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SYLVANT (siltuximab), monoclonal antibody
RARE DISEASE - New medicinal product
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Posted on
Jun 03 2015
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Inclusion
Minor clinical benefit in the management of multicentric Castleman’s disease in adults not infected with HIV and HHV-8
- SYLVANT is the first medicinal product with Marketing Authorisation in the treatment of adult patients with multicentric Castleman’s disease (MCD) not infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8)
- In these patients, it has shown its efficacy in terms of tumour response (partial and complete).
- Clinical efficacy data remain limited and have not shown any gain in overall survival.
Clinical Benefit
| Moderate |
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Clinical Added Value
| minor |
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Therapeutic use
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