Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Bendamustine debulking followed by ofatumumab and ibrutinib demonstrated an overall response rate of 92% in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, meeting the primary end point of the phase II CLL2-BIO trial, and was well-tolerated with no new safety signals. Results from the study were published in Haematologica.

Alexey V. Danilov, MD, PhD, discusses important studies in the chronic lymphocytic leukemia space and questions whether combination or sequential therapy is better for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Alexey V. Danilov, MD, PhD, discussed the ELEVATE-TN trial and other potentially practice-changing BTK inhibitor combinations expected to emerge in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

The use of agents targeting Bruton tyrosine kinase have moved into the standard of care for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma in recent years. New data have indicated that more effective therapy by way of combination regimens and newly approved agents may further improve the prognosis of this disease.

Jeff P. Sharman, MD, discusses what differentiates acalabrutinib from other BTK inhibitors available in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Next-generation sequencing in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia treated with the combination of chlorambucil and ofatumumab showed that the presence of TP53, SF3B1, and NOTCH1 mutations were predictive of reduced efficacy, according to the results of the phase III COMPLEMENT1 trial published in Haematologica.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Paul M. Barr, MD, discussed the rationale and preliminary findings for the phase I/II study evaluating umbralisib and ublituximab plus venetoclax in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia. He also explained how the role of combination therapy continues to evolve in this space.