Radiolabelled minretumomab has also been tested for the treatment of solid tumours, but without success. Iodine (131I) and lutetium (177Lu) minretumomab, for example, were shown to inducehuman anti-mouse antibodies; no tumour response was observed in Phase I and IIclinical trials.[5]
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