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ReviewAdvances in therapy2017

A Review of Obinutuzumab (GA101), a Novel Type II Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibody, for the Treatment of Patients with B-Cell Malignancies.

Kensei Tobinai, Christian Klein, Naoko Oya, Günter Fingerle-Rowson

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Review in Advances in therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
105citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

105 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 173 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Kensei TobinaiDepartment of Hematology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. ktobinai@ncc.go.jp.ORCID 0000-0002-7859-3227
Christian KleinRoche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland.
Naoko OyaOncology Lifecycle Management Department, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, Tokyo, Japan.
Günter Fingerle-RowsonPharma Development Oncology, F. Hoffmann La-Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland.
Roche (Switzerland) · CHNational Cancer Centre Japan · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obinutuzumab (GA101) is a novel, type II, glycoengineered, humanized anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody that has been developed to address the need for new therapeutics with improved efficacy in patients with lymphocytic leukemia and lymphoma of B-cell origin. Obinutuzumab has a distinct mode of action relative to type I anti-CD20 antibodies, such as rituximab, working primarily by inducing direct cell death and antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity. Obinutuzumab is under investigation in a wide-ranging program of clinical trials in patients with B-cell malignancies. Efficacy as monotherapy has been reported in patients with relapsed/refractory indolent and aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) of B-cell origin. Improved outcomes have also been noted when obinutuzumab is added to chemotherapy in patients with B-cell NHL, and superiority over rituximab has been reported with combination therapy in patients with CLL. Ongoing research is focusing on developing options for chemotherapy-free treatment and on new combinations of obinutuzumab with novel targeted agents.

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntigens, CD20Antineoplastic AgentsB-LymphocytesHumansLeukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-CellLymphoma, B-CellAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntigens, CD20Antineoplastic AgentsobinutuzumabAntibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicityB-cell lymphomaCD20Chronic lymphocytic leukemiaGlycoengineeringMonoclonal antibodyNon-Hodgkin lymphomaObinutuzumabOncologyRituximab

Identifiers

PMID28004361
PMCPMC5331088
OpenAlexW2563976031

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