Regulatory approval

Published by the Food and Drug Administration. Approved

TRISENOX is an arsenical indicated for induction of remission and consolidation in patients with APL who are refractory to, or have relapsed from, retinoid and anthracycline chemotherapy, and whose APL is characterized by the presence of the t(15;17) translocation or PML/RAR-alpha gene expression.

This is written in the approval document.

Citation

Cephalon, Inc. Trisenox (arsenic trioxide) [package insert]. U.S. Food and Drug Administration website. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2020/021248s019lbl.pdf. Revised October 2020. Accessed October 30, 2024.

Therapeutic response

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

Organizations	Biomarkers	Cancer types	Therapies
FDA (2)	PML::RARA	Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia with PML::RARA	Arsenic trioxide
FDA (2)	t(15;17)	Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia with PML::RARA	Arsenic trioxide

Contributions

Date	Contributor	Description
2025-06-26	Van Allen lab	Resolving statements mapped to incorrect propositions
2024-10-30	Van Allen lab	Initial access of FDA approvals
2000-09-25	Food and Drug Administration	Indication received traditional approval.