Ibrutinib is a small molecule that acts as an irreversible potent inhibitor of Burton's tyrosine kinase. It is designated as a targeted covalent drug and presented as a promising activity in B-cell malignancies in clinical trials. Ibrutinib was developed by Pharmacyclics Inc and was first approved by the FDA in November 2013 for the treatment of mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) under accelerated approval; however, in April 2023, the drug manufacturer withdrew the accelerated approvals for ibrutinib in the US.
Ibrutinib was approved by the EMA in October 2014 and by Health Canada in November 2014. It is currently approved for the treatment of various conditions, such as chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia, and chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD) in August 2017. Notably, ibrutinib became the first FDA-approved cGVHD treatment for children in August 2017.
Ibrutinib is indicated for the treatment of the following conditions.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL)
Waldenström's macroglobulinemia
Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD)
Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL)
Marginal zone lymphoma (MZL)
U.O.C. Ematologia - IRCCS Centro oncologico della Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture, Italy
Policlinico Umberto I, Hematology Department - Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Sezione di Ematologia Cancer Center Humanitas, Rozzano, Italy
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Los Angeles General Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, United States
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
UCLA / Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States
City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
CHU d'ESTAING, Clermont Ferrand, France
CHRU de LILLE - Claude Huriez, Lille, France
Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
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