IVD kity – články

Lecanemab belongs to the antibody-based treatment approach as might be easily derived from its name Lecanemab where specifically the mab end cap refers to a monoclonal antibody. Lecanemab is registered commercially as Leqembi® and it has been approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) in an accelerated approval pathway in January 2023 however this status changed in the summer of this year when the FDA converted the Leqembi® to traditional approval [1], [2]⁠.

Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD; coded by the DPYD gene) is an initial and rate-limiting enzyme of uracil catabolism, consequently essential for elimination of fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapeutics (fluorouracil, capecitabine, tegafur, flucytosine).