Certolizumab pegol
سرتولیزوماب پگول
🎗️ 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
Enter age (weight is optional for this regimen).
🛡️ 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
- 200 mg/mL prefilled syringe — injection 🇺🇸 USA FDA Cimzia · 3
👥 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.
🔗 Reference links
- FDA (approval record)BLA125160
- DailyMed (FDA label)FDA Cimzia
- MedlinePlus (NIH)Certolizumab Injection
- WHO ATC/DDDL04AB05
- Darooyab (Iran)Certolizumab-Pegol
🇮🇷 Not found in Iran list Darooyab · G-2927/Certolizumab-Pegol
Darooyab lists no registered dosage form or brand for this drug. This does not prove it is unavailable.
📚 Reference status for this drug
Shows which sources have references recorded for this drug and which do not.
- FDA label (DailyMed)✅ PresentFDA Cimzia · 3FDA Cimzia · 2.2FDA Cimzia · 2.1FDA Cimzia · 2.4FDA Cimzia · 2.5FDA Cimzia · 2.10FDA Cimzia · 2.6FDA Cimzia · 2.7FDA Cimzia · 2.3FDA Cimzia · 4FDA Cimzia · Boxed WarningFDA Cimzia · 5FDA Cimzia · 8.1FDA Cimzia · 8.2FDA Cimzia · 8.4FDA Cimzia · 8.5FDA Cimzia · SPL approval / marketing category
- UK SmPC (eMC / MHRA)❌ Not present
- Published guideline❌ Not present
- Licensed reference (medical school)❌ Not present
- Iranian leaflet (IFDA)❌ Not present
- Pharmacy website (secondary, unreliable)✅ PresentDarooyab · G-2927/Certolizumab-Pegol
- Clinical review⚠ Unverified