Chemistry:Keliximab

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Short description: Monoclonal antibody
Keliximab
Monoclonal antibody
TypeWhole antibody
SourceChimeric (primate/human)
TargetCD4
Clinical data
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administration
intravenous
ATC code
  • none
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UNII
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Keliximab is a monoclonal antibody for the treatment of severe chronic asthma. It suppresses the immune reaction by binding to white blood cells via the protein CD4.[1] The drug is a chimeric antibody from Macaca irus and Homo sapiens.[2]

References

  1. "Randomised, dose-ranging, placebo-controlled study of chimeric antibody to CD4 (keliximab) in chronic severe asthma". Lancet 352 (9134): 1109–13. October 1998. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(97)12261-9. PMID 9798587. 
  2. "Proposed INN List". WHO Drug Information 10 (4). 1996. https://www.who.int/medicinedocs/index/assoc/s14161e/s14161e.pdf.