Mecasermin

Mecasermin
Clinical data
Trade names Increlex
AHFS/Drugs.com Monograph
Pregnancy
category
  • US: C (Risk not ruled out)
Routes of
administration		 Subcutaneous
ATC code
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Legal status
Identifiers
Synonyms FK-780; Recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-1; rhIGF-1; Somatomedin-1
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Chemical and physical data
Formula C331H512N94O101S7
Molar mass 7648.67 g/mol
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Mecasermin (INN) (brand name Increlex), also known as recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-1 (rhIGF-1), is recombinant form of human insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-I) which is used for the long-term treatment of growth failure and short stature in children with severe primary IGF-I deficiency, for instance due to growth hormone deficiency or Laron syndrome (growth hormone insensitivity).[1][2]

A related drug is mecasermin rinfabate (trade name Iplex), which is a combination of rhIGF-1 and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3). IGFBP-3 serves to prolong the action of IGF-1 in the human body.

References

  1. ↑ Fintini, D; Brufani, C; Cappa, M (2009). "Profile of mecasermin for the long-term treatment of growth failure in children and adolescents with severe primary IGF-1 deficiency". Therapeutics and clinical risk management. 5 (3): 553–9. PMC 2724186 Freely accessible. PMID 19707272. doi:10.2147/tcrm.s6178.
  2. ↑ "Increlex". Drugs.com. Retrieved 10 January 2010.



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