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August 25, 2022

Some see CLL/SLL as a solved problem. But unfortunately, we know better. This abstract from the European Hematology Association (EHA) Annual Congress in 2022 reinforced one of our greatest unsolved problems: what happens following treatment with a covalent BTK and BCL2 inhibitor.
At the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in 2022, Dr. Bill Wierda of MDACC presented the follow-up three-year data of the fixed duration (FD) ibrutinib (I) + venetoclax (V) for first-line (1L) treatment (treatment) of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL).
At the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in 2022, we received the four-year follow-up data update on the ASCEND trial. This trial compared acalabrutinib (acala) to the treating doctor’s choice of rituximab plus idelalisib (IdR) or bendamustine (BR) in relapsed/refractory (R/R) chronic lymphocytic leukemia.