Filgrastim is a short-acting recombinant, non-pegylated human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) analog produced by recombinant DNA technology. It has an amino acid sequence identical to endogenous G-CSF, but it is non-glycosylated unlike the endogenous G-CSF and has an N-terminal methionine added in the sequence for expression in E. Coli. Human G...
Filgrastim is indicated to decrease the incidence of infection‚ as manifested by febrile neutropenia‚ in patients with nonmyeloid malignancies receiving myelosuppressive anti-cancer drugs associated with a significant incidence of severe neutropenia with fever.
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Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, GuangZhou, Guangdong, China
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Columbia St. Mary's Cancer Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Aspirus Regional Cancer Center Wausau, Wausau, Wisconsin, United States
Kansas University, Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
University of Illinois College of Medicine - Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Ambulantes Tumorzentrum Spandau; Dres. Benno Mohr und Uwe Peters, Berlin, Germany
Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, United Kingdom
Fiona Stanley Hospital; FSH Cancer Centre Clinical Trials Unit, Bull Creek, Western Australia, Australia
Bristol Haematology & Oncology Centre, Bristol, United Kingdom
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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