Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Frontline treatment with ibrutinib reduced the risk of progression or death by 84% compared with single-agent chlorambucil for elderly patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma.

Mitchell Smith, MD, discusses advancements in the field of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

A supplemental new drug application has been submitted to the FDA for ofatumumab in combination with fludarabine and cyclophosphamide for the treatment of patients with relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The FDA has approved ibrutinib (Imbruvica) for the frontline treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia based on data from the RESONATE-2 trial.

Thomas Kipps, MD, PhD, provides insight on the potential impact of an FDA approval for venetoclax, the management of tumor lysis syndrome associated with venetoclax, and combination possibilities for the agent.

Victor Y. Yazbeck, MD, discusses the potential for venetoclax and idelalisib, both as single agents and in combination with other agents, and what questions remain regarding both therapies in CLL.

Jeffrey Jones, MD, discusses exciting data with venetoclax, the role it is likely to have in the treatment paradigm of CLL, and what role it may have alongside ibrutinib and idelalisib.

Farrukh Awan, MBBS, assistant professor of internal medicine, Ohio State University, discusses the role for spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) inhibitor for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

The anti-CD19 agent blinatumomab (Blincyto) induced a response rate of 69% in patients with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.

Entospletinib (GS-9973) has shown early promise as a treatment for pretreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma.

Treatment with allogeneic anti–CD19 chimeric antigen receptor–modified T cell therapy induced complete remissions in 30% of patients with advanced progressive B-cell malignancies without causing graft-versus-host disease.

Victor Y. Yazbeck, MD, assistant professor, Hematology-Oncology, Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine, VCU Massey Cancer Center, discusses a phase III study examining idelalisib plus bendamustine rituximab in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Venetoclax has received an FDA breakthrough therapy designation for use in combination with rituximab to treat patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The FDA has approved ofatumumab (Arzerra) for the extended treatment of patients with recurrent or progressive chronic lymphocytic leukemia who are in complete or partial response following at least two lines of therapy.