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Patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) aged 70 years or younger who received ibrutinib/rituximab therapy experienced significantly greater progression-free survival, compared with those who received standard chemotherapy with fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab (89.4% vs. 72.9% at 3 years; hazard ratio, 0.35; 95% confidence interval, 0.22-0.56; P less than .001), according to results from a randomized, phase 3 trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine (2019;381:432-43).

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We first reported on the results of this trial when they were presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology. Find our coverage at the link below.

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Patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) aged 70 years or younger who received ibrutinib/rituximab therapy experienced significantly greater progression-free survival, compared with those who received standard chemotherapy with fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab (89.4% vs. 72.9% at 3 years; hazard ratio, 0.35; 95% confidence interval, 0.22-0.56; P less than .001), according to results from a randomized, phase 3 trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine (2019;381:432-43).

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We first reported on the results of this trial when they were presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology. Find our coverage at the link below.

Patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) aged 70 years or younger who received ibrutinib/rituximab therapy experienced significantly greater progression-free survival, compared with those who received standard chemotherapy with fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab (89.4% vs. 72.9% at 3 years; hazard ratio, 0.35; 95% confidence interval, 0.22-0.56; P less than .001), according to results from a randomized, phase 3 trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine (2019;381:432-43).

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We first reported on the results of this trial when they were presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology. Find our coverage at the link below.

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FROM THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

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