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Review
. 2011 Nov 13:9:196.
doi: 10.1186/1479-5876-9-196.

Anti-CTLA4 monoclonal antibodies: the past and the future in clinical application

Paolo A Ascierto  1 , Francesco M Marincola, Antoni Ribas
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Review

Anti-CTLA4 monoclonal antibodies: the past and the future in clinical application

Paolo A Ascierto et al. J Transl Med. .

Abstract

Recently, two studies using ipilimumab, an anti-CTLA-4 monoclonal antibody (mab) demonstrated improvements in overall survival in the treatment of advanced melanoma. These studies utilized two different schedules of treatment in different patient categories (first and second line of treatment). However, the results were quite similar despite of different dosage used and the combination with dacarbazine in the first line treatment. We reviewed the result of randomized phase II-III clinical studies testing anti-CTLA-4 antibodies (ipilimumab and tremelimumab) for the treatment of melanoma to focus on practical or scientific questions related to the broad utilization of these products in the clinics. These analyses raised some considerations about the future of these compounds, their potential application, dosage, the importance of the schedule (induction/manteinance compared to induction alone) and their role as adjuvants. Anti-CTLA-4 antibody therapy represents the start of a new era in the treatment of advanced melanoma but we are on the steep slope of the learning curve toward the optimization of their utilization either a single agents or in combination.

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Figure 1
Comparison between the Overall Survival curves of the studies MDX010-20 and CA184-024.
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