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What is some of the most promising research being done to treat hairy cell leukemia?

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• May 24, 2024

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Healthtree contact Seema Bhat, MD

Seema Bhat, MD

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What is some of the most promising research being done to treat hairy cell leukemia? Yes, these are exciting times like every other cancer. Things are moving towards targeted agents. We talked about the BRAF inhibitors. When we're using it for patients with hairy cell leukemia, but it's not FDA approved. So we are trying to see other BRAF inhibitors. We're trying to test them and see if they work as well or even better than Memorafilip so we can get FDA approval. We talked about RootNib. There are other drugs like BCL2 inhibitors, which are also used in CLL. There are some reports of cases of BCL2 inhibitor, Venetoclax being effective in hairy cell leukemia. So those are being tested in patients with hairy cell leukemia.

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