Rituximab (MabThera®)
All Wales Medicines Strategy Group (AWMSG)
Record ID 32015000584
English
Authors' recommendations:
Rituximab (MabThera®) solution for subcutaneous injection is recommended as an option for use within NHS Wales for the treatment of adults for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL): for the treatment of previously untreated patients with stage III-IV follicular lymphoma in combination with chemotherapy; as maintenance therapy for the treatment of follicular lymphoma patients responding to induction therapy; and for the treatment of patients with CD20-positive diffuse large B cell NHL in combination with CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisolone) chemotherapy. This recommendation applies only in circumstances where the approved Wales Patient Access Scheme is utilised.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2015
URL for published report:
http://www.awmsg.org/awmsgonline/app/appraisalinfo/1048
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Wales, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
- Female
- Male
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
- Glucocorticoids
- Immunosuppressive Agents
- Nephrotic Syndrome
Contact
Organisation Name:
All Wales Medicines Strategy Group
Contact Address:
All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre, Academic Centre, University Hospital Llandough, Penlan Road, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan CF64 2XX
Contact Name:
AWTTC@wales.nhs.uk
Contact Email:
AWTTC@wales.nhs.uk
Copyright:
AWTTC
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