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. 2021 Sep 29;8:726426. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.726426

Table 1.

Types of checkpoint inhibitors and targeted cancers.

Class of ICI Drug Types of targeted cancers
CTLA-4-i Ipilimumab Melanoma
PD1-i Nivolumab Melanoma, NSCLC, SLCL, RCC, HCC, Hodgkin's lymphoma, head and neck cancer, metastatic colorectal cancer, urothelial carcinoma
Pembrolizumab Melanoma, NSCLC, Hodgkin's lymphoma, urothelial carcinoma, gastric cancer, large B cell lymphoma primarily mediastinal location, cervical cancer
Cemiplimab Metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
PD-L1-i Atezolizumab NSCL, urothelial carcinoma
Avelumab Meckel cell carcinoma, urothelial carcinoma
Durvalumab Urothelial carcinoma, NSCLC
Combination of PD1-i and CTLA-4 i Ipilimumab+ Nivolumab Colorectal cancer (some subtypes), melanoma and RCC

PD-1-I, Programmed cell death ligand 1 inhibitor; CTLA-4 I, cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 inhibitor; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; ICI, immune checkpoint inhibitor; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; RCC, renal cell carcinoma; SCLC, small cell lung cancer [adapted after Zhou et al. (4) and Tajiri et al. (5)].