BLOOD SPOTLIGHT| JUNE 11, 2020
Lenalidomide in follicular lymphomaChristopher R. Flowers, John P. Leonard, Nathan H. Fowler
Blood (2020) 135 (24): 2133–2136.
https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2019001751
AbstractLenalidomide is an immunomodulatory drug approved in the United States for use with rituximab in patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma. We reviewed data from trials addressing the safety and efficacy of lenalidomide alone and in combination with rituximab as a first-line therapy and as a treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma. Lenalidomide-rituximab has been demonstrated to be an effective chemotherapy-free therapy that improves upon single-agent rituximab and may become an alternative to chemoimmunotherapy.
Subjects:
Blood Spotlight, Clinical Trials and Observations, Lymphoid Neoplasia
Topics:
follicular lymphoma, lenalidomide, rituximab
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