Review Article

Current and Future Perspectives of PD-1/PDL-1 Blockade in Cancer Immunotherapy

Table 2

FDA-approved PD-1/L1/2 inhibitors for various malignancies.

TargetAgentClassCancer

PD-1Pembrolizumab (MK-3475, Keytruda)Humanized IgG4kMelanoma
Breast cancer
Non-small-cell lung cancer
Small-cell lung cancer
Head and neck squamous cell cancer
Hodgkin lymphoma
Gastric/gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma
Cervical cancer
Endometrial carcinoma
Primary mediastinal large B cell lymphoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Merkel cell carcinoma
Renal cell cancer
Urothelial cancer
Nivolumab (MDX1106, Opdivo)Humanized IgG4Melanoma
Non-small-cell lung cancer
Small-cell lung cancer
Renal cell cancer
Hodgkin lymphoma
Head and neck squamous cell cancer
Urothelial cancer
Colorectal cancer
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC)
Cemiplimab (Libtayo)Monoclonal antibody/antibody-drug conjugateCutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

PD-L1Atezolizumab (MPDL-3280A, Tecentriq)Humanized IgG1kUrothelial carcinoma
Non-small-cell lung cancer
Small-cell lung cancer
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Breast cancer
Durvalumab (MEDI4736, Imfinzi)Human IgG1kUrothelial carcinoma
Non-small-cell lung cancer
Small-cell lung cancer
Avelumab (MSB0010718C, Bavencio)Human IgG1Merkel cell carcinoma
Urothelial carcinoma
Renal cell cancer

Data are included as of June 5, 2020. Ig: immunoglobulin; PD-1: programmed cell death protein 1; PD-L1: programmed death ligand 1.