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Table 1 Result of combination therapy strategy in hematologic malignancies

From: Combination strategies to overcome resistance to the BCL2 inhibitor venetoclax in hematologic malignancies

Combination therapy strategy

Disease state(s)

Efficacy

Reference or Clinicaltrials.gov identifier

Phase

Venetoclax + low-dose cytarabine

Previously untreated AML

ORR: 54%

Median OS: 10.1 months

Median DOR: 8.1 months

Wei et al.

NCT02287233

[17]

Ib/2

Venetoclax + HAMs (decitabine or azacitidine)

Treatment-naïve AML

ORR: 68% (99/145)

Median OS: 17.5 months

Median DOR: 11.3 months

MRD negative: 29% (28/97)

DiNardo et al.

NCT02203773

[16]

Ib

Venetoclax + ibrutinib

Previously untreated high-risk and elderly CLL

ORR: 88% (29/33)

Estimated 1-year PFS: 98%

Estimated 1-year OS: 99%

BM MRD negative: 61% (20/33)

Jain et al.

NCT02756897

[72]

II

Venetoclax + rituximab

RR CLL

ORR: 86% (42/49)

Estimated 2-year PFS: 82%

Estimated 2-year OS: 89%

BM MRD negative: 80% (20/25)

Seymour et al.

NCT01682616

[74]

I

Venetoclax + rituximab vs bendamustine + rituximab

RR CLL

ORR: 93.3% vs 67.7%

CR/CRi: 26.8% vs 8.2%

2-year PFS: 84.9% vs 36.3%

2-year OS: 91.9% vs 86.8%

BM MRD negative: 27.3% vs 1.5%

Seymour et al.

NCT02005471

[75]

III

Venetoclax + obinutuzumab

Previously untreated and RR CLL

RR and 1L patients

ORR: 95% (41/43) and 100% (32/32)

Estimated 24-month PFS: 85.4% and 90.6%

Median DOR: 40.9 months and NR (not reached)

BM MRD negative: 64% (26/42) and 78% (25/32)

Flinn et al.

NCT01685892

[79]

Ib

Venetoclax + ibrutinib + obinutuzumab

RR CLL

ORR: 92% (11/12)

Estimated 24-month PFS: 92%

BM and PB MRD negative: 50% (6/12)

Rogers et al.

NCT02427451

[76]

Ib

Venetoclax + R-CHOP/G-CHOP

RR NHL (DLBCL, FL)

ORR of all patients: 87.5%

CR/CRi of R-CHOP and G-CHOP: 79.2% and 78.1%

1-year PFS of R-CHOP and G-CHOP: 70% and 100%

Zelenetz et al.

NCT02055820

[93]

Ib

Venetoclax + bendamustine + rituximab

RR NHL (DLBCL, FL, and MZL)

ORR of all patients: 65%

Median DOR of all patients: 38.3 months

Median PFS of all patients: 10.7 months

Median OS of all patients: not reached

De Vos et al.

NCT01594229

[91]

Ib

Venetoclax + ibrutinib

RR or previously untreated MCL

ORR: 71% (17/24)

12-month estimated PFS: 75%

12-month estimated OS: 79%

BM MRD negative: 67% (16/24)

Tam et al.

NCT02471391

[102]

II

Venetoclax + bortezomib + dexamethasone

RR MM

ORR: 67% (44/66)

Median DOR: 9.7 months

Median TTP: 9.5 months

Moreau et al.

NCT01794507

[110]

Ib

  1. AML acute myeloid leukemia, BM bone marrow, CLL chronic lymphocytic leukemia, CR complete remission, CRi complete remission with incomplete count recovery, DLBCL diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, DOR duration of remission, FL follicular lymphoma, HMA hypomethylating agent, NHL non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, MCL mantle cell lymphoma, MM multiple myeloma, MRD minimal residual lesion, ORR objective remission rate, OS overall survival, PFS progression-free survival, RR relapsed/refractory, TTP time to progression