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Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia is the primary name used in this packet. The packet also lists the names Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, Waldenstrom's syndrome, macroglobulinemia of Waldenstrom, and lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma with IgM gammopathy. The packet does not supply a formal definition for the condition.
The affected organ systems listed in the packet are blood and immune, cardiovascular, eye, nervous system, and respiratory. Two subtypes are listed under the names macroglobulinemia, Waldenstrom, 1 and macroglobulinemia, Waldenstrom, 2. The packet records prevalence as unknown, so no estimate of how many people are affected is given here. A patient organization with a registry is listed in the packet.
The packet lists 45 phenotype annotations in total, of which a subset with frequency information is summarized here using the frequency wording attached to each term.
Features annotated as very frequent (80-99%) are leukemia, lymphoma, and monoclonal immunoglobulin M proteinemia.
Features annotated as frequent (30-79%) are pallor, gingival bleeding, hypercoagulability, abnormality of neutrophils, vertigo, normocytic anemia, and respiratory insufficiency.
Features annotated as occasional (5-29%) include retinal hemorrhage, cutis marmorata, purpura, urticaria, ataxia, stroke, congestive heart failure, splenomegaly, fever, diarrhea, malabsorption, anorexia, migraine, pulmonary infiltrates, and pleural effusion.
These terms come from phenotype annotations, and the packet does not state the age at which signs typically begin. Onset categories are not listed.
The packet lists no associated genes for this condition and does not list an inheritance pattern. The packet does not certify a specific cause or a molecular mechanism, so none is described here. Absence of this information in the packet is not a statement that no cause or genetic contribution is known.
The packet does not include diagnostic methods, diagnostic criteria, or newborn screening information for this condition, so how the condition is identified is not certified here. Among the phenotype annotations, monoclonal immunoglobulin M proteinemia is annotated as a very frequent feature (80-99%), and the packet lists lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma with IgM gammopathy as a synonym. The packet does not link these entries to a diagnostic process.
The packet contains no GeneReviews management text and no foundational therapy list for this condition. It does contain US Food and Drug Administration records.
Two products have active market status in the FDA records in the packet: BRUKINSA (zanubrutinib), with a new drug application approval dated 2025-06-10, and IMBRUVICA (ibrutinib), with a new drug application approval dated 2022-08-24. The orphan drug records in the packet list Imbruvica and Brukinsa as approved, with indications naming Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. Doses, schedules, and interactions are not part of the packet and are not described.
The orphan drug records also list a number of products with designated status, including sonrotoclax, acalabrutinib, idelalisib, mavorixafor, and oprozomib, along with several investigational molecules and a CD20-directed CAR T-cell product. A designation is a regulatory status for a product under development and is not an approval. One everolimus record has withdrawn status.
The packet notes that patient assistance programs may be available; one program listing is present for this condition, and details are not reproduced here.
91 trials found
The packet does not include natural history information or a GeneReviews clinical description for this condition. Prognosis is not certified in this packet, and no statement about disease course, survival, or outcomes is made here.
The packet records ClinicalTrials.gov entries for this condition, and all of the entries counted are active. Many active records are present, and the packet provides a search link for the full list. The intervention types across these records include drug therapy, biologic therapy, procedural interventions, and other interventions, and the sponsor profile is described as mixed. The packet flags that gene therapy trials are present among the records.
Examples of listed records include a study comparing venetoclax with rituximab against ibrutinib with rituximab or zanubrutinib alone (NCT04840602, recruiting), a study of epcoritamab as consolidative therapy after treatment with a Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor (NCT07882173, not yet recruiting), and a dose escalation and expansion study of MDX2003 in several lymphoma types (NCT07249905, recruiting). Some listed records are broader sample collection or hematologic cancer characterization studies rather than studies specific to this condition.
The packet's publication summary classifies a body of literature in which case reports and case series form the largest category, followed by reviews, and it flags the presence of biomarker publications and recent trial publications.
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