Imetelstat (Rytelo) for Myelodysplastic Syndromes
The FDA has approved imetelstat (Rytelo – Geron), a first-in-class telomerase inhibitor, for treatment of low- to intermediate-1 risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) in adults with transfusion-dependent anemia requiring 4 or more red blood cell (RBC) units over 8 weeks who have not responded to, are no longer responding to, or are ineligible for erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs).
Publication Details
- Journal
- The medical letter on drugs and therapeutics/The medical letter
- Published
- 2024-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.58347/tml.2024.1712d
- Primary Topic
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00