Ceplene
histamine dihydrochloride
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Overview
Ceplene is a medicine used in combination with interleukin-2 (a cancer medicine) as maintenance treatment in adults with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), a type of cancer affecting the white blood cells. It is used during the patients’ first ‘remission’ (a period without symptoms of the disease after the first course of treatment).
AML is rare, and Ceplene was designated an ‘orphan medicine’ (a medicine used in rare diseases) on 11 April 2005.
Ceplene contains the active substance histamine dihydrochloride.
Authorisation details
Product details | |
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Name |
Ceplene
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Agency product number |
EMEA/H/C/000796
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Active substance |
Histamine dihydrochloride
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International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name |
histamine dihydrochloride
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Therapeutic area (MeSH) |
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
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Anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) code |
L03AX14
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Additional monitoring |
This medicine is under additional monitoring, meaning that it is monitored even more intensively than other medicines. For more information, see Medicines under additional monitoring. |
Exceptional circumstances |
This medicine was authorised under exceptional circumstances, because the applicant was unable to provide comprehensive data on the efficacy and safety of the medicine under normal conditions of use. This can happen because the condition to be treated is rare or because collection of full information is not possible or is unethical. For more information, see Pre-authorisation guidance. |
Publication details | |
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Marketing-authorisation holder |
Laboratoires Delbert
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Revision |
12
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Date of issue of marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union |
07/10/2008
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Contact address |
Laboratoires Delbert |
Product information
09/09/2022 Ceplene - EMEA/H/C/000796 - T/0043
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Pharmacotherapeutic group
Immunostimulants
Therapeutic indication
Ceplene maintenance therapy is indicated for adult patients with acute myeloid leukaemia in first remission concomitantly treated with interleukin-2 (IL-2). The efficacy of Ceplene has not been fully demonstrated in patients older than age 60.