David G. Maloney, MD, PhD

David G. Maloney, MD, PhD, discusses the value of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in patients with relapsed/refractory aggressive lymphomas.

David G. Maloney, MD, PhD, discusses the initiative to use the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research Cellular Therapy Registry to report real world experience of tisagenlecleucel CAR T cells targeting CD19 in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

David G. Maloney, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, Division of Oncology, University of Washington, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, discusses the promise of CAR T-cell therapy in hematologic malignancies.

David G. Maloney, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, Division of Oncology, University of Washington, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, discusses updates with CAR T-cell therapy in non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

David Maloney, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, Division of Oncology, University of Washington, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, discusses responses to the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell product JCAR017.

David G. Maloney, MD, PhD, member of the Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, discusses the future treatment landscape for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy.

David G. Maloney, MD, PhD, member of the Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, discusses using CAR T-cell therapy in solid tumors.

David G. Maloney, MD, PhD, member of the Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Washington, discusses excitement with CAR T-cell therapy.

David G. Maloney, MD, PhD, member of the Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, discusses the challenges that exist in the use of CAR T-cell therapy in acute lymphocytic leukemia.

Rituximab (IDEC-C2B8 [Rituxan]) is a chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody (MoAb) that was recently approved by the FDA for the treatment of patients with low-grade or follicular B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Its potential efficacy in other B-cell malignancies is currently being explored. This article reviews the mechanisms of action of rituximab, as well as preclinical data and results of the clinical trials that led to its approval. Also discussed are the mechanics of administering rituximab on the recommended weekly ´ 4 outpatient schedule. Finally, the article describes ongoing and planned trials of rituximab in other dosage schedules, in other B-cell neoplasms, and in conjunction with chemotherapy. As the first MoAb to gain FDA approval for the treatment of a malignancy, rituximab signals the beginning of a promising new era in cancer therapy. [ONCOLOGY 12(12):1763-1770, 1998]