Lenalidomide in follicular lymphoma

Blood. 2020 Jun 11;135(24):2133-2136. doi: 10.1182/blood.2019001751.

Abstract

Lenalidomide 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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Factors / administration & dosage
  • Immunologic Factors / therapeutic use*
  • Lenalidomide / administration & dosage
  • Lenalidomide / therapeutic use*
  • Lymphoma, Follicular / drug therapy*
  • Rituximab / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
  • Immunologic Factors
  • Rituximab
  • Lenalidomide