Table 2.
Ref | Drugs | Study features | Number of patients | Schedule | CR (%) | ORR (%) | OS (months) | PFS (months) | Grade 3/4 adverse events |
(102) | Pembrolizumab | Phase II unicentric clinical trial | 25, including: - Relapsed CLL: 16 - RS: 9 |
200 mg/ 3 weeks | 11 | 44 | 10.7 | 5.4 | Thrombocytopenia (20%) Anemia (20%) Neutropenia (20%) dyspnea (8%) Hypoxia (8%) |
(128) | Pembrolizumab or Nivolumab | Single center experience | 10 RS: Nivolumab: 7 Pembrolizumab: 3 | Doses according to their US label | 10 | UD | 4.2 | 1.2 | UD |
(129) | Nivolumab and Ibrutinib | Phase II clinical trial | 13, including: - Relapsed/ refractory CLL: 5 - CLL treated with ibrutinib for ≥ 9 months with persistent disease: 3 - RS: 5 | Nivolumab 3mg/kg/15 weeks (cycle 1) Nivolumab 3mg/kg/15 weeks + Ibrutinib 420mg/day (cycle 2) | 60 | UD | UD | UD | / |
(103) | Nivolumab and Ibrutinib | Phase 1/2a open-label multicentric clinical trial | 141, including: - CLL/SLL: 36 - de novo DLBCL: 45 - FL: 40 - RS: 20 | Nivolumab 3mg/kg / 15weeks + Ibrutinib 420 or 560 mg/day. | 10 | 65 | 10.3 | 5 | Neutropenia (25%), Anemia (35%), Thrombocytopenia (10%) Pneumoniae (10%) Rash (10%) Dyspnea (10%) hypotension (15%) |
CLL, chronic lymphocytic leukemia; CR, complete response; DLBCL, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; FL, follicular lymphoma; ORR, overall response rate; OS, overall survival; PFS, progression-free survival; SLL, small lymphocytic lymphoma; RS, Richter syndrome; UD, undetermined.