Luspatercept
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Term | Luspatercept |
Short definition | luspatercept (lus-PA-ter-cept) A drug used to treat anemia in adults with certain types of myelodysplastic syndromes or myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms who require regular red blood cell transfusions and whose anemia does not has responded to or cannot be treated with an erythropoiesis-stimulating agent. Luspatercept is also used to treat anemia in adults with beta-thalassemia (an inherited blood disorder) who need regular red blood cell transfusions. |
Type | Cancer terms |
Specialty | Oncology |
Language | English |
Source | NCI |
Comments |
luspatercept - (pronounced) (lus-PA-ter-cept) A drug used to treat anemia in adults with certain types of myelodysplastic syndromes or myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms who require regular red blood cell transfusions and whose anemia does not has responded to or cannot be treated with an erythropoiesis-stimulating agent. Luspatercept is also used to treat anemia in adults with beta-thalassemia (an inherited blood disorder) who need regular red blood cell transfusions. It is also being studied in the treatment of other conditions. Luspatercept helps the bone marrow make more red blood cells. It's a kind of anti-anemia and a kind of recombinant fusion protein. Also called reblozyl
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