UNASSIGNED: Zanubrutinib is a drug that was shown to effectively treat cancer of B cells without causing excessive serious side effects Patients with certain B-cell malignancies (cancers of white blood cells) benefit from treatment with Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors, drugs that block the BTK protein and keep cancer from growing and spreading. Patients experience extended survival with ibrutinib, the first-generation BTK inhibitor approved by US Food and Drug Administration (FDA); however, one in five patients quit treatment because of harmful side effects. Ibrutinib-related side effects such as increased risk of bleeding, atrial fibrillation (abnormal heart rhythm), and high blood pressure are thought to be caused by ibrutinib blocking other proteins besides the intended target protein BTK. To reduce these side effects, zanubrutinib, a next-generation BTK inhibitor, was designed to block BTK more specifically than ibrutinib. Results of clinical studies on zanubrutinib treatment appear promising in patients with several types of B-cell malignancies, including mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM), marginal zone lymphoma (MZL), chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and small lymphocytic lymphoma. There are not yet enough clinical data to determine which BTK inhibitor is most effective in treating B-cell malignancies without causing harmful side effects. Early data from the phase 3 ALPINE clinical study suggest that zanubrutinib works better than ibrutinib, and fewer patients experience side effects and quit treatment. Zanubrutinib is currently approved for use for treatment of adult patients with MCL who have received at least one prior therapy, for adults with WM, and for adults with MZL who have received at least one anti-CD20-based therapy.
■Zanubrutinib是一种被证明可有效治疗B细胞癌而不会引起严重副作用的药物患有某些B细胞恶性肿瘤(白细胞癌)的患者从布鲁顿酪氨酸激酶(BTK)抑制剂的治疗中受益,阻断BTK蛋白并防止癌症生长和扩散的药物。患者经历延长生存与ibrutinib,由美国食品和药物管理局(FDA)批准的第一代BTK抑制剂;然而,五分之一的患者因有害副作用退出治疗。伊布替尼相关副作用,如出血风险增加,心房颤动(心律异常),高血压被认为是由伊布鲁替尼阻断除预期的靶蛋白BTK外的其他蛋白引起的。为了减少这些副作用,扎努布替尼,下一代BTK抑制剂,旨在比ibrutinib更具体地阻断BTK。zanubrutinib治疗的临床研究结果在几种类型的B细胞恶性肿瘤患者中似乎很有希望,包括套细胞淋巴瘤(MCL),Waldenström巨球蛋白血症(WM),边缘区淋巴瘤(MZL),慢性淋巴细胞白血病,和小淋巴细胞淋巴瘤.目前还没有足够的临床数据来确定哪种BTK抑制剂在治疗B细胞恶性肿瘤方面最有效而不会引起有害副作用。来自3期ALPINE临床研究的早期数据表明,扎努布替尼比伊布替尼效果更好,更少的患者出现副作用并退出治疗。Zanubrutinib目前被批准用于治疗已经接受至少一种先前治疗的MCL成年患者。对于患有WM的成年人,以及接受过至少一种基于抗CD20的治疗的MZL成人。