Refractory and relapsed hairy-cell leukemia (HCL) : casting light on promising experimental drugs in clinical trials

INTRODUCTION: Hairy cell leukemia (HCL) is a rare subtype of indolent lymphoid leukemia originating from a mature B lymphocyte. The standard first-line treatment for classic HCL, and HCL variant (HCLv), consists of purine nucleoside analogs (PNA), with or without rituximab. However, almost half of patients relapse and require subsequent therapy.

AREAS COVERED: This article summarizes recent achievements in the treatment of relapsed and refractory HCL. A literature search was conducted of the PubMed and MEDLINE database for articles in English. Publications from 2010 through January 2023 were scrutinized. The search terms used were hairy cell leukemia in conjunction with BRAF inhibitors, Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors, CD20 monoclonal antibodies, relapsed, refractory and variant.The growing understanding of HCL biology has allowed the design of several new, chemotherapy-free targeted drugs which have demonstrated encouraging efficacy in early clinical trials.

EXPERT OPINION: Novel drugs will soon be available to assist standard therapy for HCL and HCLv among patients with suboptimal results following PNA treatment. In particular, the BRAF inhibitors vemurafenib and dabrafenib, with or without rituximab, have revolutionized treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory disease.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32

Enthalten in:

Expert opinion on investigational drugs - 32(2023), 4 vom: 28. Apr., Seite 311-324

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Robak, Tadeusz [VerfasserIn]
Robak, Paweł [VerfasserIn]

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Volltext

Themen:

4F4X42SYQ6
Antineoplastic Agents
BRAF
Dabrafenib
EC 2.7.11.1
Hairy cell leukemia
Ibrutinib
Journal Article
Moxetumomab pasudotox
Novel drugs
Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf
Rituximab
Trametinib
Variant
Vemurafenib

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.04.2023

Date Revised 14.04.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/13543784.2023.2193323

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM354373005