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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: early-phase trial registry

65 of 189 indexed Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #57 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

189 US clinical trials · 65 currently recruiting · #57 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: 189 US clinical trials tracked, 65 recruiting.

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia is the subject of 189 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 65 of them currently open to new participants. 27 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 141 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, running 15 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition chronic-lymphocytic-leukemia

OPEN 65 | RECR 34% | LATE 27 | EARLY 141 | RANK #57 | SPON 15

Nearest open-share peer: Stage IIIB Lung Cancer AJCC v8 (34% recruiting · 32 trials)

Advanced Solid Tumor70%Endometrial Cancer57.4%Myelodysplastic Syndromes37.8%Chronic Lymphocytic Leuk (th…34%Smoking Cessation30.2%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia lists 65 open slots (34% of 189 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    65 of 189 indexed trials (34.4%) are open to enrollment, against a 37.1% average across 139 conditions with 100+ trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia trials is spread across many organizations.

    M.D. Anderson Cancer Center accounts for 15 of 189 trials (7.9%). 94 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 58 among the 188 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 123 of those (65.4%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia research is mostly interventional.

    177 interventional and 12 observational studies make up this index (93.7% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 167Phase 274Phase 325Phase 42

Open and recent trials

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RECRUITING Phase 2 40 participants

Phase II Study of Combined Pirtobrutinib, Venetoclax and Obinutuzumab (PVO) Time-limited Treatment for Patients With Recurrent Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (CLL/SLL).

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT06967610

RECRUITING Phase 1 40 participants

Mosunetuzumab for CLL MRD Clearance

Inhye Ahn

NCT07052695

RECRUITING Phase 2 34 participants

LP-168 and Obinutuzumab for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (CLL/SLL) and Variants of This

Zulfa Omer

NCT06978088

RECRUITING Phase 2 33 participants

Venetoclax and Obinutuzumab Followed by Epcoritamab for the Treatment of Untreated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma, LonGEVity Trial

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT07218510

RECRUITING Phase 2 32 participants

Nemtabrutinib and Pembrolizumab for the Treatment of Richter Transformation, Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma Subtype

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

NCT06863402

RECRUITING Phase 1 32 participants

Gene Therapy for CD19-Positive Hematologic Malignancies (SENTRY-CD19)

Vironexis Biotherapeutics

NCT06533579

RECRUITING Phase 2 30 participants

Local Manufacture of CAR T-Cell Products for the Treatment of B-Cell Lymphoma and B-Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

John Lister

NCT05281809

RECRUITING Phase 2 30 participants

Pirtobrutinib (LOXO-305) and Venetoclax for the Treatment of Patients With CLL or SLL Resistant to Covalent BTKi

Kerry Rogers

NCT06466122

RECRUITING Phase 1 27 participants

Metabolically Fit CD19 CAR T-cell Therapy With CD34 Selection in Patients With CD19+ Relapsed/Refractory NHL, CLL/SLL

Medical University of South Carolina

NCT05702853

RECRUITING Phase 1 27 participants

Tafasitamab, Acalabrutinib, and Obinutuzumab for the Treatment of Previously Untreated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma

OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

NCT05943496

RECRUITING Phase 2 27 participants

Acalabrutinib, Venetoclax and Durvalumab for the Treatment of Richter Transformation From Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia or Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma

Mayo Clinic

NCT05388006

RECRUITING Phase 2 22 participants

Study of Epcoritamab as a Consolidation Therapy in CLL/SLL

Zulfa Omer

NCT07108998

RECRUITING Phase 2 20 participants

Sonrotoclax, Rituximab, and Zanubrutinib in Treating Participants With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma, and Mantle Cell Lymphoma

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

NCT06839053

RECRUITING Phase 2 20 participants

Polatuzumab Vedotin in Combination With Chemotherapy in Subjects With Richter's Transformation

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

NCT04679012

RECRUITING 16 participants

In Vivo Metabolic Profiling of CLL (Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia)

University of Wisconsin, Madison

NCT04785989

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 1,836 participants

Clinical, Laboratory and Epidemiologic Characterization of Individuals and Families at High Risk of Hematologic Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT00039676

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 984 participants

Study of Acalabrutinib (ACP-196) in Combination With Venetoclax (ABT-199), With and Without Obinutuzumab (GA101) Versus Chemoimmunotherapy for Previously Untreated CLL

Acerta Pharma

NCT03836261

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 720 participants

Assessing the Ability of Combination Treatment With Venetoclax to Permit Time Limited Therapy in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT03701282

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 600 participants

A Trial of Pirtobrutinib (LOXO-305) Plus Venetoclax and Rituximab (PVR) Versus Venetoclax and Rituximab (VR) in Previously Treated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (CLL/SLL)

Loxo Oncology

NCT04965493

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 590 participants

A Study Comparing Zanubrutinib With Bendamustine Plus Rituximab in Participants With Previously Untreated CLL or SLL

BeiGene

NCT03336333

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 565 participants

Cholecalciferol in Improving Survival in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Cancer With Vitamin D Insufficiency

Mayo Clinic

NCT01787409

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 535 participants

Acalabrutinib, Obinutuzumab and Chlorambucil in Treatment naïve CLL

Acerta Pharma

NCT02475681

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 533 participants

Study of Acalabrutinib (ACP-196) Versus Ibrutinib in Previously Treated Participants With High Risk Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)

Acerta Pharma

NCT02477696

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 529 participants

Ibrutinib and Rituximab Compared With Fludarabine Phosphate, Cyclophosphamide, and Rituximab in Treating Patients With Untreated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia or Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT02048813

