Rituximab in indolent lymphoma: the single-agent pivotal trial.
Rituximab (Rituxan; IDEC Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA, and Genentech, Inc, San Francisco, CA) is a chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody that targets mature B cells and most B-cell malignancies. Rituximab was the first monoclonal antibody to be approved for therapeutic use for any malignancy. Its approval was based on a single-agent pivotal trial in patients with indolent B-cell lymphoma, in which 166 patients were enrolled from 31 centers in the United States and Canada. The overall results of the trial have been previously reported; additional aspects of the trial (eg, pharmacokinetics) have been reported separately as well. The current report includes an update, expansion, and synthesis of data from the single-agent pivotal trial of rituximab.
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Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA.
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D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D018951:Antigens, CD20; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000069283:Rituximab; D016019:Survival Analysis
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D018951:Antigens, CD20; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000069283:Rituximab