Is there a venetoclax combination that reigns supreme in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)? Is venetoclax-based therapy the way to go in treating frontline CLL?
In this episode of The HemOnc Pulse, Nitin Jain, MD, Associate Professor in the Department of Leukemia at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, shares his thoughts on these questions with host Chadi Nabhan, MD, MBA, FACP.
Dr. Jain highlights results from a phase III study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study, which included nearly 1,000 fit patients with CLL, compared chemoimmunotherapy with three venetoclax-based combinations, including venetoclax plus rituximab, venetoclax plus obinutuzumab, and venetoclax plus obinutuzumab and ibrutinib.
Dr. Jain said these results show why of one the treatments studied “remains a standard of care for young patients.”
Beyond venetoclax, Dr. Jain discusses second-generation Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitors, limited-duration therapy with novel agents in the frontline setting, and more.
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