drug_type
RELEVANT_DRUG
intervention_type
Biological
drug_description
A recombinant humanized anti-CD52 monoclonal antibody (biologic immunosuppressant) administered subcutaneously as part of conditioning for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. It binds CD52 on mature lymphocytes and other immune cells, depleting them via complement-dependent cytotoxicity and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity to reduce donor–recipient alloreactivity and graft-versus-host disease risk.
nci_thesaurus_definition
NCI thesaurus definition not available.
drug_mesh_term
Alemtuzumab
drug_category
CYTOTOXIC ANTIBODY
drug_class
Inhibitor
drug_delivery_route
Subcutaneous
drug_mechanism_of_action
Humanized anti-CD52 monoclonal antibody that binds CD52 on mature lymphocytes and other CD52+ immune cells, depleting them via complement-dependent cytotoxicity and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity to suppress alloimmune activation and reduce graft-versus-host disease risk during allogeneic transplantation conditioning.
drug_name
Alemtuzumab (Campath)
nct_id_drug_ref
NCT05501756