Therapeutic Response Statement (Sensitivity)
This therapeutic response statement supports the relationship that CD20 + status confers therapeutic sensitivity to Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Prednisone, Rituximab, Vincristine in patients with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to rituximab for the treatment of adult patients with non-progressing (including stable disease), low-grade, CD20 positive, B-cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL) as a single agent after first-line cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and prednisone (CVP) chemotherapy.
This statement is based on a regulatory approval from the Food and Drug Administration:
RITUXAN is a CD20-directed cytolytic antibody indicated for the treatment of adult patients with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL) non-progressing (including stable disease), low-grade, CD20 positive, B-cell NHL as a single agent after first-line cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and prednisone (CVP) chemotherapy.