Jacob D Soumerai, Anthony R Mato, Ahmet Dogan, Venkatraman E Seshan, Erel Joffe, Kelsey Flaherty, Jason Carter, Ephraim Hochberg, Jeffrey A Barnes, Audrey M Hamilton, Jeremy S Abramson, Connie L Batlevi, Matthew J Matasar, Ariela Noy, Colette N Owens, M Lia Palomba, Anita Kumar, Tak Takvorian, Ai Ni, Morgan Choma, Chaya Friedman, Puja Chadha, Elizabeth Simkins, Jade Ruiters, Sidney Sechio, Daneal Portman, Lauren Ramos, Natascha Nolet, Neena Mahajan, Rosalba Martignetti, Joanna Mi, Krista Scorsune, Julia Lynch, Brianne McGree, Stephanie Hughes, Clare Grieve, Lindsey E Roeker, Meghan Thompson, P Connor Johnson, Mikhail Roshal, Jane Huang, Juliana Biondo, Qun Wu, Allison Jacob, Omar Abdel-Wahab, Andrew D Zelenetz
BACKGROUND: We hypothesised that combining zanubrutinib with obinutuzumab and venetoclax (BOVen) as an initial therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma would lead to high rates of undetectable minimal residual disease (MRD), and we explored MRD as a biomarker for directing treatment duration. METHODS: This multicenter, investigator-initiated, single-arm, phase 2 trial took place at two two academic medical centres in the USA. Patients were eligible for the primary cohort if they had treatment-naive chronic lymphocytic leukaemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma, required therapy, and were at least 18 years of age with an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status up to 2...
December 2021: Lancet Haematology