Darzalex Drug Interactions

No drug-drug interaction studies have been performed.
Clinical pharmacokinetic assessment of daratumumab in combination with lenalidomide, thalidomide, bortezomib and dexamethasone indicated no clinically-relevant drug-drug interaction between daratumumab and these small molecule medicinal products.
Effects of Daratumumab (Darzalex) on laboratory tests: Interference with indirect antiglobulin test (indirect Coombs test): Daratumumab binds to CD38 on RBCs and interferes with compatibility testing, including antibody screening and cross matching. Daratumumab interference mitigation methods include treating reagent RBCs with dithiothreitol (DTT) to disrupt daratumumab binding or genotyping. Since the Kell blood group system is also sensitive to DTT treatment, Kell-negative units should be supplied after ruling out or identifying alloantibodies using DTT-treated RBCs.
Interference with serum protein electrophoresis and immunofixation tests: Daratumumab may be detected on serum protein electrophoresis (SPE) and immunofixation (IFE) assays used for monitoring disease monoclonal immunoglobulins (M protein). This can lead to false positive SPE and IFE assay results for patients with IgG kappa myeloma protein impacting initial assessment of Complete Responses (CRs) by International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) criteria. In patients with persistent very good partial response (VGPR), where daratumumab interference is suspected, consider using a validated daratumumab-specific IFE assay to distinguish daratumumab from any remaining endogenous M protein in the patient's serum, to facilitate determination of a CR (see Pharmacology: Pharmacodynamics: Clinical Studies under Actions).