Can adding venetoclax let CLL patients pause therapy?

NCT ID NCT06524375

First seen Oct 31, 2025 · Last updated Jun 23, 2026 · Updated 32 times

Summary

This phase 2 trial is testing whether adding venetoclax to standard BTK inhibitor therapy can help people with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) achieve very deep remission. The goal is to see if patients can then safely stop all treatment for a period. The study involves 118 adults who have been on a BTK inhibitor for at least 6 months.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • American Oncology Partners of Maryland, PA

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20817-1915, United States

  • Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center

    Medford, Oregon, 97504-8332, United States

  • Astera Cancer Care East Brunswick

    East Brunswick, New Jersey, 08816-4096, United States

  • Cancer Specialists of North Florida

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32256-6932, United States

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - Hematologic Oncology Treatment Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215-5418, United States

  • Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology, Inc

    Fort Wayne, Indiana, 46804, United States

  • Highlands Oncology Group

    Springdale, Arkansas, 72762, United States

  • MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Medical College of Wisconsin

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States

  • Mission Blood and Cancer - MercyOne Cancer Center

    Des Moines, Iowa, 50314-3030, United States

  • Nebraska Cancer Specialists

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68130-2042, United States

  • Nebraska Cancer Specialists St Francis - Grand Island

    Grand Island, Nebraska, 68803, United States

  • Ohio State University

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

  • Oncology Hematology Care Inc - Cincinnati - USOR

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45236-2725, United States

  • Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers (Aurora) - USOR

    Aurora, Colorado, 80012-5405, United States

  • San Juan Oncology Associates, PC

    Farmington, New Mexico, 87401, United States

  • Tennessee Oncology - Midtown

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States

  • Tennessee Oncology, PLLC - Chattanooga

    Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37404, United States

  • Texas Oncology- Northeast Texas

    Tyler, Texas, 75702, United States

  • Willamette Valley Cancer Institute and Research Center

    Eugene, Oregon, 97401-6043, United States

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

Venetoclax (a targeted drug) added to a BTK inhibitor (ibrutinib, acalabrutinib, or zanubrutinib)

What this could lead to

If successful, this could allow some CLL patients to stop treatment temporarily while keeping the disease under control.

What could go wrong

This is a small, early-phase trial without a comparison group. Adding venetoclax may increase side effects, and not all patients will achieve deep remission.

Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.