Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Matthew S. Davids, MD, discusses the long-term follow-up of a phase 1/1b trial for patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia or mantle cell lymphoma receiving ibrutinib and umbralisib.

In the phase 3 DUO clinical trial, treatment with duvelisib improved health-related quality of life in patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia compared with ofatumumab.

"We are excited about cirmtuzumab’s potential for the treatment of patients with ROR1-expressing cancers, including mantle cell lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, HER2-negative breast cancer, and other solid tumors, and look forward to further advancing its development to benefit patients with significant unmet medical needs."

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Anthony Mato, MD, discussed the findings of venetoclax interruptions or discontinuations observed in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia who received the combination of venetoclax plus rituximab in the phase 3 MURANO study.

All patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia should be evaluated for both complex karyotypes and del17p prior to initiating treatment, and all patients with complex karyotypes should be considered candidates for alternative combination therapy.

During a debate made available as part of the 2020 National Comprehensive Cancer Network Virtual Annual Conference, Deborah Stephens, DO, and Mazyar Shadman, MD, MPH, discussed the most optimal frontline therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Hun Ju Lee, MD, discusses the clinical activity of cirmtuzumab, an anti-ROR1 antibody, in combination with ibrutinib in a phase 1b/2 study of patients with mantle cell lymphoma or chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Jeff P. Sharman, MD, discussed the findings for the combination of ublituximab plus ibrutinib as treatment of patients with high-risk relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Compelling objective responses and safety results were demonstrated with the combination of cirmtuzumab and ibrutinib in cohorts of patients with mantle cell lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, who were treated in the phase 1b/2 clinical trial.

Long-term data from a phase Ib/II trial of the BTK inhibitor acalabrutinib were recently published. Acalabrutinib appears to evoke durable responses with good safety and efficacy.

Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia face uncertain futures, as clinicians can have a difficult time predicting whether and when a patient will need treatment. New research suggests tumor mutational load could be a helpful prognostic tool.

Jennifer R. Brown, MD, PhD, and Alan Skarbnik, MD, describe the rationale for treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia with BTK inhibition, and explore current trends in data that impact treatment selection.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Lori A. Leslie, MD, discussed the importance of analyzing treatment outcomes in real-world patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia compared with only reviewing data from clinical trials that do not represent all patients seen in the community setting.

Jennifer Woyach, MD, discusses the adverse events that differentiate the toxicity profiles of the treatments that are available in the frontline setting for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.