Dexamethasone, rituximab & cyclophosphamide
DRC is a combination of three drugs: dexamethasone, rituximab and cyclophosphamide. Dexamethasone is a steroid that can help reduce some of the side effects of chemotherapy, rituximab is a monoclonal antibody and cyclophosphamide is a type of chemotherapy drug.
You usually receive dexamethasone and rituximab intravenously on day 1 of each cycle. Cyclophosphamide is taken as a tablet, and you’ll normally take two tablets for the first five days of your cycle.
In total, you’ll usually have 6 cycles of DRC, each cycle lasting 21 days.
