Pregnancy & Lactation : הריון/הנקה

4.6   Fertility, pregnancy and lactation

Women of childbearing potential/Contraception in females
Women of childbearing potential should be advised to use effective contraception during treatment with epcoritamab and for at least 4 months after the last dose. Verify pregnancy status in females of reproductive potential prior to initiating epcoritamab treatment.

Pregnancy

Based on its mechanism of action, epcoritamab may cause foetal harm, including B-cell lymphocytopenia and alterations in normal immune responses, when administered to pregnant women. There are no data on the use of epcoritamab in pregnant women. Animal reproduction studies have not been conducted with epcoritamab. IgG1 antibodies, such as epcoritamab, can cross the placenta resulting in foetal exposure.
Advise pregnant women of the potential risk to a foetus.
Epcoritamab is not recommended during pregnancy and in women of childbearing potential not using contraception.

Breast-feeding

It is not known whether epcoritamab is excreted in human milk or its effect on milk production. Since IgGs are known to be present in milk, neonatal exposure to epcoritamab may occur via lactational transfer. Breast-feeding should be discontinued during treatment with epcoritamab and for at least 4 months after the last dose.

Fertility

No fertility studies have been conducted with epcoritamab (see section 5.3). The effect of epcoritamab on male and female fertility is unknown.