Certolizumab pegol

سرتولیزوماب پگول

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🎗️ Antineoplastic And Immunomodulating AgentsTNF blocker

Market / country: 🇺🇸 USA

Cimzia (US)

🧮 Dose calculator

Rheumatoid arthritis · Regimen source: FDA Cimzia · 2.2FDA Cimzia · 2.1FDA Cimzia · 2.4FDA Cimzia · 2.5

  • • Before starting: screen for active and latent TB (treat latent TB first) and complete age-appropriate vaccines. FDA Cimzia · 2.10

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🛡️ Safety & information

Contraindications

  • ⛔ Serious hypersensitivity to certolizumab (angioedema, anaphylaxis, serum sickness). FDA Cimzia · 4

Warnings

  • • Boxed warning: serious infections (TB, invasive fungal, opportunistic) and malignancy (lymphoma, especially in children) — test for latent TB and HBV first. FDA Cimzia · Boxed Warning
  • • Heart failure; HBV reactivation; demyelinating disease; cytopenias; lupus-like syndrome; not with other biologics. FDA Cimzia · 5

Formulations

👥 Special populations

  • 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution

    Label states no clear risk or has limited data; use only if needed, under medical advice. FDA Cimzia · 8.1

    “Risk Summary Limited data from an ongoing pregnancy exposure registry on use of CIMZIA in pregnant women are not sufficient to inform a risk of major birth defects or other adverse pregnancy outcomes.”
  • 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution

    Label: use with caution while breastfeeding; see the label text. FDA Cimzia · 8.2

    “Risk Summary In a multicenter clinical study of 17 lactating women treated with CIMZIA at 200 mg every 2 weeks or 400 mg every 4 weeks, minimal certolizumab pegol concentrations were observed in breast milk.”
  • 👶 ChildrenUse with caution

    Label: established for polyarticular JIA from 2 y; boxed warning of lymphoma and malignancy in children and adolescents. FDA Cimzia · 8.4

    “The safety and effectiveness of CIMZIA for active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis has been established in pediatric patients 2 years of age and older.”
  • 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

    Label: use with caution in older adults, usually starting at the low end of the dose range. FDA Cimzia · 8.5

    “Because there is a higher incidence of infections in the elderly population in general, use caution when treating the elderly with CIMZIA [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1) ] .”
  • ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

    The source for this drug has no section for this group.

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