- Subjects enrolled into the previously untreated subject cohort must also meet all of the following criteria: No prior treatment for CLL (prior corticosteroid immunosuppression treatment for autoimmune hemolytic anaemia and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is permitted); Be considered inappropriate for fludarabine-based therapy for reasons that include, but are not limited to, advanced age or presence of co-morbidities.