First-Line Venetoclax Combinations in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

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  • Barbara Eichhorst
  • Arnon P. Kater
  • Moritz Fürstenau
  • Julia von Tresckow
  • Can Zhang
  • Sandra Robrecht
  • Michael Gregor
  • Gunnar Juliusson
  • Patrick Thornton
  • Philipp B. Staber
  • Tamar Tadmor
  • Vesa Lindström
  • Caspar Da Cunha-Bang
  • Christof Schneider
  • Thomas Illmer
  • Björn Schöttker
  • Thomas Nösslinger
  • Ann Janssens
  • Ilse Christiansen
  • Michael Baumann
  • Henrik Frederiksen
  • Marjolein Van Der Klift
  • Ulrich Jäger
  • Maria B. L. Leys
  • Mels Hoogendoorn
  • Kourosh Lotfi
  • Holger Hebart
  • Tobias Gaska
  • Harry Koene
  • Lisbeth Enggaard
  • Jereon Goede
  • Josien C. Regelink
  • Anouk Widmer
  • Florian Simon
  • Nisha De Silva
  • Anna-Maria Fink
  • Jasmin Bahlo
  • Kirsten Fischer
  • Clemens-Martin Wendtner
  • Karl A. Kreuzer
  • Matthias Ritgen
  • Monika Brüggemann
  • Eugen Tausch
  • Mark-David Levin
  • Marinus van Oers
  • Christian Geisler
  • Stephan Stilgenbauer
  • Michael Hallek

Background Randomized trials of venetoclax plus anti-CD20 antibodies as first-line treatment in fit patients (i.e., those with a low burden of coexisting conditions) with advanced chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) have been lacking. Methods In a phase 3, open-label trial, we randomly assigned, in a 1:1:1:1 ratio, fit patients with CLL who did not have TP53 aberrations to receive six cycles of chemoimmunotherapy (fludarabine-cyclophosphamide-rituximab or bendamustine-rituximab) or 12 cycles of venetoclax-rituximab, venetoclax-obinutuzumab, or venetoclax-obinutuzumab-ibrutinib. Ibrutinib was discontinued after two consecutive measurements of undetectable minimal residual disease or could be extended. The primary end points were undetectable minimal residual disease (sensitivity, <10-4 [i.e., <1 CLL cell in 10,000 leukocytes]) as assessed by flow cytometry in peripheral blood at month 15 and progression-free survival. Results A total of 926 patients were assigned to one of the four treatment regimens (229 to chemoimmunotherapy, 237 to venetoclax-rituximab, 229 to venetoclax-obinutuzumab, and 231 to venetoclax-obinutuzumab-ibrutinib). At month 15, the percentage of patients with undetectable minimal residual disease was significantly higher in the venetoclax-obinutuzumab group (86.5%; 97.5% confidence interval [CI], 80.6 to 91.1) and the venetoclax-obinutuzumab-ibrutinib group (92.2%; 97.5% CI, 87.3 to 95.7) than in the chemoimmunotherapy group (52.0%; 97.5% CI, 44.4 to 59.5; P<0.001 for both comparisons), but it was not significantly higher in the venetoclax-rituximab group (57.0%; 97.5% CI, 49.5 to 64.2; P=0.32). Three-year progression-free survival was 90.5% in the venetoclax-obinutuzumab-ibrutinib group and 75.5% in the chemoimmunotherapy group (hazard ratio for disease progression or death, 0.32; 97.5% CI, 0.19 to 0.54; P<0.001). Progression-free survival at 3 years was also higher with venetoclax-obinutuzumab (87.7%; hazard ratio for disease progression or death, 0.42; 97.5% CI, 0.26 to 0.68; P<0.001), but not with venetoclax-rituximab (80.8%; hazard ratio, 0.79; 97.5% CI, 0.53 to 1.18; P=0.18). Grade 3 and grade 4 infections were more common with chemoimmunotherapy (18.5%) and venetoclax-obinutuzumab-ibrutinib (21.2%) than with venetoclax-rituximab (10.5%) or venetoclax-obinutuzumab (13.2%). Conclusions Venetoclax-obinutuzumab with or without ibrutinib was superior to chemoimmunotherapy as first-line treatment in fit patients with CLL. (Funded by AbbVie and others; GAIA-CLL13 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02950051; EudraCT number, 2015-004936-36.)

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftNew England Journal of Medicine
Vol/bind388
Udgave nummer19
Sider (fra-til)1739-1754
Antal sider16
ISSN0028-4793
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2023

Bibliografisk note

Funding Information:
Supported by grants from AbbVie, Janssen, and Roche. Venetoclax, ibrutinib, obinutuzumab, and rituximab (only in combination with venetoclax and in combination with chemotherapy only in Switzerland) were provided by AbbVie, Janssen, and Roche.

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