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Table 1 Current US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA) approvals for venetoclax

From: Clinical experiences with venetoclax and other pro-apoptotic agents in lymphoid malignancies: lessons from monotherapy and chemotherapy combination

Indication

Regimen

FDA

Treatment of patients with CLL with del(17p) who have been treated with at least one prior therapy [51]

Monotherapy

Treatment of patients with CLL who have received at least one prior therapy [32]

2 years fixed duration, combined with rituximab

Treatment of patients with previously untreated CLL [31]

1 year fixed duration, combined with obinutuzumab

Treatment of patients with newly diagnosed AML who are ≥ 75 years old or ineligible for intensive induction due to comorbidities [151, 152]

Combined with azacytidine, decitabine or lose-dose cytarabine

EMA

Treatment of patients with CLL with del(17p) or TP53 mutation who are unsuitable for or have failed a B cell receptor pathway inhibitor [51]

Monotherapy

Treatment of patients without del(17p) or TP53 mutations who have failed both chemo-immunotherapy and a B cell receptor pathway inhibitor [55, 56]

Monotherapy

Treatment of patients with CLL who have received at least one prior therapy [32]

2 years fixed duration, combined with rituximab

Treatment of patients with previously untreated CLL [31]

1 year fixed duration, combined with obinutuzumab

Treatment of patients with newly diagnosed AML who are ineligible for intensive chemotherapy [151]

Combined with a hypomethylating agent