Described herein are compositions of binding agents and carrier proteins, and optionally at least one therapeutic agent, and methods of making and using the same, in particular, as a cancer therapeutic. Also described are lyophilized compositions of binding agents and carrier proteins, and optionally at least one therapeutic agent, and methods of making and using the same, in particular, as a cancer therapeutic. Still also described are methods for treating and/or increasing the therapeutic effectiveness of an immunotherapy of a patient suffering from a cancer which expresses PD-L1 or PD-L2 by administering to the patient a nanoparticle composition and a PD-1 immunotherapy.