Daniel Park, Alec M Chan-Golston, Yueqi Yan, Farris Al-Manaseer, Mojtaba Akhtari
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Abstract
The advent of Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTKi) therapy with ibrutinib introduced a highly effective targeted therapy in the management of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). However, due to the adverse effect profile some patients cannot tolerate this novel therapy. Newer, more potent and targeted BTK inhibitors such as acalabrutinib have been developed. Acalabrutinib is an irreversible and second generation BTKi that covalently inhibits BTK with greater selectivity than ibrutinib. As novel BTKis are developed, a greater understanding of their efficacy and adverse effect rates can assist clinicians and patients in the shared clinical decision-making process. A search was conducted using the PICOS model and PRISMA guidelines. PubMeb, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases were searched using the keywords: Acalabrutinib, Acalabrutinib Monotherapy, Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, and Relapsed/Refractory (R/R) CLL. After initial literature review 12 studies were chosen for evaluation in this meta-analysis. Meta-analysis and follow up meta-regression models were completed. The results were as follows: ORR 82% (95% CI 74%-90%, I2 = 84.14%, p < 0.01), CR 4% (95% CI 2%-6%, I2 = 0.00%, p = 0.99), mortality rate 12% (95% CI 6%-19%, I2 = 87.23%, p < 0.01), mortality rate due to adverse effect 7% (95% CI 3%-10%, I2 = 67.67%, p = 0.01), mortality due to pneumonia 2% (95% CI 1%-3%, I2 = 0.00%, p = 0.43), mortality due to CLL progression 4% (95% CI 2%-6%, I2 = 61.03%, p = 0.04), neutropenia (≥ grade 3) 18% (95% CI 15%-20%, I2 = 0.00%, p = 0.70), thrombocytopenia (≥ grade 3) 7% (95% CI 4%-11%, I2 = 54%, p = 0.09), anemia (≥ grade 3) 9% (95% CI 6%-12%, I2 = 36.93%, p = 0.18), pneumonia (≥ grade 3) 10% (95% CI 6%-14%, I2 = 66.37%, p = 0.02) and atrial fibrillation 7% (95% CI 3%-11%, I2 = 80.13%, p = 0.00). The results demonstrate that acalabrutinib shows efficacy in the treatment of R/R CLL with tolerable adverse reaction rates.
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The Journal of Chemotherapy is an international multidisciplinary journal committed to the rapid publication of high quality, peer-reviewed, original research on all aspects of antimicrobial and antitumor chemotherapy.
The Journal publishes original experimental and clinical research articles, state-of-the-art reviews, brief communications and letters on all aspects of chemotherapy, providing coverage of the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and control of infection, as well as the use of anticancer and immunomodulating drugs.
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· Anticancer classical and targeted chemotherapeutic agents, biological agents, hormonal drugs, immunomodulatory drugs, cell therapy and gene therapy;
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