Opdyta 100mg tablet | Apple pharmaceuticals
OPDYTA 100MG
It is a prescription drug which is used under the supervision of a doctorOpdyta 100mg belongs to a human monoclonal antibody which stops the interaction between PD-1 and its ligands, PD-L1 and PD-L2.
Opdyta 100mg is an IgG4 kappa immunoglobulin which has a calculated molecular mass of 146 kDa. It is expressed in a recombinant Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell line.
Opdyta 100mg is also known as an immune checkpoint inhibitor. Sometimes these drugs are called targeted therapies because they target specific proteins (receptors) on the surface of cells.
INDICATION
Opdyta 100mg is indicated for the treatment of patients having :• Melanoma
• Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Kidney (Renal Cell) Cancer
MECHANISM
Binding of these ligands to the PD-1 receptor occur on T cells, prohibits T cell multiplication and cytokine production. Upregulation of the PD-1 ligands occurs in some tumor and signaling via this pathway can provide to the prohibition of active T-cell immune surveillance of tumor. Nivolumab belongs to human immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) monoclonal antibody which binds to the PD-1 receptor and stops its interaction with PD-L1 and PD-L2, releasing PD-1 pathway-mediated prevention of the immune response, containing the anti-tumor immune response, resulting in reduced tumor growth.DOSAGE
Opdyta recommended dosage for unresectable or metastatic melanoma:As a single agent is either 240mg every 2 weeks or 480mg every 4 weeks given as IV infusion over 30 minutes until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
With ipilimumab:
The recommended dose of Opdyta is 1mg/kg administrated as an intravenous infusion over 30 minutes, followed by ipilimumab 3mg/kg given as IV over 90 minutes on the same day. Duration 3 weeks of max 4 doses, after completing combination dose continue the single agent treatment.
COMMON SIDE EFFECTS
FatigueLymphocytopenia (Low White Blood Cells)
Low Sodium
Shortness of breath
Musculoskeletal Pain
Decreased Appetite
Cough
DRUG INTERACTION
No formal pharmacokinetic drug interaction studiesPRECAUTION
Immune-mediated pneumonitis may appear to the patients, hence withhold for moderate and permanently discontinue for serious or life-threatening pneumonitis.Other clinically important and possible fatal immune-mediated side effects (eg, myocarditis, rhabdomyolysis, myositis, uveitis, iritis, pancreatitis) can appear after therapy discontinuation. Severe infusion reactions resulted (rare, <1%); discontinue if severe or life-threatening; break or slow rate of infusion in patients with mild or moderate infusion reactions
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