Table 2.

Characteristics of patients at the start of treatment with targeted drug

IbrutinibIdelalisibVenetoclax
Total no. of patients 572 143 100 
Median age, y (range) 70 (30-89) 73 (43-88) 70 (44-84) 
No. of males 358 (63) 93 (65) 68 (68) 
Median lymphocyte count ×109/L (range) 35.9 (0.3-489) [n = 534] 31.5 (0.35-308) [n = 132] 29.3 (0.8-444) [n = 93] 
Median hemoglobin, g/dL (range) 11.7 (5.5-17.4) [n = 563] 11.2 (6.9-16.1) [n = 141] 11.8 (6.2-16.2) [n = 99] 
Median platelet count ×109/L (range) 125 (7-349) [n = 547] 110 (1-316) [n = 138] 126 (14-422) [n = 95] 
Binet stage    
 A 36 (6) 8 (6) 11 (11) 
 B 257 (46) 53 (37) 41 (42) 
 C 271 (48) [n = 564] 80 (57) [n = 141] 45 (47) [n = 97] 
Elevated lactate dehydrogenase 278 (50) [n = 559] 90 (64) [n = 140] 50 (50) [n = 99] 
Median β2-microglobulin, mg/L (range) 4.1 (1-16.9) [n = 388] 4.4 (1.7-30) [n = 81] 3.7 (1-13.7) [n = 63] 
Unmutated IGHV 342 (72)[n = 478] 78 (69) [n = ]113 60 (71) [n = 85] 
FISH abnormalities*    
 del(13q) 84 (16) 20 (15) 21 (23) 
 Negative 118 (22) 23 (17) 16 (18) 
 Trisomy 12 51 (9) 14 (10) 9 (10) 
 del(11q) 77 (14) 25 (18) 14 (16) 
 del(17p) 207 (39) [n = 537] 55 (40) [n = 137] 31 (33) [n = 91] 
Mutated TP53 160 (33) [n = 484] 35 (30) [n = 116] 38 (43) [n = 89] 
Severe hypogammaglobulinemia (IgG <300 mg/dL) 40 (10) [n = 407] 10 (10) [n = 100] 10 (13) [n = 79] 
No. of treatment-naïve patients 159 (28) 13 (9) 12 (12) 
Median no. of previous therapies (range) 1 (0-10) 2 (0-9) 2 (0-8) 
IbrutinibIdelalisibVenetoclax
Total no. of patients 572 143 100 
Median age, y (range) 70 (30-89) 73 (43-88) 70 (44-84) 
No. of males 358 (63) 93 (65) 68 (68) 
Median lymphocyte count ×109/L (range) 35.9 (0.3-489) [n = 534] 31.5 (0.35-308) [n = 132] 29.3 (0.8-444) [n = 93] 
Median hemoglobin, g/dL (range) 11.7 (5.5-17.4) [n = 563] 11.2 (6.9-16.1) [n = 141] 11.8 (6.2-16.2) [n = 99] 
Median platelet count ×109/L (range) 125 (7-349) [n = 547] 110 (1-316) [n = 138] 126 (14-422) [n = 95] 
Binet stage    
 A 36 (6) 8 (6) 11 (11) 
 B 257 (46) 53 (37) 41 (42) 
 C 271 (48) [n = 564] 80 (57) [n = 141] 45 (47) [n = 97] 
Elevated lactate dehydrogenase 278 (50) [n = 559] 90 (64) [n = 140] 50 (50) [n = 99] 
Median β2-microglobulin, mg/L (range) 4.1 (1-16.9) [n = 388] 4.4 (1.7-30) [n = 81] 3.7 (1-13.7) [n = 63] 
Unmutated IGHV 342 (72)[n = 478] 78 (69) [n = ]113 60 (71) [n = 85] 
FISH abnormalities*    
 del(13q) 84 (16) 20 (15) 21 (23) 
 Negative 118 (22) 23 (17) 16 (18) 
 Trisomy 12 51 (9) 14 (10) 9 (10) 
 del(11q) 77 (14) 25 (18) 14 (16) 
 del(17p) 207 (39) [n = 537] 55 (40) [n = 137] 31 (33) [n = 91] 
Mutated TP53 160 (33) [n = 484] 35 (30) [n = 116] 38 (43) [n = 89] 
Severe hypogammaglobulinemia (IgG <300 mg/dL) 40 (10) [n = 407] 10 (10) [n = 100] 10 (13) [n = 79] 
No. of treatment-naïve patients 159 (28) 13 (9) 12 (12) 
Median no. of previous therapies (range) 1 (0-10) 2 (0-9) 2 (0-8) 

Data are presented as n (%), unless otherwise specified. When data was not available for all patients, the actual number of observations for the specific variable is presented in brackets.

IgG, immunoglobulin G; IGHV, immunoglobulin heavy chain variable (region).

*

Grouped according to Dohner’s hierarchical classification.39 

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