Ofatumumab regimens in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a meta-analysis

Ofatumumab’s therapeutic impact on patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has been the subject of increasing clinical research. However, in recent years, no studies have yet provided a pooled assessment of the treatment effect of ofatumumab vs. non-ofatumumab regimens. Therefore, we conducted a progression meta-analysis to evaluate the efficacy of ofatumumab-based treatment in CLL patients using data from clinical studies. Relevant publications from PubMed, Web of Science and ClinicalTrials.gov were searched. The efficacy outcomes were progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). The articles reviewed in the mentioned databases and matching the specified keywords were searched until January 2023. The pooled efficacy analysis showed that there was a significant difference in PFS [hazard ratios (HR) = 0.62, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.52–0.74] and no significant difference in OS (HR = 0.86, 95% CI = 0.71–1.03) between ofatumumab-based therapy and non-ofatumumab therapy. Our analysis showed the pooled efficacy for PFS was statistically significantly improved with ofatumumab-based treatments for CLL compared with other groups. Also, ofatumumab had no statistically significant improvement in the OS of patients with CLL. Thus, ofatumumab-based therapies for CLL patients could be improved by other combinational-based regimens.