Bendamustine is a nitrogen mustard drug indicated for use in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) that has progressed during or within six months of treatment with rituximab or a rituximab-containing regimen. Bendamustine is a bifunctional mechlorethamine derivative capable of forming electrophilic alkyl groups that covalently bond to other molecules. Through this function as an alkylating agent, bendamustine causes intra- and inter-strand crosslinks between DNA bases resulting in cell death. It is active against both active and quiescent cells, although the exact mechanism of action is unknown.
Bendamustine is indicated for use in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) that has progressed during or within six months of treatment with rituximab or a rituximab-containing regimen.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain
Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
Metro-Minnesota NCI Community Oncology Research Program, Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, United States
Minnesota Oncology and Hematology PA-Woodbury, Woodbury, Minnesota, United States
Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
North York General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
St Vincent'S Hospital; Haematology, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Site Reference ID/Investigator# 61523, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Site Reference ID/Investigator# 61542, Augusta, Georgia, United States
Site Reference ID/Investigator# 61522, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
Novartis Investigative Site, Yakima, Washington, United States
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