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JULY 20, 2017

Anti-CD20 Therapy Boosts Efficacy of Ibrutinib in CLL

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Chicago—When added to the Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor ibrutinib in patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), the experimental anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody ublituximab produces a large improvement in antitumor activity, according to Phase III results in patients who had in most cases received another anti-CD20 agent in prior lines of therapy.

The primary end point of this study was the objective response rate (ORR), which climbed from 45% in