New Approval for Drug Treating Large B-Cell Lymphoma.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved lisocabtagene maraleucel (Breyanzi) to treat large B-cell lymphoma in adults who relapsed or were refractory after first-line treatment.Lisocabtagene maraleucel continues to be prescribed under the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy due to the risk of fatal or potentially fatal cytokine release syndrome and neurologic toxicities.Nurses need to closely monitor patients for these and for other serious adverse effects for at least seven days after infusion of the drug.