This real-world retrospective cohort study using Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) 10% investigated changes in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) treatment by line of therapy, time-to-next-treatment, treatment duration, and overall survival (OS). Overall, 803 patients received their first PBS-reimbursed CLL medication between 1 January 2011 to 31 July 2021 (median age: 70 years; 64.6% male), 289 post-1 August 2020. In 2011, most first-line (1 L) prescribing was fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab (FCR). By 2021, common 1L were chlorambucil ± CD20 (26.1%), Bruton Tyrosine Kinase inhibitor (BTKi) (26.1%), and CD20 monotherapy (23.9%). In 2011, relapsed/refractory (R/R) CLL treatment was CD20 monotherapy or FCR. By 2021, BTKi (57.7%) and venetoclax ± CD20 (26.1%) were most common. Compared to FCR, 1 L treatment duration (Hazard Ratio) was shorter for CD20 monotherapy (1.7) or chlorambucil ± CD20 (2.5). In R/R CLL, median duration was 24 (ibrutinib) and 19 months (venetoclax). Median OS was 127 months. CLLtreatment pattern shave greatly changed in Australia since the introduction of novel therapies.
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December 2024
Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK. Electronic address:
Background: Adoptive transfer of autologous regulatory T cells (Tregs) is a promising therapeutic strategy aimed at enabling immunosuppression minimization following kidney transplantation. In our phase 1 clinical trial of Treg therapy in living donor renal transplantation, the ONE Study (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02129881), we observed focal lymphocytic infiltrates in protocol kidney transplant biopsies that are not regularly seen in biopsies of patients receiving standard immunosuppression.
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December 2024
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Purpose: Venetoclax and Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitors (BTKis) are key treatment options for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in the frontline setting. This study characterized postdiscontinuation treatment patterns and hospitalization of frontline venetoclax and BTKis in a national sample of older adults with CLL.
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Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program
December 2024
Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Frontline therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has substantially advanced in the previous decade. While monotherapy with a Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor is an excellent option for many patients, combination therapies are of high clinical interest as they can induce deep responses and durable remissions, and in many cases allow discontinuation of therapy. There are several doublet therapies that are currently in clinical use.
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October 2024
Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China Department of Hematology, The Affiliate Suqian First People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suqian Branch of Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital, Suqian 223999, China.
To investigate the vaccination status, characteristics and prognosis of patients suffering from a combination of COVID-19 and chronic lymphocytic anemia (CLL) in China. Clinical data of 328 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who were first diagnosed with COVID-19 and treated in the Department of Hematology of Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital between November 2022 and February 2023 were retrospectively analyzed. Univariate and multivariate analysis of data of patients with severe/critical COVID-19 were conducted by applying the binary logistic regression model.
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November 2024
Department of Oncology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Overexpression of the anti-apoptotic protein BCL-2 is a key factor in the pathogenesis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and is associated with poor clinical outcomes. Therapeutic activation of apoptosis in cancer cells using the BCL-2 inhibitor (BCL2i) venetoclax has shown remarkable efficacy in clinical trials, both as monotherapy and combination regimens. However, patients with CLL experience a highly variable clinical course, facing significant challenges in advanced stages due to disease relapse and the emergence of resistant clones.
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