Bortezomib is a dipeptide boronic acid derivative and proteasome inhibitor used to treat multiple myeloma and mantle cell lymphoma. The 26S proteasome is a protein complex that degrades ubiquitinated proteins in the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway: reversible inhibition of the 26S proteasome, leading to cell cycle arrest and apoptosis of cancer cells, is thought to be the main mechanism of action of bortezomib. However, multiple mechanisms may be involved in the anticancer activity of bortezomib.
Bortezomib was first synthesized in 1995. In May 2003, bortezomib became the first anticancer proteasome inhibitor that was approved by the FDA under the trade name VELCADE. Phase I, II, III, and IV clinical trials are undergoing to investigate the therapeutic efficacy of bortezomib in leukemia, myasthenia gravis, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and solid tumours.
Bortezomib is indicated for the treatment of adults with multiple myeloma or mantle cell lymphoma.
Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet), Copenhagen, Denmark
Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Dpt. SCT and Hematology/Oncology University Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
Hospital Germans Trials i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Hospital ICO de Girona, Girona, Spain
GSK Investigational Site, London, United Kingdom
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Fakultní nemocnice Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czechia
Fakultní nemocnice Ostrava, Ostrava, Czechia
Hôpital Morvan, Brest, France
Qilu hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
Juntendo University Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Kyorin University Hospital, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
Nippon Medical School Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Cancer Center of Central Connecticut - Southington, Southington, Connecticut, United States
Mayo Clinic in Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Avera Medical Group - Oncology & Hematology, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
Morozov Children's Municipal Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russian Federation
prof. R.O.Eolyan Hematology Center, Ereván, Armenia
Transbaikal Regional Oncology Dispensary, Chita, Russian Federation
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