Long-term efficacy and safety of first-line ibrutinib treatment for patients with CLL/SLL: 5 years of follow-up from the phase 3 RESONATE-2 study

JA Burger, PM Barr, T Robak, C Owen, P Ghia… - Leukemia, 2020 - nature.com
RESONATE-2 is a phase 3 study of first-line ibrutinib versus chlorambucil in chronic
lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL). Patients aged≥ 65 years …

ASCEND: phase III, randomized trial of acalabrutinib versus idelalisib plus rituximab or bendamustine plus rituximab in relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic …

P Ghia, A Pluta, M Wach, D Lysak, T Kozak… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Acalabrutinib, a highly selective, potent, Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor, was
evaluated in this global, multicenter, randomized, open-label, phase III study in patients with …

[HTML][HTML] Ibrutinib–rituximab or chemoimmunotherapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

TD Shanafelt, XV Wang, NE Kay… - … England Journal of …, 2019 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Data regarding the efficacy of treatment with ibrutinib–rituximab, as compared
with standard chemoimmunotherapy with fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab, in …

Inhibitors targeting Bruton's tyrosine kinase in cancers: drug development advances

T Wen, J Wang, Y Shi, H Qian, P Liu - Leukemia, 2021 - nature.com
Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor is a promising novel agent that has potential
efficiency in B-cell malignancies. It took approximately 20 years from target discovery to new …

[HTML][HTML] Ibrutinib regimens versus chemoimmunotherapy in older patients with untreated CLL

JA Woyach, AS Ruppert, NA Heerema… - … England Journal of …, 2018 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Ibrutinib has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the
treatment of patients with untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) since 2016 but has …

Venetoclax and obinutuzumab in patients with CLL and coexisting conditions

K Fischer, O Al-Sawaf, J Bahlo, AM Fink… - … England Journal of …, 2019 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The BCL2 inhibitor venetoclax has shown activity in patients with chronic
lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), but its efficacy in combination with other agents in patients with …

Comparative analysis of BTK inhibitors and mechanisms underlying adverse effects

HY Estupiñán, A Berglöf, R Zain… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The cytoplasmic protein-tyrosine kinase BTK plays an essential role for differentiation and
survival of B-lineage cells and, hence, represents a suitable drug target. The number of BTK …

Phase 1 study of the selective BTK inhibitor zanubrutinib in B-cell malignancies and safety and efficacy evaluation in CLL

CS Tam, J Trotman, S Opat, JA Burger… - Blood, The Journal …, 2019 - ashpublications.org
Zanubrutinib is a potent and highly selective inhibitor of Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK). In this
first-in-human, open-label, multicenter, phase 1 study, patients in part 1 (3+ 3 dose …

Ibrutinib and venetoclax for first-line treatment of CLL

N Jain, M Keating, P Thompson… - … England Journal of …, 2019 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Ibrutinib, an inhibitor of Bruton's tyrosine kinase, and venetoclax, an inhibitor of
B-cell lymphoma 2 protein, have been approved for patients with chronic lymphocytic …

Role of Bruton's tyrosine kinase in B cells and malignancies

S Pal Singh, F Dammeijer, RW Hendriks - Molecular cancer, 2018 - Springer
Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) is a non-receptor kinase that plays a crucial role in oncogenic
signaling that is critical for proliferation and survival of leukemic cells in many B cell …