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    Rituximab, sold under the brand name Rituxan among others, is a monoclonal antibody medication used to treat certain autoimmune diseases and types of...
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    of t-FL (e.g. the addition to standard chemotherapy of agents such as rituximab) have improved overall survival times. These newer regimens may also delay...
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    bendamustine with rituximab. Second line treatment may include fludarabine, combined with cyclophosphamide and/or mitoxantrone, usually with rituximab. Cladribine...
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    antibodies such as rituximab, which are increasingly being used as first-line treatment. In summer 2018, the FDA granted full approval to rituximab for this application...
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  • combined today with rituximab. This regimen is then called ICE-R or R-ICE or RICE. [R]-ICE regimen consists of:[citation needed] Rituximab - an anti-CD20 monoclonal...
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    patients who cannot use corticosteroids. The anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody rituximab has been found to be effective in treating some otherwise refractory cases...
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    immunotherapy (i.e. rituximab, or a combination (e.g. chlorambucil + rituximab or fludarabine + rituximab or bendamustine + rituximab) immunotherapy plus...
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  • follicular lymphoma as a second line treatment to a regimen containing rituximab. It was not tested in pregnant women. Obinutuzumab has two black box warnings:...
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  • anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody rituximab (Rituxan, Mabthera) it is called R-DHAP or DHAP-R. [R]-DHAP regimen consists of: Rituximab, a monoclonal antibody, directed...
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    as rituximab or cyclophosphamide and high-dose corticosteroids to control the symptoms of the disease and azathioprine, methotrexate, or rituximab to...
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    corticosteroids. Sometimes the chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, rituximab, is added to this treatment regimen to form the R-CHOP regimen. R-miniCHOP...
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    multicenter, open-label trial of venetoclax with rituximab (VEN+R) versus bendamustine with rituximab (B+R) in 389 participants with CLL who had received...
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  • follitropin alfa, infliximab, insulin aspart, insulin glargine, pegfilgrastim, rituximab, teriparatide, and trastuzumab. A research article about "Maximizing the...
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    (MCL), with or without prior rituximab-containing chemoimmunotherapy treatment, is bendamustine with mitoxantrone and rituximab. In Germany in 2012 it has...
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  • promise in this technique treating anti-MAG neuropathies.[citation needed] Rituximab is considered to be one of the most promising drugs in the treatment of...
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  • In combination with Rituximab, this regimen is called R-FCM or R-FMC, or FCM-R, FMC-R. The [R]-FCM regimen contains Rituximab - anti-CD20 monoclonal...
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    glucocorticoids. In the European Union, avacopan, in combination with a rituximab or cyclophosphamide regimen, is indicated for the treatment of adults...
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  • methotrexate for moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. The biologic agent rituximab (anti-B cell therapy) is now licensed for use in refractory rheumatoid...
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  • Mayerhoefer ME, Lukas J, Zielinski CC, Müllauer L, Raderer M (2014). "Rituximab plus bendamustine is active in pretreated patients with extragastric marginal...
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    Additionally, ibrutinib down-modulates the expression of CD20 (target of rituximab/ofatumumab) by targeting the CXCR4/SDF1 axis. Together, these data are...
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    90% to less than 20%. Immunosuppressants, such as glucocorticoids, and rituximab may also be used. Platelet transfusions are generally not recommended...
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  • corticosteroid and immunomodulator treatments are not sufficient, rituximab may also be used. Rituximab has been shown to induce and maintain remission. AIP does...
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  • used as first-line therapy in indolent lymphomas. In combination with rituximab it is called R-FM or RFM or FM-R or FMR. The [R]-FM regimen consists of:...
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    destruction by the immune system. Examples of such antibodies include rituximab (targeting CD-20), trastuzumab (targeting HER-2), and cetuximab (targeting...
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  • Ocrelizumab binds to an epitope that overlaps with the epitope to which rituximab binds. It was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in...
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  • It is often combined with rituximab. In this case it is called R-EPOCH or EPOCH-R.The R-EPOCH regimen consists of: Rituximab: an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody...
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  • CoQ10. A potential use for rituximab was identified by two Norwegian doctors who were treating people who had cancer with rituximab; two people also had chronic...
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    expansion in the use of monoclonal antibody treatments, notably for lymphoma (Rituximab) and breast cancer (Trastuzumab). Vaccines and other immunotherapies are...
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    treatment. Other immune suppressing medications may also be used including rituximab or azathioprine. If the myasthenia is serious (myasthenic crisis), plasmapheresis...
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    disseminated disease at presentation or lack of response to local treatment. Rituximab, the anti-CD20 chimeric antibody, is a key component of therapy. Responses...
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