| Inclusion Criteria: | 1) · Must understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent form.
2) · Must be 18 years of age or older at the time of signing the informed consent form.
3) · Must be able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements.
4) · Must have a documented diagnosis of B-cell CLL (NCI-WG criteria) that has relapsed after or is refractory to at least one prior regimen. The prior treatment regimen(s) must have included: - An alkylating agent (e.g., chlorambucil or cyclophosphamide) and; - Fludarabine (subjects must have developed disease progression (NCI -WG criteria) either during fludarabine-containing treatment or within 12 months of completing their most recent fludarabine-containing regimen [as measured from the completion of the last treatment cycle].
5) · Must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 2 or less.
6) · Females of childbearing potential (FCBP)TP†PT must have a negative medically supervised pregnancy test prior to starting of study therapy. She must agree to ongoing pregnancy testing during the course of the study, and after end of study therapy. This applies even if the subject practices complete and continued sexual abstinence.
7) Continuation: FCBP must either commit to continued abstinence from heterosexual intercourse (which must be reviewed on a monthly basis) or agree to use, and be able to comply with, effective contraception without interruption, 28 days prior to starting study drug, during the study therapy (including dose interruptions), and for 28 days after discontinuation of study therapy.
8) Male subjects must agree to use a condom during sexual contact with a FCBP, even if they have had a vasectomy, throughout study drug therapy, during any dose interruption and after cessation of study therapy. Males must agree to not donate semen or sperm during study therapy and for a period after end of study drug therapy.
9) All subjects must have an understanding that the study drug could have a potential teratogenic risk, agree to abstain from donating blood while taking study drug therapy and following discontinuation of study drug therapy, and agree not to share study medication with another person. All subjects must be counseled about pregnancy precautions and risks of fetal exposure. |