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Symposium | Customizing first-line BTK inhibitors for CLL: Unmet needs with BTK inhibitors
During the Lymphoma Hub virtual symposium on October 23, 2024, entitled Customizing first-line Bruton‘s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), Gilles Salles, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, US, delivered a presentation on the unmet needs with BTK inhibitors in CLL.
Salles provided an overview of the regulatory status of BTK inhibitors for the first-line treatment of CLL in the US and Europe, touching on the regulatory status of BTK inhibitors as monotherapy and in combination with other therapies, including rituximab, obinutuzumab, bendamustine, and obinutuzumab (Figure 1). Salles also discussed the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) clinical guidelines for the first-line treatment of CLL (Figure 2).
Figure 1. An overview of the regulatory status of BTK inhibitors for first-line CLL*
BTK, Bruton’s tyrosine kinase; CLL, chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
*Data from Ibrutinib FDA prescribing information1, Ibrutinib EMA prescribing information2, Acalabrutinib FDA prescribing information3, Acalabrutinib EMA prescribing information4, Zanubrutinib FDA prescribing information5, Zanubrutinib EMA prescribing information6, Pirtobrutinib FDA prescribing information7, ClinicalTrials.gov.8,9
†Approved for adult patients with CLL who have received at least two prior lines of therapy, including a BTK inhibitor and a BCL-2 inhibitor.
Figure 1. Key guidelines for first-line treatment of CLL*
CIT, chemoimmunotherapy; CLL, chronic lymphocytic leukemia; del, deletion; ESMO, European Society for Medical Oncology; FCR, fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, rituximab; IGHV, immunoglobulin heavy chain variable; NCCN, National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
*Data from National Comprehensive Cancer Network10 and Eichhorst et al.11
†Ibrutinib + venetoclax changed from category 2B to category 2A in the October update.
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