AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a global biopharmaceutical company, announced that a Phase 2 trial of its investigational medicine
venetoclax met its primary endpoint of achieving overall response ratesin patients with relapsed/refractory or previously untreated chroniclymphocytic leukemia (CLL) with 17p deletion, according to anindependent review analysis. The open-label study evaluated the efficacy and safety of venetoclax, an inhibitor of the B-cell lymphoma-2 (BCL-2)
protein that is being developed in partnership with Genentech and Roche.
venetoclax met its primary endpoint of achieving overall response ratesin patients with relapsed/refractory or previously untreated chroniclymphocytic leukemia (CLL) with 17p deletion, according to anindependent review analysis. The open-label study evaluated the efficacy and safety of venetoclax, an inhibitor of the B-cell lymphoma-2 (BCL-2)
protein that is being developed in partnership with Genentech and Roche.
Data from this study will be presented at an upcoming medical conference and will serve as the pivotal registration data forapplications to the FDA, EMA and other health authorities. The safety profile was similar to previous studies and no unexpected safety signals were reported for venetoclax.
