Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Paolo Ghia, MD, PhD, discusses the efficacy and safety of acalabrutinib in the phase 3 ASCEND trial in relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Matthew S. Davids, MD, MMSc, discusses the rationale for examining ibrutinib in combination with umbralisib in relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia or mantle cell lymphoma.

Othman Al-Sawaf, MD, discusses benefits of a fixed duration treatment versus continuous treatment in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Data in Richter’s transformation, Hodgkin lymphoma, Waldenström macroglobulinemia, and indolent lymphoma were presented at the 2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program, and although not entirely practice changing, are deserving of attention.

Acalabrutinib continued to show favorable efficacy with a tolerable safety profile in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Patients with relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia and B-cell lymphoma who received the anti-CD19 CAR T-cell therapy FMC63-28Z experienced highly durable rates of remission, according to long-term data from a phase 1/2 study.

Jennifer Woyach, MD, discusses the safety profiles of BTK inhibitors in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The triplet regimen of ibrutinib, venetoclax, and obinutuzumab demonstrated encouraging response rates with an acceptable safety profile in treatment-naïve patients with high-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Othman Al-Sawaf, MD, discusses updated data from the phase 3 CLL14 trial in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Ian W. Flinn, MD, PhD, discusses the role of BTK inhibitors in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Hun Ju Lee, MD, discusses the mechanism of action of the investigational ROR1 inhibitor cirmtuzumab in combination in mantle cell lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Hun Ju Lee, MD, an associate professor of medicine in the Department of Lymphoma & Myeloma and the Jessica and Jeffrey Brue Endowed Professor of Lymphoma Research at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the mechanism of action of the investigational ROR1 inhibitor cirmtuzumab in combination in mantle cell lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Jeff P. Sharman, MD, discusses the results of the phase 3 GENUINE trial in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

China's National Medical Products Administration has approved zanubrutinib (Brukinsa) for the treatment of adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma who have received at least 1 prior therapy, as well as for the treatment of adult patients with mantle cell lymphoma who have received at least 1 prior therapy.

Bruce G. Raphael, MD, discusses the utility of venetoclax and obinutuzumab in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Michael Choi, MD, a medical staff physician and associate clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center, discusses emerging treatments in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

Paul M. Barr, MD, Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester, discusses novel combination strategies in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

Paul M. Barr, MD, discusses the findings from a phase 1/2 trial and the evolution toward triplet therapies in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

John M. Pagel, MD, PhD, chief of the Hematologic Malignancies Program, and director, Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Program, at Swedish Cancer Institute, discusses ongoing research with BTK inhibitors in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

A doublet combining umbralisib and ublituximab improved progression-free survival in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Farrukh Awan, MD, discusses remaining questions regarding the use of BTK inhibitors and CD20-directed monoclonal antibodies in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The FDA has approved an expanded indication of ibrutinib for use in combination with rituximab for the frontline treatment of adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma.

Anthony R. Mato, MD, MSCE, discusses the different research efforts that are being made with immunotherapy in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Farrukh Awan, MD, discusses the rationale for combining BTK inhibitors with CD20-directed monoclonal antibodies in CLL, sequencing challenges, and remaining questions in the chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Jennifer Woyach, MD, discusses the utility of time-limited therapies in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.