Comparison of the Efficacy of Innovator Rituximab and its Biosimilars in Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma Patients: A Retrospective Analysis.

Biosimilars CD20 DLBCL Overall survival Reditux Rituximab

Journal

Indian journal of hematology & blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion
ISSN: 0971-4502
Titre abrégé: Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus
Pays: India
ID NLM: 9425818

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jan 2020
Historique:
received: 10 05 2019
accepted: 26 07 2019
entrez: 17 3 2020
pubmed: 17 3 2020
medline: 17 3 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma among adults, although it also affects the young and the elderly. DLBCL is treated with a chimeric monoclonal antibody against CD20, a B cell surface protein, named rituximab, in combination with a multidrug chemotherapeutic regimen. However, owing to its high cost, rituximab cannot be afforded by patients in developing or underdeveloped countries. In such cases, biosimilars of rituximab have been used instead of rituximab, with equivalent efficacy. In this single center, retrospective, observational study, we have compared patient outcomes such complete response (CR), partial response (PR), and overall response rate (ORR) in a cohort of 152 patients in an Indian hospital, who were treated either with innovator rituximab or Reditux, a biosimilar. We observed that the ORRs of both groups (88% in innnovator group and 82% in biosimilar group) were comparable. There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of CR (

Identifiants

pubmed: 32174693
doi: 10.1007/s12288-019-01167-w
pii: 1167
pmc: PMC7042466
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

71-77

Informations de copyright

© Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion 2019.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Conflict of interestAll authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Aniket Bankar (A)

Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.

Anu Korula (A)

Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.

Aby Abraham (A)

Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.

Auro Viswabandya (A)

Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.

Biju George (B)

Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.

Alok Srivastava (A)

Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.

Vikram Mathews (V)

Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.

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