A decade of rituximab: Improving survival outcomes in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

被引:149
作者
Molina, Arturo [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Cougar Biotechnol, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA
来源
ANNUAL REVIEW OF MEDICINE | 2008年 / 59卷
关键词
monoclonal antibody; immunotherapy; CD20; antigen; follicular lymphoma; diffuse large B cell lymphoma;
D O I
10.1146/annurev.med.59.060906.220345
中图分类号
R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];
学科分类号
1001 ;
摘要
The anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody rituximab, first approved for clinical use in 1997, has changed the standard of care for many patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NUL). Recent data from large randomized clinical trials confirm that the addition of rituximab to standard chemotherapy regimens (chemoimmunotherapy) improves both response rates and survival outcomes in patients with follicular NHL and diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), the two most common subtypes of NHL. Population-based analyses have found substantial improvements in NHL survival over the past decade; studies indicate that rituximab has favorably altered the long-term prognosis of follicular NHL and DLBCL patients. This review discusses the clinical development of rituximab-based therapies for patients with low-grade or follicular NHL and newly diagnosed DLBCL, highlighting recent key randomized trials with a focus on survival outcomes.
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