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Cladribine + Rituximab in HCL : UPDATE. Farhad Ravandi, MD Professor of Medicine University of Texas – M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. HCL - Questions. Can we design a regimen with higher efficacy than single agent nucleoside analogs? (with no increased toxicity)
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Cladribine+ Rituximab in HCL : UPDATE Farhad Ravandi, MD Professor of Medicine University of Texas – M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
HCL - Questions • Can we design a regimen with higher efficacy than single agent nucleoside analogs? (with no increased toxicity) • Can we predict those who relapse? • Can we design a better regimen for variant HCL?
Cladribine followed by Rituximab BM C C C C C BM R R R R R R R R BM Days: 1 2 3 4 5 28 Weeks: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 C - Cladribine R - Rituximab
Enrollment and Response * 1 Patient died in CR from other malignancies ** 2 Patients died in CR from other malignancies
Response to first, second, third line therapy P 0.001 Else M, Cancer, 2005
DFS after successive courses of NA P=0.00005 Else M, Cancer, 2005
Ongoing Trials at MDACC NCT00412594 -Cladribinefollowed by rituximab in frontline HCLNCT01829711 -MoxetumomabPasudotox in relapsed HCLNCT01841723 -Ibrutinib in relapsed HCLNCT02034110 -Debrafenib+Trametinib in relapsed HCL
Thank you fravandi@mdanderson.org 713-745-0394