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Current Treatment Options in CLL.

ABSTRACT: After impressive developments in recent years with the rise of new targeted agents, chemoimmunotherapy (CIT) only plays a minor role in the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Inhibitors of the Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK), such as ibrutinib or more recently acalabrutinib, are highly effective, even in poor-risk or chemo-refractory patients. Venetoclax, an inhibitor of the anti-apoptotic BCL2 protein and, to a lesser extent, phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI3K) delta inhibitors, add to the armamentarium of targeted agents for the treatment of CLL. Furthermore, anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies are used very successfully either alone or in combination with BTK, BCL2 or PI3K inhibitors. Despite these advances, there is still an ongoing pursuit for new therapeutic approaches in the treatment of CLL. An even bigger challenge poses the determination of the optimal combination and sequence of those drugs. Here, we give an overview of current treatment options in CLL, weighing the advantages and disadvantages of each approach in the light of different clinical settings.

SUBMITTER: Bewarder M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8158749 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Current Treatment Options in CLL.

Bewarder Moritz M Stilgenbauer Stephan S Thurner Lorenz L Kaddu-Mulindwa Dominic D

Cancers 20210519 10

After impressive developments in recent years with the rise of new targeted agents, chemoimmunotherapy (CIT) only plays a minor role in the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Inhibitors of the Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK), such as ibrutinib or more recently acalabrutinib, are highly effective, even in poor-risk or chemo-refractory patients. Venetoclax, an inhibitor of the anti-apoptotic BCL2 protein and, to a lesser extent, phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI3K) delta inhib ...[more]

PMID: 34069354

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