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 .
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Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá De Henares, Spain
Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida, Lleida, Spain
Siouxland Regional Cancer Center, Sioux City, Iowa, United States
Michigan Cancer Research Consortium NCORP, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone, New York, New York, United States
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States
Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Boca Raton Clinical Research, Plantation, Florida, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
City of Hope Meidcal Center, Duarte, California, United States
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Charité Berlin - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
Charité Berlin - Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent, Gent, Belgium
City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
US Oncology - Oncology Associates of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States
University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, United States
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