Are We Jumping the Gun with Itolizumab in India? A Situational Analysis from the Pre-COVID Era

Abstract Itolizumab, an anti-CD6 monoclonal antibody, has been recently approved for the off-label indication of cytokine release syndrome in the background of COVID-19, by the Drug Controller General of India. However, this drug has not been included in the National Clinical Management Protocol for COVID-19 yet. The limited-to-no experience of the Indian health workforce with the drug urged us to conduct a situational analysis in the pre-COVID era to analyse the degree of use of the drug and the indications for which it has been employed..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

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2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2

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SN comprehensive clinical medicine - 2(2020), 11 vom: 26. Sept., Seite 2131-2136

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Thangaraju, Pugazhenthan [VerfasserIn]
Venkatesan, Nanditha [VerfasserIn]
Thangaraju, Eswaran [VerfasserIn]
Venkatesan, Sajitha [VerfasserIn]

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Anti-CD6 monoclonal antibody
Approved indications
COVID-19
Cytokine storm
Itolizumab
Off-label

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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

doi:

10.1007/s42399-020-00550-3

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OLC2121397825