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 465 participants

Testing the Addition of a New Anti-cancer Drug, Venetoclax, to the Usual Treatment (Ibrutinib and Obinutuzumab) in Untreated, Older Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT03737981

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 337 participants

Energy Balance Interventions in Increasing Physical Activity in Breast Cancer Gene Positive Patients, Lynch Syndrome-Positive Patients, CLL Survivors or High-Risk Family Members

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT02194387

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 313 participants

HLA-Mismatched Unrelated Donor Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation With Reduced Dose Post Transplantation Cyclophosphamide GvHD Prophylaxis

Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research

NCT06001385

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 310 participants

A Study of Acalabrutinib vs Investigator's Choice of Idelalisib Plus Rituximab or Bendamustine Plus Rituximab in R/R CLL

Acerta Pharma

NCT02970318

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 309 participants

A Study of Pirtobrutinib (LOXO-305) Versus Bendamustine Plus Rituximab (BR) in Untreated Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (SLL)

Loxo Oncology

NCT05023980

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 306 participants

ACP-196 (Acalabrutinib), a Novel Bruton Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) Inhibitor, for Treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Richter's Syndrome or Prolymphocytic Leukemia

Acerta Pharma

NCT02029443

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 300 participants

A Study of Nemtabrutinib vs Chemoimmunotherapy for Participants With Previously Untreated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (CLL/SLL) Without TP53 Aberrations (MK-1026-008, BELLWAVE-008)

Merck Sharp & Dohme

NCT05624554

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 300 participants

HLA-Mismatched Unrelated Donor Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation With Post-Transplantation Cyclophosphamide

Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research

NCT04904588

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 238 participants

Study of LOXO-305 (Pirtobrutinib) Versus Investigator's Choice (Idelalisib Plus Rituximab or Bendamustine Plus Rituximab) in Patients With Previously Treated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (SLL)

Loxo Oncology

NCT04666038

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 234 participants

Venetoclax and Ibrutinib in Treating Patients With Chronic or Small Lymphocytic Leukemia

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT02756897

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 223 participants

A Study of Zilovertamab Vedotin (MK-2140) as Monotherapy and in Combination in Participants With Aggressive and Indolent B-cell Malignancies (MK-2140-006)

Merck Sharp & Dohme

NCT05458297

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 217 participants

Phase I/II Study of Rapcabtagene Autoleucel in CLL, 3L+ DLBCL, r/r ALL and 1L HR LBCL

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

NCT03960840

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 190 participants

A Study of Nemtabrutinib (MK-1026) in Participants With Relapsed or Refractory Hematologic Malignancies (ARQ 531-101/MK-1026-001)

ArQule, Inc., a subsidiary of Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. (Rahway, NJ USA)

NCT03162536

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 165 participants

An Extension Study of Venetoclax for Subjects Who Have Completed a Prior Venetoclax Clinical Trial

AbbVie

NCT03844048

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 150 participants

Biomarker for Infection Risk in CLL and MM

Massachusetts General Hospital

NCT05844033

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 150 participants

NKX019, Intravenous Allogeneic Chimeric Antigen Receptor Natural Killer Cells (CAR NK), in Adults With B-cell Cancers

Nkarta

NCT05020678

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 120 participants

Study of Iopofosine I-131 (CLR 131) in Select B-Cell Malignancies (CLOVER-1) With Expansion in Waldenstrom

Cellectar Biosciences

NCT02952508

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 118 participants

A Study to Evaluate the Effect of Venetoclax on Participants Receiving a Covalent Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (cBTKi) for First-line Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (1L CLL) to Achieve Deep Durable Remissions to Allow Off-treatment Period

Genentech

NCT06524375

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 102 participants

Multi-antigen CMV-MVA Triplex Vaccine in Reducing CMV Complications in Patients Previously Infected With CMV and Undergoing Donor Hematopoietic Cell Transplant

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT02506933

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 94 participants

A Study to Investigate Sonrotoclax Combined With Zanubrutinib Versus Zanubrutinib Alone in Participants With Previously Untreated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

BeOne Medicines

NCT06637501

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 87 participants

Bcl-2 Inhibitor GDC-0199 in Combination With Obinutuzumab and Ibrutinib in Treating Patients With Relapsed, Refractory, or Previously Untreated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Kerry Rogers

NCT02427451

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 85 participants

A Phase II Study of Ibrutinib Plus FCR in Previously Untreated, Younger Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

NCT02251548

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 81 participants

Ibrutinib, Fludarabine Phosphate, Cyclophosphamide, and Obinutuzumab in Treating Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT02629809

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 72 participants

Pirtobrutinib and Venetoclax With MRD Detection for Previously Untreated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Mayo Clinic

NCT05677919

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 72 participants

huCART19-IL18 in CD19+ Cancers

University of Pennsylvania

NCT04684563

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 60 participants

A Study of ACP-196 (Acalabrutinib) in Subjects With Relapsed/Refractory CLL and Intolerant of Ibrutinib Therapy

Acerta Pharma

NCT02717611

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 67
Phase 2 74
Phase 3 25
Phase 4 2

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Venetoclax Drug
27 trials
Ibrutinib Drug
23 trials
Rituximab Drug
20 trials
Acalabrutinib Drug
19 trials
Fludarabine Drug
19 trials
Cyclophosphamide Drug
17 trials
Biospecimen Collection Procedure
14 trials
Obinutuzumab Drug
14 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

California 67 trials
Texas 58 trials
New York 52 trials
Massachusetts 49 trials
Ohio 45 trials
Florida 45 trials
North Carolina 33 trials
Georgia 32 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia page

189 registered trials, 65 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia condition card totals 189 registered trials; most-linked intervention Venetoclax; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.