Priliximab

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Priliximab (cMT 412) is a human-mouse chimeric anti-CD4 monoclonal antibody. It has been tested on patients with Crohn's disease [1] and multiple sclerosis [2] [3] but has not yet received FDA licencing. The patent belongs to the biotechnology company Centocor.

References

  1. Stronkhorst A, Radema S, Yong S, Bijl H, ten Berge I, Tytgat G, van Deventer S (1997). "CD4 antibody treatment in patients with active Crohn's disease: a phase 1 dose finding study". Gut. 40 (3): 320–7. PMID 9135519.
  2. Llewellyn-Smith N, Lai M, Miller D, Rudge P, Thompson A, Cuzner M (1997). "Effects of anti-CD4 antibody treatment on lymphocyte subsets and stimulated tumor necrosis factor alpha production: a study of 29 multiple sclerosis patients entered into a clinical trial of cM-T412". Neurology. 48 (4): 810–6. PMID 9109860.
  3. van Oosten B, Lai M, Hodgkinson S, Barkhof F, Miller D, Moseley I, Thompson A, Rudge P, McDougall A, McLeod J, Adèr H, Polman C (1997). "Treatment of multiple sclerosis with the monoclonal anti-CD4 antibody cM-T412: results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, MR-monitored phase II trial". Neurology. 49 (2): 351–7. PMID 9270561.