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Lenalidomide plus Rituximab as Initial Treatment for Mantle-Cell Lymphoma
Author(s) -
Jia Ruan,
Peter Martin,
Bijal Shah,
Stephen J. Schuster,
Sonali M. Smith,
Richard R. Furman,
Paul J. Christos,
Á Rodríguez,
Jakub Svoboda,
Jessica Lewis,
Orel Katz,
Morton Coleman,
John P. Leonard
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1505237
Subject(s) - medicine , mantle cell lymphoma , lenalidomide , rituximab , neutropenia , rash , adverse effect , febrile neutropenia , clinical endpoint , gastroenterology , lymphoma , surgery , oncology , multiple myeloma , chemotherapy , clinical trial
Mantle-cell lymphoma is generally incurable. Initial treatment is not standardized but usually includes cytotoxic chemotherapy. Lenalidomide, an immunomodulatory compound, and rituximab, an anti-CD20 antibody, are active in patients with recurrent mantle-cell lymphoma. We evaluated lenalidomide plus rituximab as a first-line therapy.

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