Ofatumumab-associated acute pneumonitis: Not new but still the first case.

ABSTRACT: Ofatumumab is an anti-CD20 humanized monoclonal antibody utilized in the treatment of several clinical conditions resistant to other treatments. In spite there was a general expectation that ofatumumab was less toxic compared to rituximab, side effects have been reported that resemble those of its anti-CD20 chimeric precursor. Here, we describe the first case of Ofatumumab associate lung injury occurring in a 14-year-old boy affected by nephrotic syndrome dependent to prednisone plus cyclosporine A who had been treated with the dose of drug utilized in nephrotic syndrome (1500 mg/173 m²). The patient developed the full blown picture of rituximab associated lung injury (RALI) after 45 days from ofatumumab infusion at the end of the steroid tapering: severe exertional dyspnea, mil

SUBMITTER: Bonanni A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5461639 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature