Ibrutinib Improves Outcomes in CLL/SLL

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This video examines a phase III trial of ibrutinib in combination with bendamustine and rituximab in patients with previously treated chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma.

In this video, Asher A. Chanan-Khan, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, discusses a phase III trial of ibrutinib in combination with bendamustine and rituximab in patients with previously treated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL).

The trial’s results (abstract LBA7005) were presented at the 2015 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting held May 29–June 2 in Chicago.

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