Two-Drug combo aims to outsmart resistant hodgkin lymphoma
NCT ID NCT04788043
First seen Jun 30, 2026 · Last updated Jul 01, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 2 study tests whether combining magrolimab and pembrolizumab can shrink or eliminate tumors in people with classic Hodgkin lymphoma that has come back or not responded to at least two prior treatments. Magrolimab targets a 'don't eat me' signal on cancer cells, while pembrolizumab helps the immune system attack them. The trial enrolls 8 adults and measures how many achieve a complete response after 4 and 8 months of treatment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- magrolimab and pembrolizumab
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could offer a new treatment option for people with Hodgkin lymphoma that has not responded to other therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 8 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The combination may cause side effects, and it is not yet known if it works better than existing 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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8 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2022
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- 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: * Age ≥ 18 years * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 to 1 * Biopsy proven relapsed or refractory cHL * Prior treatment with at least two systemic therapies * Metabolically active measurable disease by PET imaging per the 2014 Lugano criteria * Hemoglobin ≥ 9.5 g/dL * Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,000 cells/μL without G-CSF support within 3 weeks prior to enrollment * Platelet count ≥ 75,000 cells/μL * Creatinine clearance \> 40 mL/min per the Cockroft-Gault formula * Total bilirubin \< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (or \< 3.0 x ULN and primarily unconjugated in subjects with a history of Gilbert's syndrome) * Negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 30 days of enrollment and within 72 hours before the first administration of magrolimab for women of childbearing potential * Women of childbearing potential must be willing to use at least 1 highly effective method of contraception during the study and continue for 4 months after the last dose of magrolimab * Male subjects who are sexually active with a woman of childbearing potential and who have not had vasectomies must be willing to use a barrier method of contraception during the study and for 4 months after the last dose of magrolimab * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign the written IRB approved informed consent document * Must be willing and able to comply with the clinic visits and procedures outlined in the study protocol Exclusion Criteria: * Prior treatment with a PD-1 inhibitor within 3 months prior to enrollment * Prior treatment with antibodies targeting CD47 or SIRPα2 * Prior allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation * Systemic autoimmune disorder on chronic immunosuppression (defined as ≥ 10 mg of prednisone daily) * RBC transfusion dependence, defined as requiring more than 2 units of RBCs during the 4-week period prior to screening * History of hemolytic anemia, autoimmune thrombocytopenia, or Evan's syndrome within the last 3 months * Second malignancy not in complete remission for at least 1 year, excluding fully resected non melanoma skin cancer or localized prostate cancer * Women who are pregnant or breast feeding * HIV or hepatitis B or C infection with active viral replication by PCR * Second malignancy not in complete remission for at least 1 year, excluding fully resected non-melanoma skin cancer or localized prostate cancer * Active cardiac disease including unstable angina, decompensated congestive heart failure, or severe uncontrolled conduction abnormalities * History of non-infectious pneumonitis requiring corticosteroids or current pneumonitis * Significant medical conditions, as assessed by the investigators and IND holder, that would substantially increase the risk benefit ratio of participating in the study * History of psychiatric illness or substance abuse likely to interfere with ability to comply with protocol requirements * Received a live or live attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention * Received any anti-cancer therapy within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of study intervention
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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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Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Stanford University
Stanford, California, 94304, United States
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