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Table 1 Currently approved checkpoint inhibitors

From: Oncolytic viruses and checkpoint inhibitors: combination therapy in clinical trials

Drug name

Target

Manufacturer

Approved disease site

Ipilimumab

CTLA-4

Bristol-Meyers Squibb

Melanoma

RCCa

Pembrolizumab

PD-1

Merck

Melanoma

NSCLC

HNSCC

HL

PMBCL

Urothelial carcinoma

MSI-H/dMMR Solid Tumors

Gastric Cancer

Cervical Cancer

Nivolumab

PD-1

Bristol-Meyers Squibb

Melanoma

RCC

NSCLC

HNSCC

HL

Urothelial carcinoma

Colorectal cancer

HCC

Avelumab

PD-L1

Merck/Pfizer

Merkel cell carcinoma

RCC*

Urothelial carcinoma

Durvalumab

PD-L1

Astra Zeneca

Urothelial carcinoma

NSCLC

Atezolizumab

PD-L1

Genentech

Urothelial carcinoma

NSCLC

  1. RCC renal cell cancer, NSCLC non-small cell lung cancer, HNSCC head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, HL Hodgkin lymphoma (classic), PMBCL primary mediastinal B cell lymphoma, MSI-H microsatellite instability high, dMMR mismatch repair gene deficient, HCC hepatocellular carcinoma
  2. aApproval granted for use in combination with another therapeutic agent