Drug details

Darzalex (daratumumab intravenous injection)

type of Antineoplastics, Anti-CD38 Monoclonal Antibodies

Darzalex (daratumumab) injection is a human CD38-directed monoclonal antibody indicated for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least three prior lines of therapy including a proteasome inhibitor (PI) and an immunomodulatory agent or who are double-refractory to a PI and an immunomodulatory agent.

The drug is often used to treat Multiple myeloma .

This drug may have the following side effects:
  • hives,
  • difficulty breathing,
  • swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat,
  • nausea,
  • fever,
  • easy bruising,
  • unusual bleeding,
  • pale skin,
  • shortness of breath,
  • chills,
  • tiredness,
  • numbness,
  • tingling,
  • dizziness,
  • headache,
  • wheezing,
  • cough,
  • burning pain,
  • runny nose,
  • mouth sores,
  • lightheadedness
  • skin sores,
  • stuffy nose,
  • itchiness,
  • tight feeling in your throat,
  • cough with yellow or green mucus,
  • stabbing chest pain,
  • cold hands and feet, and
The following drugs are related to Darzalex, either as a replacement or used together:
  • Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel suspension)
  • Adriamycin PFS (doxorubicin hydrochloride)
  • Binosto (alendronate sodium effervescent tablets)
  • Velcade (bortezomib)
  • Cytoxan (cyclophosphamide)
  • Hemady (dexamethasone tablets)
  • Empliciti (elotuzumab for injection)
  • Evomela (melphalan for injection, for intravenous use)
  • Ninlaro (ixazomib capsules)
  • Jaypirca (pirtobrutinib tablets)
  • Vitrakvi (larotrectinib capsules)
  • Revlimid (lenalidomide)
  • Xpovio (selinexor tablets)
  • Talvey (talquetamab-tgvs injection)
  • Tecvayli (teclistamab-cqyv injection)
  • Thalomid (thalidomide)