Therapeutic Response Statement (Sensitivity)

This therapeutic response statement supports the relationship that CD20 + status confers therapeutic sensitivity to Rituximab in patients with Follicular Lymphoma.

This statement is based on a regulatory approval from the Health Service Executive:

Maintenance therapy for the treatment of previously untreated follicular CD20 positive, B-cell Non Hodgkin Lymphoma patients responding to induction therapy.

Citation

RiTUXimab 375 mg/m2 Maintenance Therapy- 56 day, 2021, version number 2, NCCP National SACT Regimen, NCCP, viewed 21/07/2024, https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/5/cancer/profinfo/chemoprotocols/lymphoma-myeloma/543-rituximab-375-mg-m2-maintenance-therapy-56-day.pdf