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)
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Mass General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Uniklinikum Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Kath. St.-Johannes-Gesellschaft Dortmund gGmbH, Dortmund, Germany
OncoResearch Lerchenfeld GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
Northside Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Mayo Clinic in Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau, Uniondale, New York, United States
George Washington Cancer Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Department of Hematology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China/Zhejiang Province, China
the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital, Matsuyama-City, Japan
Kameda Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
National Cancer Center Hospital, Chuo Ku, Japan
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