Venetoclax is a BCL-2 inhibitor that was initially approved by the FDA in April 2016 . Proteins in the B cell CLL/lymphoma 2 (BCL-2) family are important regulators of the apoptotic (programmed cell death) process , . Venetoclax is used to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and certain types of small lymphocytic lymphoma . CLL is the most prevalent leukemia diagnosed in Western countries . Venetoclax was developed through reverse engineering of the BCL-2 protein family inhibitor, navitoclax . Venetoclax is approximately 10 times more potent than navitoclax with regard to induction of apoptosis in CLL cells . A new indication was approved in 2018 for the treatment patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL), with or without 17p deletion, who have received at least one prior therapy . Previously, this drug was indicated only for patients with 17p gene deletion .
本品与阿扎胞苷联合用于治疗因合并症不适合接受强诱导化疗,或者年龄75岁及以上的新诊断的成人急性髓系白血病患者。
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Acpru /Id# 255783, Grayslake, Illinois, United States
The First Affliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affilated Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Mass. General Hospital-Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Baptist Health South Florida-Miami Cancer Institute, Miami, Florida, United States
Department of Hematology,920th Hospital of Joint Logistic Support Force of People's Liberation, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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