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CLL - 5 years post FCR

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just wanted to share our news that today we have now celebrated 5 years post FCR .

My husband was diagnosed in 2016 with CLL. We then had nearly 5 years of W&W until treatment beckoned in the most unfortunate year - 2020 covid., where we were allocated FCR via the UK flair trial.

He’s IGVA unmutated. - let’s hope this remission continues..

Spreading hope and optimism to all xxx

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BigfootT

Congratulations!

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Homebody123

Fabulous for you both - congratulations!

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GMa27

I am almost 7 years in remission from FCR! Cheers to us all & many more years.

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sue2412

congratulations🎉🎉 it’s 5 years in remission following FCR for me too. Here’s to many more years 😸

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ABP45UK

May you and your husband enjoy many more years in remission. I am unmutated and finished FCR in Dec 2018 in UK. 6 years so far and bloods still stable. Long may that continue for us all!

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MF79

Almost 9 years in remission post FCR, on flair trial. I was disappointed 9 years ago when allocated to FCR, that is no longer the case.

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bennevisplace

Nice going Cheshire. Timewise I'm right behind you, another Flair-FCR survivor.

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Headers

Brilliant - keep up the good work👍

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CguLLer

Great. 10 + years post FCR and counting for me.

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Sunrisejoy

Bravo and appreciate this wonderful update! 🎉

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Smakwater

Alway love to hear good news Cheshire2016.

Is Cheshire relative to the famous smile of the Cheshire Cat?

Keep smiling!

JM

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Cheshire2016 in reply toSmakwater

Cheshire is where we live and also like the proverbial cat how we are smiling at these latest blood results !

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Smakwater in reply toCheshire2016

Aah, A double bonus!

Yay! Congratulations!!

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Analeese

Congratulations ! That’s awesome news.

Congratulations! May his remission be long lasting.

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Dinasantos

great news!🎉🎉🎉

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Pinkcar

Great news! I had FCR 2011 on the Arctic trial and still in remission. Forever grateful. May your remission be long lasting too.

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Teresa252

Thats great news, delighted for you!I'm also still in remission after having FCR in 2017.. love to hear good news stories, as it's usual press is bad 😀Happy Friday all!

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UnusualCakeroll

Congratulations! Very hopeful news for me :) I'm waiting for Fcr.

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MelloYellowMe

Congrats to your husband! 🎉 I am new to CLL and I am also unmutated IGHV. I thought we weren’t allowed to to FCR if we had unmutated? Interested to learn more.

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AussieNeilPartnerAdministrator in reply toMelloYellowMe

As Cheshire2016 stated, her husband was "allocated FCR via the UK flair trial". In that trial, patients were randomly allocated to either FCR, which was the gold standard treatment at the time, or various arms including ibrutinib, with or without other drugs, such as venetoclax, to assess how patients fared in comparison with FCR. It was brave people like Cheshire's husband and others on previous trials, that determined that ibrutinib was vastly superior to FCR for unmutated IGHV folk. :)

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