ASH Clinical News June 2017 NEW #2 | Page 26

Literature Scan Deep Response With Venetoclax Plus Rituximab in Relapsed/Refractory CLL Combining the selective BCL2 inhibitor venetoclax with rituximab may increase the depth and durability of response in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), according to a report from the phase Ib M13-365 study published in the Lancet Oncology. John F. Seymour, MBBS, from the Department of Hematology at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Australia, and co-authors found that patients who received the combination treatment had a response rate of