An oral immunomodulator for multiple myeloma and related blood cancers.
REVLIMID is a thalidomide analogue indicated for the treatment of adult patients with: • Multiple myeloma (MM), in combination with dexamethasone ( 1.1 ). • MM, as maintenance following autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT) ( 1.1 ). • Transfusion-dependent anemia due to low- or intermediate-1-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) associated with a deletion 5q abnormality with or without additional cytogenetic abnormalities ( 1.2 ). • Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) whose disease has relapsed or progressed after two prior therapies, one of which included bortezomib ( 1.3 ). • Previously treated follicular lymphoma (FL), in combination with a rituximab product ( 1.4 ). • Previously treated marginal zone lymphoma (MZL), in combination with a rituximab product ( 1.5 ). Limitations of Use: • REVLIMID is not indicated and is not recommended for the treatment of patients wit…
12.1 Mechanism of Action Lenalidomide is an analogue of thalidomide with immunomodulatory, antiangiogenic, and antineoplastic properties. Cellular activities of lenalidomide are mediated through its target cereblon, a component of a cullin ring E3 ubiquitin ligase enzyme complex. In vitro, in the presence of drug, substrate proteins (including Aiolos, Ikaros, and CK1α) are targeted for ubiquitination and subsequent degradation leading to direct cytotoxic and immunomodulatory effects. Lenalidomide inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis of certain hematopoietic tumor cells including MM, mantle cell lymphoma, and del (5q) myelodysplastic syndromes, follicular lymphoma and marginal zone l…
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