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Feb 16, 2021
Tilaciclib is first drug approved for this indication
WASHINGTON The FDA approved tilaciclib (Cosela) to reduce chemotherapy-induced bone marrow suppression in adults. Tilaciclib, which protects bone marrow cells by inhibiting cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6, is the first drug to win FDA approval for this indication.
In a prepared statement from the FDA, Albert Deisseroth, MD, PhD, supervisory medical officer in the Division of Non-Malignant Hematology in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said, “For patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer, protecting bone marrow function may help make their chemotherapy safer and allow them to complete their course of treatment on time and according to plan. Today’s approval of [tilaciclib] will give patients a treatment option that can reduce the occurrence of a common, harmful side effect of chemotherapy.”
FDA approves drug to reduce frequency of chemotherapy-induced bone marrow suppression
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Cosela (trilaciclib) as the first therapy in its class to reduce the frequency of chemotherapy-induced bone marrow suppression in adults receiving certain types of chemotherapy for extensive-stage (when the cancer has spread beyond the lungs) small cell lung cancer. Cosela may help protect bone marrow cells from damage caused by chemotherapy by inhibiting cyclin- dependent kinase 4/6, a type of enzyme.
For patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer, protecting bone marrow function may help make their chemotherapy safer and allow them to complete their course of treatment on time and according to plan. Today s approval of Cosela will give patients a treatment option that can reduce the occurrence of a common, harmful side effect of chemotherapy.