Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia | Meet The Professor: Optimizing the Management of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia — Part 1 of a 3-Part Series

Featuring perspectives from Dr Matthew S Davids, including the following topics: Introduction: Is Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) the New Chronic Myeloid Leukemia? Cases We Didn’t Hear About Last Week (0:00) Case: A man in his early 70s with IGHV-unmutated CLL (trisomy 12, del[17p]) receives ibrutinib for several years and is switched to acalabrutinib to lower the risk of cardiotoxicity — Warren S Brenner, MD (16:39) Case: A man in his mid 70s with relapsed atypical del(17p) CLL who previously received ibrutinib receives venetoclax/obinutuzumab — Bhavana (Tina) Bhatnagar, DO (22:10) Case: A woman in her early 80s with IGHV-mutated CLL begins treatment with zanubrutinib and 6 months later develops altered mental status due to cryptococcal meningitis — Erik Rupard, MD (33:00) Case: A woman in her early 80s with relapsed CLL (del[17p]/TP53 mutation) develops Stevens-Johnson syndrome while receiving ibrutinib — Spencer H Bachow, MD (38:21) Case: A man in his mid 90s with del(13q) CLL under observation for 12 years begins treatment with zanubrutinib and develops significant bruising/ecchymosis — Dr Rupard (41:14) Case: A woman in her late 70s with relapsed del(13q) CLL receives acalabrutinib and develops hyperleukocytosis — Dr Bhatnagar (45:44) Case: A woman in her mid 80s with rising white blood cell counts and asymptomatic recurrence of CLL (trisomy 12) receives rituximab with subsequent addition of venetoclax — Dr Brenner (50:20) Transformed CLL; CAR T-Cell Therapy (53:38) Journal Club with Dr Davids (54:26) CME information and select publications