mezagitamab   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 10609

Synonyms: TAK-079 | TAK079
Immunopharmacology Ligand
Compound class: Antibody
Comment: Mezagitamab (TAK-079) is a humanized, IgG1, cell-depleting anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody [3-4]. Anti-CD38 therapeutics were primarily developed as treatments for multiple myeloma [5], but have subsequently been discovered to offer potential in solid tumours and autoimmune diseases [2].
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TAK‐079 has been advanced to Phase 2 evaluation in clinical trial NCT04159805, which will determine efficacy of anti-CD38 treatment in the antibody-mediated autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis. Additional trials are underway for multiple myeloma (MM) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Click here to link to ClinicalTrials.gov's full list of TAK‐079 studies. The FDA granted TAK‐079 orphan designation for the treatment of MM in January 2019.