Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Treatment with fixed-duration venetoclax plus rituximab continued to show superior survival benefit vs bendamustine and rituximab in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia, according to 7-year follow up data from the phase 3 MURANO trial.

Acalabrutinib is safe in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who are at least 80 years of age and/or frail.

Acalabrutinib and zanubrutinib demonstrated similar investigator-assessed progression-free survival in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The combination of venetoclax and obinutuzumab with or without ibrutinib generated higher rates of undetectable minimal residual disease (MRD) and progression-free survival vs chemoimmunotherapy in fit patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Yiming Wu, PhD, discusses the rationale for studying splicing defects in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia without spliceosome mutations, shared key findings from this study, and emphasized how these findings support further research with METTL3 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and other hematologic malignancies with RNA splicing dysregulation.

China’s National Medical Products Administration has approved 2 supplemental new drug applications of zanubrutinib for use in treatment-naïve adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma and Waldenström macroglobulinemia.

Yiming Wu, PhD, discusses a study identifying METTL3-mediated N6-methyladenosine modification as a key translational regulator of splicing factors, and how this mechanism contributes to the progression of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Canada Health has approved the fixed-duration, all-oral combination of ibrutinib and venetoclax for the frontline treatment of adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, including those with 17p deletion.

Closing out their discussion on novel treatment strategies in CLL, expert hematologist-oncologists address unmet needs and future directions in care.

An in-depth review of novel therapeutic targets making their way into clinical trials for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Anthony Mato, MD, MSCE, discusses recent data on the emerging class of noncovalent BTK inhibitors in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and their potential advantage over currently approved covalent BTK inhibitors.

Following their discussion on novel therapeutic agents in chronic lymphocytic leukemia, panelists consider how these agents might be sequenced for optimal efficacy.

Expert perspectives on the novel use of ant-CD20 therapy as first-line or combination treatment in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, including those with difficult-to-treat disease classes such as double refractory, are quickly gaining more effective treatment options.

The European Commission has approved the tablet formulation of acalabrutinib for the treatment of adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Key opinion leaders provide their perspective on the optimal management of high-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia with novel therapeutic agents.

Clinical trial updates evaluating the combination of venetoclax with second-generation BTK inhibitors acalabrutinib and zanabrutinib, respectively.

Key updates from clinical trials evaluating the combination of venetoclax and ibrutinib in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Centering focus on the relapsed/refractory setting of CLL, panelists consider the use of fixed-duration venetoclax following updated clinical trial data in this setting.

Expert perspectives on the role of non-covalent BTK inhibitors in managing patients diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

A panel of key opinion leaders elucidates real-world data with BTK inhibitors in CLL and considers the importance of patient-reported outcomes on quality of life.

Lamanna discussed key efficacy and safety data with zanubrutinib from the SEQUOIA and ALPINE trials, the advantages of zanubrutinib compared with previous therapeutic options, and how the approval of the agent will affect the use of next-generation BTK inhibitors in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma .

Ryan Jacobs, MD, highlighted the updated safety and efficacy results from the minimal residual disease cohort of the CAPTIVATE trial, discussed unanswered questions regarding minimal residual disease as a predictive vs prognostic tool in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and outlined areas that are ripe for further exploration.

Comprehensive perspectives on clinical factors that help to inform the selection of appropriate BTK inhibitor therapy for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Shared insight on and reactions to head-to-head comparison trials between novel BTK inhibitors in the setting of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.