Key Presentations from the 2025 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting — Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia — Video Lecture

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TARGET AUDIENCE
This activity is intended for medical oncologists, hematology-oncology fellows and other healthcare providers involved in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Individualize the selection of systemic therapy for patients with newly diagnosed chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), considering new research findings, clinical presentation, biomarker profile, coexisting medical conditions and preferences for time-limited or continuous treatment.
• Appraise available Phase III data documenting the comparative efficacy and tolerability of first- and second-generation Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors, and consider the implications of these findings in clinical decision-making for patients with newly diagnosed CLL.
• Appreciate the safety and efficacy of combined BTK and Bcl-2 inhibition, and review recently presented data with this strategy in CLL.
• Analyze how age, performance status, prior therapeutic exposure and other biological and disease-related factors affect the selection and sequencing of therapy for patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) CLL.
• Discuss available clinical research demonstrating the efficacy and safety of noncovalent BTK inhibitors for CLL, and use this information to effectively incorporate these agents into the care of patients with R/R disease.
• Evaluate the efficacy and safety of CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for CLL, and identify patients appropriate for treatment with this novel strategy.
• Recall available and emerging data with novel agents and combination strategies currently under investigation in CLL, and appropriately refer eligible patients for clinical trial participation.

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FACULTY — The following faculty reported relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities:

Professor Constantine Tam, MBBS, MD
Head of Lymphoma Service
Alfred Health
Professor of Haematology
Monash University
Melbourne, Australia

No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

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Release date: March 2026
Expiration date: March 2027

After completing the post-test, learners may download and review the answers here in order to identify further areas of study.

Ahn I et al. Updated efficacy and safety results of the Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) degrader BGB-16673 in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) from the ongoing phase 1 CaDAnCe-101 study. ASH 2025;Abstract 85.

Al-Sawaf O et al. Fixed-duration versus continuous targeted treatment for previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia: Results from the randomized CLL17 trial. ASH 2025;Abstract 1.

Guieze R et al. Time-limited acalabrutinib monotherapy in frail patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia: Primary endpoint analysis of the randomized STAIR trial. ASH 2025;Abstract 684.

Hoffman M et al. MRD-guided therapy of sonrotoclax (BGB-11417) + obinutuzumab (O) in patients with treatment-naive CLL: Initial results from an ongoing phase 1/1b study, BGB-11417-101. ASH 2025;Abstract 793.

Huang J et al. Superior real-world outcomes of lisocabtagene maraleucel in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. ASH 2025;Abstract 798.

Jurczak W et al. Pirtobrutinib vs bendamustine plus rituximab (BendaR) in patients with CLL/SLL: First results from a randomized phase III study examining a non-covalent BTK inhibitor in untreated patients. ASH 2025;Abstract LBA-3.

Seymour J et al. A post hoc safety analysis of fixed-duration acalabrutinib-venetoclax combinations vs chemoimmunotherapy: Results from the phase 3 AMPLIFY trial. ASH 2025;Abstract 2118.

Shadman M et al. Zanubrutinib + venetoclax for treatment-naïve chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL), including patients with del(17p) and/or TP53 mutation and unmutated immunoglobulin heavy-chain variable status: 3-year results from SEQUOIA arm D. ASH 2025;Abstract 5669.

Swaminathan M et al. Addition of obinutuzumab after one year of combined acalabrutinib and venetoclax is safer and effective than early obinutuzumab in a randomized phase II trial for treatment naïve CLL. ASH 2025;Abstract 681.

Tam C et al. Frontline treatment of sonrotoclax (BGB-11417) + zanubrutinib for chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) demonstrates high undetectable minimal residual disease (uMRD) rates with favorable tolerability: Updated data from BGB-11417-101, an ongoing phase 1/1b study. ASH 2025;Abstract 3891.

Tam C et al. Long-term results of patients receiving zanubrutinib in the phase 3 ALPINE study confirm sustained benefit of zanubrutinib in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma (R/R CLL/SLL): Up to 6 years of follow-up with the long-term extension (LTE1). ASH 2025;Abstract 2123.

Tam C et al. Sustained efficacy of zanubrutinib (zanu) vs bendamustine + rituximab (BR) in treatment (tx)-naive chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (TN SLL/CLL) and continued favorable survival in nonrandomized patients with del(17p): 6-year follow-up in the phase 3 SEQUOIA study. ASH 2025;Abstract 2129.

Woyach J et al. Pirtobrutinib vs ibrutinib in treatment-naïve and relapsed/refractory CLL/SLL: Results from the first randomized phase III study comparing a non-covalent and covalent BTK inhibitor. ASH 2025;Abstract 683.