New treatment options for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

作者：Delgado Julio; Baumann Tycho; Santacruz Rodrigo; Montserrat Emili^*

来源：Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 2014, 15(6): 823-832.

DOI：10.1517/14656566.2014.891017

• BCL-2
• Bruton's tyrosine kinase
• chronic lymphocytic leukemia
• monoclonal antibodies
• phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase

Introduction: Chemoimmunotherapy is the gold standard of therapy for patients with advanced chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), resulting in high and durable complete response rates. However, all patients eventually relapse and CLL remains incurable. Newer and more rationally developed compounds are needed to improve CLL therapy, particularly in cases of refractory disease.
Areas covered: Following a literature search on PubMed using 'chronic', 'lymphocytic', 'treatment' and 'therapy' as keywords, results obtained with novel agents were critically analyzed. Abstracts presented during 2013 at ASH, EHA, ICML, IWCLL and ASCO meetings were also included in the search.
Expert opinion: New monoclonal antibodies, lenalidomide, B-cell receptor-signal transduction inhibitors and pro-apoptotic molecules have shown efficacy in patients with relapsed or refractory disease. Hopefully, the combined use of these molecules in risk-adapted treatment strategies will improve the outcome of patients with CLL and pave the way for their long-term control.

• 出版日期2014-4