Tailored cocktail aims to wipe out CLL in young High-Risk patients
NCT ID NCT05478512
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests a personalized approach for young adults (18-65) with high-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who haven't been treated before. Patients first get a combination of venetoclax and obinutuzumab, then their treatment is adjusted based on whether cancer cells remain. If no cancer is detected, they take venetoclax alone for a short time; if cancer remains, they add zanubrutinib. The goal is to achieve undetectable minimal residual disease, meaning no cancer cells can be found, and tailor therapy to each patient's needs.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- venetoclax, obinutuzumab, and zanubrutinib
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a personalized treatment approach that reduces or eliminates cancer cells in young high-risk CLL patients, potentially delaying or avoiding long-term therapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small phase 2 trial with only 78 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The treatment involves multiple drugs with side effects, and some patients may still need ongoing therapy.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 78 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients older than 18 years and 65 years or less. 2. Diagnosis of CLL meeting the iwCLL 2018 criteria. 3. Total CIRS \<6, creatinine clearance \>30 ml/min \[Cockcroft-Gault\]) and ECOG performance status of 0-1. 4. No prior treatment. 5. Patients with unmutated IGHV, and, or TP53 mutation assessed by an ERIC certified laboratory, and, or deletion 17p assessed by FISH analysis. 6. Active disease meeting at least 1 of the iwCLL 2018 criteria for treatment requirement. 7. Adequate hematologic parameters unless due to disease under study: * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.0 x 109/L unless neutropenia is clearly due to disease under study (per investigator discretion) * Platelet count ≥ 75,000/mm3 - OR - Platelet count ≥ 20,000/mm3 if thrombocytopenia is clearly due to disease under study (per investigator discretion) * Hemoglobin ≥9.0 g/dL unless anemia is clearly due to marrow involvement of CLL (per investigator discretion) 8. Adequate renal and hepatic function, per laboratory reference range at screening as follows: * AST/SGOT, ALT/SGPT ≤2.0 x ULN * Total bilirubin ≤1.5 x ULN unless considered secondary to Gilbert's syndrome, in which case ≤3 x ULN 9. QT-interval corrected according to Fridericia"s formula (QTcF) ≤450 milliseconds (ms). 10. For females of childbearing potential, a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days of study treatment. 11. For female patients of childbearing potential, agreement to use highly effective form(s) of contraception (i.e., one that results in a low failure rate \[\<1% per year\] when used consistently and correctly) or remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) during the treatment period and to continue its use for 90 days after the last dose of zanubrutinib AND 30 days after the last dose of venetoclax AND for 18 months after the last dose of obinutuzumab (whichever date is later). For men with a female partner of childbearing potential or a pregnant female partner: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use a condom during the treatment period and to continue its use for 90 days after the last dose of zanubrutinib, or venetoclax AND for 18 months after the last dose of obinutuzumab (whichever date is later). 12. A signed informed consent document indicating that they understand the purpose of and the procedures required for the study, including biomarkers, and are willing to participate in the study. 13. Ability and willingness to comply with the requirements of the study protocol. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Any significant concurrent, uncontrolled medical condition or organ system dysfunction and laboratory abnormality or psychiatric disease, which, in the investigator's opinion, could compromise the subject's safety or put the study outcomes at undue risk or prevent the subject from signing the informed consent form. 2. Known active histological transformation from CLL to an aggressive lymphoma (i.e., Richter's transformation or pro-lymphocytic leukemia); 3. known central nervous system involvement. 4. Active malignancy or systemic therapy for another malignancy within 3 years Except: • Malignancies surgically treated with curative intent and with no known active disease present for ≥ 3 years before randomization * Adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer or lentigo maligna without evidence of disease * Adequately treated cervical carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease * Surgically/adequately treated low grade, early stage localized prostate cancer without evidence of disease 5\. Co-morbidities: * Uncontrolled autoimmune hemolytic anemia or thrombocytopenia * Any uncontrolled illness that in the opinion of the investigator would preclude administration of study therapy * History of stroke or intracranial hemorrhage within 180 days before first dose of study drug. * History of severe bleeding disorder or history of spontaneous bleeding requiring blood transfusion or other medical intervention due to thrombocytopenia or inherited or acquired bleeding disorders due to deficiency or functional abnormality of any coagulation proteins. * History of significant cardiovascular disease, defined as: 1. Congestive heart failure greater than New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II according to the NYHA functional classification. 2. Unstable angina or myocardial infarction with 6 months of enrollment. 3. Serious cardiac arrhythmia or clinically significant ECG abnormality: corrected QT wave (QTcF) \> 480 msec based on the Fridericia's formula or other ECG abnormalities including second-degree atrioventricular block type II, third-degree atrioventricular block. Participants who have a pacemaker will be allowed on study despite ECG abnormalities or the inability to calculate the QTc. * Known active bacterial, viral, fungal, mycobacterial, parasitic, or other infection (excluding fungal infections of nail beds) at study enrollment, or any major episode of infection requiring treatment with IV antibiotics or hospitalization (relating to the completion of the course of antibiotics) within 4 weeks prior to Cycle 1, Day 1 * History of tuberculosis within the last five years or recent exposure to tuberculosis equal to or less than 6 months. * History of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) * History of HIV infection or active hepatitis B (chronic or acute) or hepatitis C infection 1. Patients with occult or prior HBV infection (defined as positive total hepatitis B core antibody \[HBcAb\] and negative HBsAg) may be included if HBV DNA is undetectable. These patients must be willing to take appropriate anti-viral prophylaxis as indicated and undergo monthly DNA testing. 2\. Patients positive for hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody are eligible only if polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is negative for HCV RNA. * Inadequate renal function: CrCl \< 30 mL/min. * Clinically significant history of liver disease, including viral or other hepatitis, current alcohol abuse, or cirrhosis. * History of severe allergic or anaphylactic reactions to humanized or murine monoclonal antibodies or known sensitivity or allergy to murine products * Known intolerance or hypersensitivity to any of the components of the therapeutic regimen * Receipt of live-virus vaccines within 28 days prior to the initiation of study treatment or need for live-virus vaccines at any time during study treatment. * Prior major surgical procedure within 4 weeks of study, or anticipation of need for a major surgical procedure during the course of the study * Known condition or other clinical situation that would affect oral absorption. * Psychiatric illness/social situations that would interfere with study compliance. * Inability to swallow a large number of tablets. 6\. Concomitant medications and drug interactions: * Patients who are on treatment with the following agents within 7 days prior to treatment: Strong CYP3A inhibitors such as fluconazole, ketoconazole, and clarithromycin Strong CYP3A inducers such as rifampin, carbamazepine and strong inhibitors or inducers of CYP2C8, CYP2C9 and CYP2C19. The same applied for moderate inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A Requires warfarin, marcumar, or phenprocoumon (due to potential drug-drug interactions that may potentially increase the exposure of warfarin or phenprocoumon) • Prior anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody therapy for non-malignant indication 7\. Females who are currently pregnant or breastfeeding. 8\. Participation in a separate investigational therapeutic study unless authorized by the investigator.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ematologia AO di Perugia
Perugia, Italy
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Ematologia AOU Careggi
Florence, Italy
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Ematologia AOUS - Policlinico S. M. alle Scotte
Siena, Italy
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Ematologia IRST D.Amadori
Meldola, Italy
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Ematologia Ospedale Infermi
Rimini, Italy
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Ematologia Ospedale S.M. delle Croci
Ravenna, Italy
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Ematologia Policlinico Gemelli
Roma, Italy
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Ematologia Policlinico Umberto I
Roma, Italy
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