Methods of Predicting Clinical Outcome of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

摘要

Provided are methods of predicting the outcome of a chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in a subject. The methods comprise performing a polymerase chain reaction assay for an IGH locus on a nucleic acid from a biological sample from a subject with CLL, wherein the PCR assay amplifies a non-coding region of the IGH locus, sequencing a product from the PCR assay, and determining a level of mutation in the non-coding region of the IGH locus. An increased level of mutation in the non-coding region as compared to a control indicates a positive outcome for the subject with CLL. A decreased level or no mutation in the non-coding region as compared to a control indicates a poor outcome for the subject with CLL.