Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia | Topics

Experts discuss efficacy data from the ELEVATE-RR trial on the Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors acalabrutinib vs ibrutinib.

Dr Bishop comments on the characteristics of the patients with CLL who were enrolled in the ELEVATE-RR trial.

Patients with untreated, IGHV-mutated and -unmutated chronic lymphocytic leukemia experienced better overall survival and progression-free survival with ibrutinib and rituximab compared with fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab.

Dr Bishop reviews the ELEVATE-RR trial enrollment strategy.

Michael R. Bishop, MD, introduces the 2021 Journal of Clinical Oncology publication, “Acalabrutinib Versus Ibrutinib in Previously Treated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Results of the First Randomized Phase III Trial” and invites Bruce B. Bank, MD, to comment on the typical patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) he sees in his clinical practice.

Patients with treatment-naïve chronic lymphocytic leukemia with the presence of deletion 17p who received treatment with ibrutinib in the first line were more likely to have poor survival and to discontinue treatment due to progression vs those without.

TG Therapeutics made the decision to voluntarily pull the biologics license application and supplemental new drug application for ublituximab/umbralisib in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic leukemia.

In an interview with CancerNetwork®, Paul Barr, MD, discusses 8-year follow-up data from the phase 3 RESONATE-2 trial, assessing first-line ibrutinib in patients 65 years of age or older with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Ibrutinib plus venetoclax given at a fixed duration yielded favorable progression-free survival in patients with previously untreated, high-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma.

Longer and more durable remissions were identified with the addition of CART-19 to ibrutinib for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.