Therapeutic Response Statement (Sensitivity)

This therapeutic response statement supports the relationship that 5q deletion status confers therapeutic sensitivity to Lenalidomide in patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to lenalidomide for the treatment of adult patients with transfusion-dependent anemia due to low- or intermediate-1-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) associated with a deletion 5q abnormality with or without additional cytogenetic abnormalities.

This statement is based on a regulatory approval from the Food and Drug Administration:

REVLIMID is a thalidomide analogue indicated for the treatment of adult patients with transfusion-dependent anemia due to low- or intermediate-1-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) associated with a deletion 5q abnormality with or without additional cytogenetic abnormalities.

Citation

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. Revlimid (lenalidomide) [package insert]. U.S. Food and Drug Administration website. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2023/021880s067lbl.pdf. Revised March 2023. Accessed October 30, 2024.