Immune checkpoint blockade: a common denominator approach to cancer therapy.

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Published in Cancer Cell on April 06, 2015

Authors

Suzanne L Topalian1, Charles G Drake2, Drew M Pardoll3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. Electronic address: stopali1@jhmi.edu.
2: The Brady Urological Institute, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
3: Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Safety Study of Anti-LAG-3 With and Without Anti-PD-1 in the Treatment of Solid Tumors | NCT01968109

A Study of an Anti-KIR Antibody in Combination With an Anti-PD1 Antibody in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors | NCT01714739

Safety Study of BMS-986015 (Anti-KIR) in Combination With Ipilimumab in Subjects With Selected Advanced Tumor | NCT01750580

Safety Study of MGA271 in Refractory Cancer | NCT01391143

Phase I-II Study of Intratumoral Urelumab Combined With Nivolumab in Patients With Solid Tumors (INTRUST) | NCT03792724

Regorafenib Combined With PD-1 Inhibitor Therapy for Second-line Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma | NCT05048017

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