Stage 0 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Stage I, Stage II, Stage III, and Stage IV Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

A link to a list of current clinical trials is included for each treatment section. For some types or stages of cancer, there may not be any trials listed. Check with your doctor for clinical trials that are not listed here but may be right for you.

Treatment of stage 0 chronic lymphocytic leukemia is usually watchful waiting.

Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with stage 0 chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Treatment of stage I, stage II, stage III, and stage IV chronic lymphocytic leukemia may include the following:

• Watchful waiting when there are few or no symptoms.
• Monoclonal antibody therapy.
• Chemotherapy with 1 or more drugs, with or without steroids or monoclonal antibody therapy.
• Low- dose external radiation therapy to areas of the body where cancer is found, such as the spleen or lymph nodes.
• A clinical trial of monoclonal antibodies with or without chemotherapy.
• A clinical trial of chemotherapy and monoclonal antibody therapy with stem cell transplant.

Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with stage I chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage II chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage III chronic lymphocytic leukemia and stage IV chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

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