Can a chemo-free cocktail tame mantle cell lymphoma?
NCT ID NCT07719556
First seen Jul 22, 2026 · Last updated Jul 23, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase II trial is testing whether a combination of three targeted drugs—orelabrutinib, obinutuzumab, and a short course of venetoclax—can effectively treat people newly diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). The study will enroll about 39 participants who have not received prior treatment. Researchers aim to see how many patients achieve a complete response and whether the cancer cells become undetectable at a molecular level.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a combination of three drugs: orelabrutinib, obinutuzumab, and venetoclax
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this three-drug combination could offer a more effective, chemotherapy-free option for people newly diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma, potentially leading to deeper remissions.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with only 39 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The combination may cause significant side effects, and it is not yet known if it will outperform standard treatments.
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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 39 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jul 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2029
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 years and older
- 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. Voluntarily participate and sign the informed consent form; 2. Age ≥ 18 years, male or female; 3. Life expectancy ≥ 3 months; 4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2. Patients with ECOG 3 may be enrolled only if the decline in performance status is attributed to the underlying disease and the investigator determines that they may benefit from the treatment; 5. Pathologically confirmed diagnosis of mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and treatment-naïve; 6. Presence of measurable and/or evaluable lymphoma lesions; 7. Adequate bone marrow reserve, defined as: absolute neutrophil count \> 1.0×10⁹/L or platelet count \> 75×10⁹/L, unless cytopenias are considered to be related to bone marrow involvement by lymphoma and deemed recoverable by the investigator; 8. Hepatic function: AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN) (in the absence of liver involvement) or ≤ 5 × ULN (in the presence of liver involvement); total bilirubin (TBIL) ≤ ULN; serum creatinine (CRE) ≤ 1.5 × ULN; 9. Creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min, calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault formula; 10. Able to comply with the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements; 11. All patients of childbearing potential must agree to use effective contraceptive measures during the study and for 24 months after study treatment discontinuation. Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test prior to the first dose of study treatment. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Received prior treatment for lymphoma within 2 weeks before study enrollment; 2. Any serious medical condition, including but not limited to: * Uncontrolled hypertension (defined as blood pressure that remains uncontrolled after at least 4 weeks of treatment with a reasonable and tolerable regimen of 3 or more antihypertensive agents \[including diuretics\] at adequate doses, or requiring 4 or more antihypertensive agents to achieve adequate control); * Uncontrolled congestive heart failure within 6 months prior to screening (New York Heart Association \[NYHA\] Class III \[moderate\] or Class IV \[severe\] cardiac disease); * Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \< 50%; * Symptomatic coronary artery disease (e.g., chest tightness, chest pain, palpitations, fatigue) or coronary artery disease requiring medical therapy; ⑤Severe bradycardia (heart rate \< 40 beats per minute \[bpm\]) with hypotension, dizziness, or syncope; patients with a history of arrhythmia should undergo cardiac evaluation; * Known active bacterial, viral, fungal, or other infection (excluding fungal infection of the nail bed), or major infection within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug; * Moderate to severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh Class B or C); ⑧Active bleeding within 2 months prior to screening, or clear evidence of bleeding diathesis as judged by the investigator; ⑨Current pulmonary disease that impairs lung function, such as pulmonary fibrosis or drug-related pneumonitis, which is deemed intolerable by the investigator; ⑩Any psychiatric or cognitive disorder that may limit the patient's ability to understand, execute, or comply with the informed consent and study requirements; 3. Known active hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection; or other acquired or congenital immunodeficiency disorders, including but not limited to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; 4. All patients with central nervous system (CNS) involvement by lymphoma; 5. Diagnosis of or receiving treatment for another malignancy other than lymphoma, except for the following: ①Malignancy that has been treated with curative intent and with no known active disease for ≥ 5 years prior to enrollment; ②Adequately treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin (excluding melanoma) with no evidence of disease; ③Adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix with no evidence of disease; 6. Known hypersensitivity to any study drug; 7. Pregnant or breastfeeding women; 8. History of stroke or intracranial hemorrhage within 6 months prior to enrollment; 9. Requirement for anticoagulation therapy with warfarin or equivalent vitamin K antagonists; 10. Requirement for long-term treatment with strong cytochrome P450 3A (CYP3A) inhibitors; 11. Receipt of live attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to enrollment.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Changzhou Second People's Hospital
RECRUITINGChangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Jiangsu province Hospital
RECRUITINGNanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, China
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