Julia von Tresckow, Paula Cramer, Jasmin Bahlo, Sandra Robrecht, Petra Langerbeins, Anna-Maria Fink, Othman Al-Sawaf, Thomas Illmer, Holger Klaproth, Sven Estenfelder, Matthias Ritgen, Kirsten Fischer, Clemens-Martin Wendtner, Karl-Anton Kreuzer, Stephan Stilgenbauer, Sebastian Böttcher, Barbara F Eichhorst, Michael Hallek
Obinutuzumab (GA101) and ibrutinib show excellent efficacy for treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Preclinical investigations and a complementary safety profile were in support of testing their combined use. The exploratory CLL2-BIG-trial evaluated a sequential combination therapy following a recently proposed strategy. Two courses of bendamustine were used for debulking in patients with a high tumor load, followed by six courses of induction therapy with ibrutinib and GA101, followed by an MRD-triggered maintenance phase...
December 19, 2018: Leukemia