Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Researchers are combining the novel CD20-targeting agent ublituximab (TG-1101) with ibrutinib to determine whether the regimen can improve outcomes in CLL, particularly for patients whose disease has high-risk features.

The FDA has assigned a priority review to venetoclax for use in adults with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, including patients with a 17p deletion, following at least 1 prior therapy.

John C. Byrd, MD, discusses the second-generation BTK inhibitor acalabrutinib, which had a 95% response rate in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Stephan Stilgenbauer, MD, discusses the significance of a clinical trial and the impact venetoclax could have on patients with CLL who harbor a 17p deletion.

Treatment with the combination of the CD20 inhibitor obinutuzumab and the BCL-2 inhibitor venetoclax was tolerable and demonstrated promising signs of efficacy for elderly patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia and comorbidities.

Jeff Sharman, MD, director of Research with Willamette Valley Cancer Institute and Research Center, medical director of Hematology Research for The US Oncology Network, discusses clinical activity of entospletinib in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) who were previously treated with a B-cell receptor pathway signaling inhibitor.

The FDA has approved a rapid infusion formulation of bendamustine under the trade name Bendeka for the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma that has progressed during or within six months of treatment with rituximab or a rituximab-containing regimen.

Thomas J. Kipps, MD, PhD, deputy director of Research, Moores University of California, San Diego Cancer Center, professor of Medicine, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, discusses results of the RESONATE-2 study, which compared ibrutinib versus chlorambucil in elderly patients with treatment-naïve chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL).

Preliminary data from an ongoing clinical trial suggest ibrutinib has an acceptable safety profile when used to prevent disease progression in patients with asymptomatic, early-stage chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Acalabrutinib has demonstrated a 95% response rate and durable remissions with a favorable safety profile in a phase I/II study for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.