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Randomized Trial in Unfit, Elderly Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Patients with Comorbidities of Dose-Reduced Oral Fludarabine and Cyclophosphamide Plus Obinutuzumab (FC plus G) Versus Chlorambucil Plus Obinutuzumab (Cbl plus G) As Front-Line Therapy
Stephen P Mulligan, Jane A Freeman, Xavier Badoux, Richard Eek, Gavin Cull, Naomi J Mackinlay, Nicholas E Murphy, Duncan P Carradice, Ann C Solterbeck, Oliver Giles Best, Constantine S Tam, Bryone J Kuss
BLOOD | AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY | Published : 2018
Abstract
Abstract BACKGROUND The prior Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group (ALLG) CLL5 Study showed dose-reduced oral fludarabine and cyclophosphamide plus rituximab (FCR3) was safe, tolerable and effective in fit elderly patients for front-line therapy for CLL. The German CLL11 Study showed chlorambucil plus obinutuzumab (Cbl+G) was superior to chlorambucil alone or with rituximab in unfit patients requiring initial therapy. We conducted a randomized study to assess the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of dose-reduced FC + obinutuzumab (G) (FC+G) versus Cbl+G in unfit (i.e. with comorbidity), elderly patients with CLL. METHODS Patie..
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