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Amivantamab

Monoclonal antibody

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The most common side effects include rash, infusion-related reactions, skin infections around the fingernails or toenails, muscle and joint pain, shortness of breath, nausea, fatigue, swelling in the lower legs or hands or face, sores in the mouth, cough, constipation, vomiting and changes in certain blood tests.

Amivantamab was approved for medical use in the United States in May 2021, and in the European Union in December 2021. The US Food and Drug Administration considers it to be a first-in-class medication.

Medical uses

Amivantamab is indicated for the treatment of adults with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 20 insertion mutations, as detected by an FDA-approved test, whose disease has progressed on or after platinum-based chemotherapy.

In March 2024, the FDA approved amivantamab, in combination with carboplatin and pemetrexed, for the first-line treatment of locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 20 insertion mutations, as detected by an FDA-approved test. The FDA also granted traditional approval to amivantamab for adults with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor exon 20 insertion mutations, as detected by an FDA-approved test, whose disease has progressed on or after platinum-based chemotherapy. The FDA previously granted accelerated approval for this indication. The expanded indication for amivantamab was approved in the European Union in July 2024.

In August 2024, the FDA approved lazertinib, in combination with amivantamab, for the treatment of non-small lung cancer.

In September 2024, the FDA approved amivantamab-vmjw with carboplatin and pemetrexed for adults with locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions or exon 21 L858R substitution mutations whose disease has progressed on or after treatment with an EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

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