Affiliations 

  • 1 Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban, South Africa
  • 2 Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
  • 3 School of Pharmacy, Monash University, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, 47500, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 4 Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER, Raebareli), 226301, Raebareli, India
  • 5 Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, 110062, India. Electronic address: prashantdops@gmail.com
Drug Discov Today, 2020 01;25(1):223-229.
PMID: 31738877 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2019.11.003

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are revolutionizing the treatment of many cancers and have demonstrated their potential as 'cancer terminators'. However, ICI treatment also has constraints, such as its immune-related adverse events (irAEs) and therapeutic resistance. These drawbacks are gradually being overcome through better knowledge of the immune system, history of disease, duration of treatment, combinational drug regimes, adequate biomarkers, and effective patient response monitoring. In this review, we discuss the present ICI therapy landscape and its therapeutic outcomes for various diseases. We also highlight biomarkers related to the ICI response.

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