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SUBMITTER: Castillo JJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4959643 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Castillo Jorge J JJ Palomba M Lia ML Advani Ranjana R Treon Steven P SP
Therapeutic advances in hematology 20160613 4
Ibrutinib is an oral Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor, which has recently gained approval by the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the treatment of patients with symptomatic Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM). Herein, we review the role of BTK in the pathophysiology of WM, and present the results of the preclinical and clinical studies that led to the initial investigation and later approval of ibrutinib in WM. We also discu ...[more]