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Number of ongoing Clinical Trials (for drugs) involving Leukemia by Phase

  • There are currently 5176 ongoing clinical trials involving Leukemia

  • Of the 5176 trials,1394 trials are in Phase II

  • Furthermore, 1067 trials are in Phase III

Number of ongoing Clinical Trials (for drugs) involving Leukemia by Phase

Published: October 2021
Source: GlobalData

The global pharmaceutical industry is steadily developing new drugs for Leukemia, an Oncology condition. The largest number of ongoing clinical trials for Leukemia is conducted in North America. Asia-Pacific and Europe are among some of the other prominent regions engaged in Leukemia-related drug trials.

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center: The leading ongoing Leukemia related clinical trial sponsor

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is the top sponsor for Leukemia-related ongoing clinical trials.

National Cancer Institute US, Novartis AG, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc, AbbVie Inc, and City of Hope are among other notable clinical trial sponsors involved in Leukemia. A clinical trial sponsor can be a Company, Government, Individual, or Institution.

Marketed Drugs involving Leukemia

Lenalidomide (Revlimid), Rituximab (MabThera, Rituxan, Ristova), and Ibrutinib (Imbruvica) are among the key marketed drugs involving Leukemia. 

Lenalidomide (Revlimid) is a thalidomide analogue and an immunomodulatory imide drug (IMiD). It functions via the Protein cereblon (CRBN) Activator mechanism of action. It is formulated as hard gelatin capsules for the oral route of administration. Revlimid in combination with dexamethasone is indicated for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma (MM), as maintenance therapy in patients with multiple myeloma following autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation ( auto-HSCT), is indicated for the treatment of patients with transfusion-dependent anemia due to low -or intermediate -1- risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) associated with a deletion 5q cytogenetic abnormality with or without additional cytogenetic abnormalities, indicated for the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) whose disease has relapsed or progressed after two prior therapies, one of which included bortezomib. Lenalidomide was first approved in 2005 and is marketed globally including the US, the UK, Australia, France, Germany, China, and Japan by Celgene Corp.

Rituximab (MabThera, Rituxan, Ristova) is an anti-neoplastic agent. It functions via Cytotoxic to Cells Expressing B Lymphocyte Antigen CD20 mechanism of action. It is formulated as an injectable concentrate for solution for intravenous route and solution for the subcutaneous route of administration. Rituximab intravenous formulation is indicated for the treatment of previously untreated adult patients with stage III-IV follicular lymphoma in combination with chemotherapy; as maintenance therapy is indicated for the treatment of adult follicular lymphoma patients responding to induction therapy. Rituximab was first approved in 1997 and is marketed globally including the US, the UK, Australia, France, Germany, China, and Japan by Genentech USA Inc.

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Related Companies

Johnson & Johnson

United States of America

HCA Healthcare Inc

United States of America

Merck & Co Inc

United States of America

Pfizer Inc

United States of America

AbbVie Inc

United States of America

Bayer AG

Germany

Sanofi

France

Novartis AG

Switzerland

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