Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Updated results from the phase 1/2 BRUIN study show a high objective response rate and promising progression-free survival outcomes with pirtobrutinib following prior covalent Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibition in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

According to extended follow-up of the phase 3 ALPINE trial, treatment with zanubrutinib continued to demonstrate improved progression-free survival in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma.

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, Herbert A. Eradat, MD, reviewed data supporting the use of zanubrutinib and acalabrutinib in treatment of relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The FDA has granted accelerated approval to pirtobrutinib for the treatment of patients with previously treated chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma.

In the phase 3 MURANO trial, there was a continued survival benefit in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia treated with fixed-duration venetoclax plus rituximab.

Among patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who progressed after treatment, pirtobrutinib demonstrated a clearance of BTK C481 clones and the development of non-C481 clones.

The rate of undetectable minimal residual disease at 10-4 in bone marrow was 77%, including a 71% rate among 14 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia refractory to prior Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors treated with venetoclax, umbralisib, and ublituximab.

Findings from the EPCORE CLL-1 trial were presented by Arnon Kater, MD, PhD, during the 2023 International Workshop on CLL, held October 6 to 9, 2023, in Boston, Massachusetts.

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, Andrew Lipsky, MD, discussed recent data related to treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, including the ALPINE trial of zanubrutinib.

A recent study found that CXC chemokine ligand 13 and galectin-9 could be prognostic biomarkers of progression-free survival and treatment response in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The application for lisocabtagene maraleucel in relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma has been accepted by the FDA, following positive results from the TRANSCEND CLL 004 study.

In the second article of a 2-part series, William G. Wierda, MD, PhD, looks at the efficacy and safety outcomes with the second generation BTK inhibitor zanubrutinib for patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Skye Montoya discussed noncovalent Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitors and mechanisms of resistance in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

In the first article of a 2-part series, William G. Wierda, MD, PhD, discusses the role Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors play in the relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia setting.

Progression-free survival and overall survival data were maintained with fixed-duration venetoclax plus rituximab among patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Findings of the phase 1b/2 EPCORE CLL-1 trial were presented during the International Workshop on CLL.

Findings from the phase 1/2 BRUIN trial of show a distinct genetic evolution in patients with B-cell malignancies. However, the baseline BTK mutations did not impede pirtobrutinib’s effectiveness.

Justin Taylor, MD, discusses the treatment landscape for chronic lymphocytic leukemia and background on his early research assessing NX-2127 for this patient population.

In the phase 3 GLOW study, ibrutinib plus venetoclax significantly improved progression-free survival and other outcomes in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, across most genomic subgroups.

Skye Montoya, discusses research that she was a part of on mechanisms of resistance to noncovalent Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitors in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Results from the BRUIN study focusing on patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma showed benefit in patients were pretreated with Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

Venetoclax has given new hope and better options to a notoriously hard-to-treat patient group.

Modern fixed-duration therapy has been based on the results shown by 2 approaches: the combination of venetoclax and an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody and the dual combination of venetoclax and ibrutinib.

Combination therapies utilizing ofatumumab could improve outcomes for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, according to an analysis published in the Annals of Hematology.

Cyrus M. Khan, MD, discusses the issues with PI3K inhibitor trials in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and the potential role of these drugs.