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ASH 2020: Dr. Jennifer Brown on combination duvelisib + venetoclax for patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
ASH 2020: Dr. Meghan Thompson Interview – Venetoclax Retreatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Patients after a Previous Venetoclax-Based Regimen
This clinical trial introduces the concept of “synthetic lethality,” where multiple targeted agents are used at low dosages to block different pathways, and achieve the ability to kill cancer cells without the associated toxicities of using three drugs together at their usual dosages.
1. Can I take this at any time of the day? Studies with ibrutinib have been done giving it together with food and on an empty stomach. The absorption of the drug is slightly higher with food but is also good on an empty stomach. Identifying a single time during the day to take it is probably the most important thing to do. This will assure you take it at a set time every 24 hours which assures the best chance of it working.
Foreword This article may be tough going for those without a deeper interest and knowledge about CLL cellular biology, but I hope by plowing through it, perhaps more than once, and watching the short educational videos, it will reward the
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