDA, US Food and Drug Administration; PD-1, programmed cell death 1; PD-L1, programmed cell death ligand 1.