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Table 1 Current FDA-approved immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs)

From: Tumor immunotherapies by immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs); the pros and cons

Agent

Target IC

Approved conditions

Ipilimumab

CTLA-4

Melanoma, MSI-H/dMMR colorectal cancer (CRC), renal cell carcinoma (RCC) (in combination with nivolumab)

Nivolumab

PD-1

MSI-H or dMMR colorectal cancer (CRC), head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC), hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), melanoma, Classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL), non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), renal cell carcinoma (RCC), urothelial cancer, small-cell lung carcinoma (c-SCLC)

Pembrolizumab

PD-1

Cervical cancer, gastric cancer, head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC), hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), Classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL), melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), MSI-H or dMMR colorectal cancer (CRC), non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), urothelial cancer

Cemiplimab

PD-1

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC)

Atezolizumab

PD-L1

Non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), urothelial cancer

Avelumab

PD-L1

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), urothelial cancer

Durvalumab

PD-L1

Non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), urothelial cancer

  1. Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1), programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), cytotoxic-T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4), microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H)/mismatch repair deficient (dMMR)