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'''In clinical trials'''.  Also known as RO5072759, Afutuzumab.
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==General information==
 
Class/mechanism: Glyco-engineered anti-CD20 IgG1 type II monoclonal antibody.  Engineered with a modified elbow hinge residue (valine instead of leucine at Kabat position 11) and a glyco-engineered Fc region, which is postulated to enhance its immunomodulatory effect.<ref>Reichert JM. Antibody-based therapeutics to watch in 2011. MAbs. 2011 Jan-Feb;3(1):76-99. Epub 2011 Jan 1. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3038014/ link to original article] [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21051951 PubMed]</ref>
 
<br>Route: IV
 
<br>Extravasation: no information
 
 
 
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==Diseases for which it is used==
 
*[[Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and Small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL)]]
 
 
 
==Patient drug information==
 
No information available.
 
 
 
==References==
 
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