A 79-Year-Old Man With Relapsed Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Case: A 79-Year-Old Man With Relapsed Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Initial presentation

• A 79-year-old man presented to a new medical oncologist for the first time complaining of vague intermitted abdominal pain, and progressive fatigue
• PMH:
  • Hypertension, medically controlled
  • MI, 8 years ago, on 81 mg aspirin
  • CLL, diagnosed 7 years ago
  • After a period of watchful waiting he began treatment with ibrutinib 420 mg PO qDay; symptoms improved and achieved stable disease, resolution of lymphadenopathy
  • After 5 years of disease control on ibrutinib he complained of increasing fatigue and decreased appetite, on physical exam there was return of palpable lymphadenopathy; spleen was palpable ~4 cm below costal margin
  • He was started on rituximab
  • Currently after 6 months on rituximab monotherapy he presents to the clinic
• PE: palpable bilateral cervical and right-sided inguinal lymphadenopathy
  
  

Clinical workup

• Labs: WBC 55,000, lymphocyte 82%, ANC 3100/mm3, Hb 9.4 g/dL, plt 90 x 109/L, LDH 220 U/L, Beta-2-microglobulin 3.9 mg/L; creatinine clearance 31 mL/min
• FC CD 5+, CD19+, CD20+ monoclonal B-cell population
• FISH: CLL probe set tested, deletion 17p
• IgHV mutational status: unmutated
• Rai stage IV; ECOG PS 1
• Treatment of idelalisib 150 mg PO BID was added to rituximab