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ABSTRACT: Importance
The Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor ibrutinib is effective in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Reasons for discontinuing therapy with this drug and outcomes following discontinuation have not been evaluated outside of clinical trials with relatively short follow-up.Objective
To determine features associated with discontinuation of ibrutinib therapy and outcomes.Design, setting, and participants
A total of 308 patients participating in 4 sequential trials of ibrutinib at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center were included. These clinical trials accrued patients included in this analysis from May 2010 until April 2014, and data were locked in June 2014.Main outcomes and measures
Patients were evaluated for tim
SUBMITTER: Maddocks KJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4520535 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature