New drug combo takes aim at High-Risk leukemia
NCT ID NCT03734198
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase 2 pilot study is testing whether combining two drugs, ibrutinib and daratumumab, can improve outcomes for people with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) that has a p53 gene problem. The 29 participants will take ibrutinib daily and receive daratumumab infusions on a schedule. The main goal is to see how many achieve a complete response within 12 months, while also monitoring safety.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Ibrutinib and daratumumab
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could offer a more effective treatment option for people with hard-to-treat CLL that has not responded to prior therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase pilot study with only 29 participants. The combination may not prove more effective than existing treatments and could cause side effects like infusion reactions or infections.
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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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29 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2018
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2025
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: * Immunophenotypically confirmed diagnosis of CLL (criteria iwCLL Hallek et al. 2018) * Progressive CLL according to International Workshop on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (iwCLL) criteria * Relapsed or refractory disease (≥ 1 previous line of treatment) with P53 genetic alteration (17p deletion and/or TP53 mutation). * Age \> 18 years * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group electrocorticogram (ECOG) status 0-2 * Negative serum pregnancy test one week prior to treatment for premenopausal women * Cumulative Illness Rating Scale (CIRS) ≤ 6 * Life expectancy \> 3 months. * Possibility of follow-up * Ability to understand the protocol * Written informed consent of patient and treating physician Exclusion Criteria: * Previous treatment with ibrutinib. * Patient refusal to perform bone marrow biopsy for evaluation point * Prior other malignancy (except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cancer, or other cancer from which the subject has been disease free for ≥ 2 years). * Known chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with a Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second (FEV1) \< 50 % of predicted normal. FEV testing is required for patients suspected of having COPD. * Moderate or severe persistent asthma within the two last years or currently uncontrolled asthma of any classification (American Lung Association criteria). Current controlled intermittent asthma or controlled mild persistent asthma is not an exclusion criterion. * Patients with active bacterial, viral, or fungal infection requiring systemic treatment. * Patients with known infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) * Active B or C hepatitis (positive Hepatitis B Virus surface antigen (HBsAg) or Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) DNA for HBV; Positive Hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA for HCV) * History of severe allergic or anaphylactic reactions to humanized or murine monoclonal antibodies. * Any other uncontrolled medical condition or comorbidity that might interfere with subject's participation. * Concomitant dual antiplatelet therapy * Concomitant treatment with both antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapy * Treatment with other investigational agent or participating to another trial within 30 days prior to entering the study * Hemoglobin \< 8 g/dL * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \< 1000/mm3 * Platelets \< 30000/mm3 * Inadequate renal function: creatinine clearance \< 50 ml/min (Cockcroft and Gault) * Inadequate liver function: Aspartate Transaminase (ASAT), Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \> 2.5 x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) * Total bilirubin \> 1.5 x ULN unless rise is due to Gilbert's syndrome or of non-hepatic origin. * Active auto-immune haemolytic anemia * Richter's transformation * Evidence of central nervous system (CNS) involvement * Pregnant or breastfeeding women. * Adult under law-control * Fertile male and female patients who cannot or do not wish to use an effective method of contraception, during and for 12 months after the final treatment used for the purposes of the study * No affiliate to social security
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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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CH Annecy Genevois - Hématologie A3
Annecy, 74374, France
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CHD Vendée
La Roche-sur-Yon, 85925, France
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CHLS - Lyon Pierre Bénite - Service Hématologie
Lyon, 69495, France
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CHU Bordeaux - Hôpital Haut-Lévèque - CFM Maladies du sang
Pessac, 33604, France
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CHU Caen - IHBN - Hématologie Clinique
Caen, 14033, France
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CHU Estaing - Hématologie Clinique Adulte
Clermont-Ferrand, 63000, France
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CHU Grenoble - Hématologie
Grenoble, 388043, France
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CHU Hôtel Dieu - Hématologie Clinique
Nantes, 44093, France
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CHU Jean Minjoz - Hématologie
Besançon, 25000, France
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CHU Pontchaillou - Hématologie Clinique BMT-HC
Rennes, 35033, France
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Centre Henri Becquerel - Service Hématologie Clinique
Rouen, 76038, France
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Centre Hospitalier du Mans
Le Mans, 72000, France
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Centre Léon Bérard - Hématologie
Lyon, 69373, France
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Chu Amiens Sud
Amiens, 80054, France
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Hôpital Avicenne - Centre de Recherche Clinique
Bobigny, 93009, France
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Hôpital Bretonneau - Hématologie et Thérapie Cellulaire
Tours, 37044, France
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Hôpital Pitié Salpétrière - Hématologie
Paris, 75651, France
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Hôpital Robert Debré - Hématologie Clinique
Reims, 51092, France
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Hôpital Saint-Eloi - Hématologie Clinique
Montpellier, 34295, France
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Hôpital de la Milétrie - Hématologie et Thérapie Cellulaire
Poitiers, 86021, France
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Hôpitaux de Brabois - Hématologie Adulte
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54511, France
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ICANS
Strasbourg, 67098, France
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IUCT ONCOPOLE - Hématologie
Toulouse, 31059, France
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Institut Paoli-Calmettes - Hématologie Clinique
Marseille, 13273, France
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