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The China Drug Administration is reviewing the Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor zanubrutinib for the treatment of relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently granted the drug fast track designation for the treatment of patients with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia.


The application in China is supported by results from a phase 2, single-arm trial of 86 patients with relapsed/refractory MCL who received 160 mg zanubrutinib orally twice daily. The overall response rate was 84%, which included 59% of patients with a complete response. At 8.3 months of follow-up, the median duration of response had not been reached, according to the drug’s sponsor BeiGene.

Zanubrutinib is being studied in several ongoing trials, including for the treatment of untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), for relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma in combination with obinutuzumab, and comparing it to ibrutinib in Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia and CLL/small lymphocytic lymphoma.

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The China Drug Administration is reviewing the Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor zanubrutinib for the treatment of relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently granted the drug fast track designation for the treatment of patients with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia.


The application in China is supported by results from a phase 2, single-arm trial of 86 patients with relapsed/refractory MCL who received 160 mg zanubrutinib orally twice daily. The overall response rate was 84%, which included 59% of patients with a complete response. At 8.3 months of follow-up, the median duration of response had not been reached, according to the drug’s sponsor BeiGene.

Zanubrutinib is being studied in several ongoing trials, including for the treatment of untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), for relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma in combination with obinutuzumab, and comparing it to ibrutinib in Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia and CLL/small lymphocytic lymphoma.

 

The China Drug Administration is reviewing the Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor zanubrutinib for the treatment of relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently granted the drug fast track designation for the treatment of patients with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia.


The application in China is supported by results from a phase 2, single-arm trial of 86 patients with relapsed/refractory MCL who received 160 mg zanubrutinib orally twice daily. The overall response rate was 84%, which included 59% of patients with a complete response. At 8.3 months of follow-up, the median duration of response had not been reached, according to the drug’s sponsor BeiGene.

Zanubrutinib is being studied in several ongoing trials, including for the treatment of untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), for relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma in combination with obinutuzumab, and comparing it to ibrutinib in Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia and CLL/small lymphocytic lymphoma.

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