Talk:Immune System - Abnormalities
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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia
ICD-11 Mature B-cell neoplasms
2A82.0 Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma
An indolent, mature B-cell neoplasm composed of small, round B-lymphocytes. When the bone marrow and peripheral blood are involved, the term chronic lymphocytic leukemia is used. The term small lymphocytic lymphoma is restricted to cases which do not show leukemic involvement of the bone marrow and peripheral blood.
Recent Papers/Reviews
Managing Patients With TP53-Deficient Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Edelmann J & Gribben JG. (2017). Managing Patients With TP53-Deficient Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. J Oncol Pract , 13, 371-377. PMID: 28605616 DOI.
Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) having a chromosomal loss on the short arm of chromosome 17 including the TP53 gene locus (17p deletion) and/or having mutations in TP53 have a short overall survival and, until recently, limited treatment options. The recent introduction of two novel substance classes, B-cell receptor inhibitors and BH3 mimetics, into CLL treatment has provided enormous clinical progress in this previously difficult-to-treat patient subgroup characterized by high risk for treatment failure with standard chemoimmunotherapy and rapid disease progression. Compounds now approved for the treatment of TP53-deficient CLL are the two B-cell receptor inhibitors ibrutinib and idelalisib and the BH3 mimetic venetoclax. All three compounds were approved on the basis of favorable response rates that, importantly, revealed no differences between TP53-competent and TP53-deficient CLL cases. Using these compounds, longer-lasting remissions in patients with TP53-deficient CLL could be demonstrated for the first time. Whether TP53 alterations will maintain their significance as adverse prognostic factors in treatment strategies involving novel compounds needs to be assessed. This review provides an overview of current treatment options for 17p-deleted/ TP53-mutated CLL, including those compounds that are already approved by the US Food and Drug Administration or are under advanced clinical investigation. Available clinical trial data are discussed, as is the use of novel targeted treatment options in the context of transplant strategies, and an algorithm for off-study treatment of 17p-deficient CLL is suggested.
- B-cell receptor inhibitors - ibrutinib and idelalisib
- BH3 mimetic - venetoclax
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) treatment: So many choices, such great options
Bond DA & Woyach JA. (2019). Targeting BTK in CLL: Beyond Ibrutinib. Curr Hematol Malig Rep , , . PMID: 31028669 DOI.
Within a period of just over a decade, managing chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has become more effective and yet more challenging than ever before. The important improvement in the treatment of CLL can be ascribed to the availability of many new options, mainly with the development of novel targeted therapies, such as ibrutinib, idelalisib, duvelisib and venetoclax. There are now newer tests that reliably define high-risk patients, and treatment plans can be tailored accordingly. Overall, this indeed is a new era in the treatment of patients with CLL. However, despite this progress, CLL remains an incurable disease and continues to remain challenging. In this brief review, the authors highlight the many great choices available to clinicians who manage patients with CLL and focus on the sequencing of these choices based on the available data.
Relevance of TP53 for CLL diagnostics
Catherwood MA, Gonzalez D, Donaldson D, Clifford R, Mills K & Thornton P. (2019). Relevance of TP53 for CLL diagnostics. J. Clin. Pathol. , 72, 343-346. PMID: 30712002 DOI.
TP53 disruption in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is a well-established prognostic marker and informs on the appropriate course of treatment for patients. TP53 status is commonly assessed by fluorescence in situ hybridisation for del(17 p) and Sanger sequencing for TP53 mutations. At present, current screening methods for TP53 mutations fail to detect diagnostically relevant mutations potentially leading to inappropriate treatment decisions. In addition, low levels of mutations that are proving to be clinically relevant may not be discovered with current less sensitive techniques. This review describes the structure, function and regulation of the TP53 protein, the mutations found in cancer and CLL, the relevance of TP53 disruption in CLL and the current screening methods for TP53 mutations including next-generation sequencing.
References
Reviews
Sharma S & Rai KR. (2019). Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) treatment: So many choices, such great options. Cancer , 125, 1432-1440. PMID: 30807655 DOI.
Bond DA & Woyach JA. (2019). Targeting BTK in CLL: Beyond Ibrutinib. Curr Hematol Malig Rep , , . PMID: 31028669 DOI.
Articles
Edelmann J & Gribben JG. (2017). Managing Patients With TP53-Deficient Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. J Oncol Pract , 13, 371-377. PMID: 28605616 DOI.
