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Coming of Age for BTK Inhibitor Therapy: A Review of Zanubrutinib in Waldenström Macroglobulinemia.

Javier Muñoz, Jonas Paludo, Shayna Sarosiek, Jorge J Castillo

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Review in Cells, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Javier MuñozDepartment of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9060-8911
Jonas PaludoDepartment of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7350-5531
Shayna SarosiekBing Center for Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0075-6735
Jorge J CastilloBing Center for Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9490-7532
Harvard University · USMayo Clinic · USMayo Clinic Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is a rare form of non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma with a variable clinical presentation that can impact a patient's quality of life by causing anemia, peripheral neuropathy, serum hyperviscosity, extramedullary disease, and other symptoms. There are several safe and effective treatment regimens for patients with WM, and the choice of therapy should be made in a personalized fashion considering the patient's symptoms, comorbidities, and genomic profile. Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors are a new option to treat patients with WM. Zanubrutinib is a next-generation covalent BTK inhibitor designed to have fewer off-target effects than previous BTK inhibitors. This review summarizes the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of zanubrutinib as well as safety and efficacy findings. Then, it explores the health economic and outcomes research associated with the costs of treating patients with WM and the reasons why zanubrutinib may be a more cost-effective treatment option compared with ibrutinib, a first-generation BTK inhibitor. Future directions for the treatment of WM focus on the use of zanubrutinib in combination therapy. Combinations based on effective ibrutinib or acalabrutinib treatments may be effectively applied with zanubrutinib given the similar mechanism of action for these BTK inhibitors. Combination therapies could also help prevent the development of disease resistance, minimize toxicity, and support treatment regimens of finite duration.

Indexed as

Lymphoma, B-CellWaldenstrom MacroglobulinemiaAgammaglobulinaemia Tyrosine KinaseHumansPiperidinesProtein Kinase InhibitorsPyrazolesPyrimidinesQuality of LifeAgammaglobulinaemia Tyrosine KinasePiperidinesProtein Kinase InhibitorsPyrazolesPyrimidineszanubrutinibBruton tyrosine kinase inhibitorcombination therapycostsWaldenström macroglobulinemiazanubrutinib

Identifiers

PMID36291152
PMCPMC9600142
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