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Alemtuzumab, daclizumab and CD20 monoclonal antibodies such as rituximab, [191] ocrelizumab and ofatumumab have all shown some benefit and are under study as potential treatments for MS. [192] [needs update] Nevertheless, their use has also been accompanied by the appearance of potentially dangerous adverse effects, most importantly ...
Rituximab, sold under the brand name Rituxan among others, is a monoclonal antibody medication used to treat certain autoimmune diseases and types of cancer. [18] It is used for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia (in children and adults, but not recommended in elderly patients), rheumatoid arthritis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura ...
Results from the 2-year randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, multicenter RituxME trial comparing multiple brands of rituximab infusions with placebo in 151 ME/CFS patients concluded that “B-cell depletion using several infusions of rituximab over 12 months was not associated with clinical improvement in patients with ME/CFS,” and ...
Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) is a program of the US Food and Drug Administration for the monitoring of medications with a high potential for serious adverse effects. REMS applies only to specific prescription drugs, but can apply to brand name or generic drugs. [1] The REMS program was formalized in 2007.
Other guidelines for the use of serum free light chain measurement in the management of AL amyloidosis, [42] plasmacytoma [43] and the comparison of treatment responses in clinical trials [44] have also been published. Technical and clinical reviews of serum free light-chain measurement have recently been written by Pratt and Jagannath. [45] [46]
Prevention of secondary immunodeficiency involves monitoring patients carefully with high risk of developing hypogammaglobulinemia. This entails measuring immunoglobulin levels in patients with hematologic malignancy, or those receiving chemotherapy or immunosuppressive therapy such as rituximab .
Institutional guidelines governing animal use and procedures relating to these methodologies are generally oriented around humane considerations and appropriate conduct for adjuvant (agents which modify the effect of other agents while having few if any direct effects when given by themselves) use. This includes adjuvant selection, routes and ...
The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (aka Essential Medicines List or EML [1]), published by the World Health Organization (WHO), contains the medications considered to be most effective and safe to meet the most important needs in a health system. [2]