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Imunosuppresants Flashcards

1
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Alemtuzumab target use and notes

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CD52

CLL, MS

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Bevacizumab

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Target: VEGF

Use: Colorectal cancer, renal cell carcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer

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Cetuximab

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EGFR

Stage IV colorectal cancer, head and neck

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Rituximab

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CD20

B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, CLL, rheumatoid arthritis, ITP

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Tastuzumab

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HER2/Neu

Breast cancer, gastric cancer

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Adalimumab, certolizumab, golimumab

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Soluble TNF-alpha

IBD, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosis spondylitis, psoriasis

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Daclizumab

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CD25

Relapsing MS

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Eculizumab

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Complement protein C5

Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

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Natalizumab

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Alpha4 interin

MS, crohn disease

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Ustekinumab

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IL12/IL23

Psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis

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Bevacizumab

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Antibody against VEGF

Used for solid tumors (colorectal cancer, RCC)

AE: Hemorrhage, blood clots, impaired wound healing

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Erlotinib

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Mech: EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor

Use: Non small cell lung carcinoma

AE: rash

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Cetuximab

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Use: Anti EGFR

Use: IV colorectal cancer, head and neck

AE: Rash, LFTs, diarrhea

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Imatinib

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Mech: Tyrosine kinase inhibitor of BCL-ABL and cKIT

Use: CML, GI Stromal tumors

AE: Fluid retention

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Rituximab

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Monoclonal antibody against CD20

Nonhodgkin lymphoma, CLL, ITP, rheumatoid arthritis

AE: Increased risk of progressive multi focal leukoencephalopathy

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Bortezomib, carfilzomib

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Mech: Proteasome inhibitors, arrest at G2-M phase

Use: Multiple myeloma, mantle cell lymphoma

AE: Peripheral neuropathy, herpes zoster

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Tamoxifen, raloxifene

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Mech: Selective estrogen receptor modulator - receptor antagonists in breast and agonists in bone. BLock the binding of estrogen in ER+ cells

Use: Breast cancer treatment and prevention. Raloxefene is used to prevent osteoporosis

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Trastuzumab

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Mech: Monoclonal antibody against HER2, a tyrosine kinase receptor

Use: Her2 + breast cancer and gastric cancer

AE: Cardiotoxicity “Heartceptin” damages the heart

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Vemurafenib

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Small molecule inhibitor of BRAF + melanoma V600E mutated BRAF inhibition

Use: Metastatic melanoma

20
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Rasburicase

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Recombinant uricase that catalyzes metabolism of uric acid into Allentoin

Prevention and treatment of tumor lysis syndrome

21
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Bosentan

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Competitively antagonizes ENdothelin 1 decreasing pulmonary vascular resistance

AE: Hepatotoxic

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