Susan M. O'Brien MD

Susan M. O’Brien, MD, discusses the potential role for noncovalent BTK inhibitors in the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma or chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Susan M. O’Brien, MD, discusses the use of pirtobrutinib for patients with hematologic malignancies who developed resistance to BTK inhibition.

Closing out their discussion on novel treatment strategies in CLL, expert hematologist-oncologists address unmet needs and future directions in care.

An in-depth review of novel therapeutic targets making their way into clinical trials for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Following their discussion on novel therapeutic agents in chronic lymphocytic leukemia, panelists consider how these agents might be sequenced for optimal efficacy.

Expert perspectives on the novel use of ant-CD20 therapy as first-line or combination treatment in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Clinical trial updates evaluating the combination of venetoclax with second-generation BTK inhibitors acalabrutinib and zanabrutinib, respectively.

Key updates from clinical trials evaluating the combination of venetoclax and ibrutinib in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Centering focus on the relapsed/refractory setting of CLL, panelists consider the use of fixed-duration venetoclax following updated clinical trial data in this setting.

Expert perspectives on the role of non-covalent BTK inhibitors in managing patients diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

A panel of key opinion leaders elucidates real-world data with BTK inhibitors in CLL and considers the importance of patient-reported outcomes on quality of life.

Comprehensive perspectives on clinical factors that help to inform the selection of appropriate BTK inhibitor therapy for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Shared insight on and reactions to head-to-head comparison trials between novel BTK inhibitors in the setting of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Switching focus to the second-line setting, expert hematologist-oncologists evaluate the continued role of BTK inhibitors in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Centering discussion on second-generation BTK inhibitors, expert panelists review clinical data behind first-line acalabrutinib and zanubrutinib, respectively.

A brief review of first-line BTK inhibition in chronic lymphocytic leukemia following the advent of ibrutinib, along with considerations for minimal residual disease testing in this setting.

Expert hematologist-oncologist Sonali Smith, MD, shares a brief overview of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), highlighting incidence, prognosis, and molecular subsets.

Susan M. O’Brien, MD, associate director for Clinical Services, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Irvine Medical Center, discusses the phase III ASCEND trial in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Susan M. O’Brien, MD, hematologist/oncologist at University of California, Irvine Health, discusses the potential for CAR T-cell therapy for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Susan M. O’Brien, MD, hematologist/oncologist at University of California, Irvine Health, discusses the promise of duvelisib in the treatment landscape of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Susan M. O'Brien, MD, associate director for Clinical Science for the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, medical director of the Sue and Ralph Stern Center for Cancer Clinical Trials and Research, UC Irvine Health, discusses how ibrutinib (Imbruvica) compares with chemoimmunotherapy as a frontline treatment for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Susan M. O'Brien, MD, associate director, Clinical Science Medical Director of the Sue and Ralph Stern Center for Cancer Clinical Trials and Research, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California at Irvine, discusses the use of ibrutinib and idealisib in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

Dr. Susan O'Brien, from the MD Anderson Cancer Center, Discusses the Standard of Care for CLL