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01-11-2013 | Meeting abstract
PW02-041 - Canakinumab treatment regimens in CAPS-patients
Authors:
F Hofer, T Endres, B Kortus-Götze, N Blank, E Weißbarth-Riedel, C Schuetz, T Kallinich, K Krause, C Rietschel, G Horneff, J Kuemmerle-Deschner
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Pediatric Rheumatology
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
Canakinumab is a recombinant monoclonal fully human antibody against Interleukin-1β and currently the only drug approved for the treatment of CAPS in Europe. Current dose recommendations are 150mg (body weight >40kg) respectively 2mg/kg bodyweight (15 to 40kg) every 8 weeks but yield insufficient response in some individuals, especially in children and patients with severe phenotypes [
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