First effective treatment for “orphan disease’: Anti I/L 6 antibody brings remissions in Multicentric Castleman’s Disease
The rare, fatal lympho-proliferative condition: Multicentric Castleman’s Disease — MCD — could soon be treatable following findings announced at the American Society of Hematology annual meeting
The rare, fatal lympho-proliferative condition: Multicentric Castleman’s Disease — MCD — could soon be treatable following findings announced at the American Society of Hematology annual meeting in New Orleans. Dr. Raymond S Wong MD, PhD — who is a hematology consultant at the Prince of Wales Hospital and The Chinese University of Hong Kong — presented data from a multi-national randomized placebo controlled phase 2 study with 79 patients showing remissions in patients treated with the anti-interleukin-6 monoclonal antibody siltuximab.
Dr. Wong and Dr. Joseph Mikhael MD, Consultant Hematologist at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale Arizona (speaking on behalf of the American Society or Hematology) discuss the findings and the clinical potential these hold out.
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