938TiP A Phase 1/2 Study of Ipilimumab in Women with Metastatic or Recurrent Hpv-Related Cervical Carcinoma: a Study of the Princess Margaret and Chicago N01 Consortia

Background: Cervical cancer (CC) is the second cause of cancer-related mortality in women worldwide. Response to second-line chemotherapy is infrequent and the poor outcome of patients with advanced disease (median survival 9 months) warrants novel therapeutic strategies that exploit abnormal tumor biology. Based on new evidence that host-dependent immunologic status and HPV-induced immune evasion are responsible for persistent HPV infection, …