Regulatory approval

Published by the Health Canada.

Health Canada approved lenalidomide for the treatment of patients with transfusion-dependent anemia due to Low- or Intermediate-1-risk myelodysplastic syndromes associated with a deletion 5q cytogenetic abnormality with or without additional cytogentic abnormalities.

This is written in the approval document as:

REVLIMID (lenalidomide) is indicated for the treatment of patients with transfusion-dependent anemia due to Low- or Intermediate-1-risk myelodysplastic syndromes associated with a deletion 5q cytogenetic abnormality with or without additional cytogenetic abnormalities. Approval for this indication is based on red blood cell transfusion independence response rates. Overall survival benefit has not been demonstrated.

Citation

Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada. Revlimid (lenalidomide) [product monograph]. Health Canada website. https://pdf.hres.ca/dpd_pm/00074535.PDF. Published February 2024. Accessed June 2025.

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Type Biomarker(s) Cancer type Therapy(ies)
Sensitivity (+) 5q deletion Myelodysplastic Syndromes Lenalidomide