What does it mean if you have been on Ibrutinib for 4 weeks, and your white blood count has gone up to 21,000 and lymphocytes are at 18.2!!! (Neutrophils are a bit better at 2.1 after being severely neutrophenic for 4 months.) Is this a good sign? Just worried that those pesky lymphocytes are still crowding the bone marrow.
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Interpreting lab results on Ibrutinib
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cllady01Former Volunteer
The following site will answer your question. Dr. Koffman's CLL Society:
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There is a rise in absolute lymphocyte count [ALC] in the first 3 months or so, as the nodes and spleen, get cleared...
Simply means the Imbruvica (ibrutinib) is working... eventally the counts will fall, and finally come into range, but it can take a year...
~chris
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