New cocktail aims to wipe out mantle cell lymphoma in two years
NCT ID NCT04802590
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 28, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests whether adding venetoclax to ibrutinib and an anti-CD20 antibody can better clear minimal residual disease in people with newly diagnosed mantle cell lymphoma. About 210 patients will receive either the two-drug or three-drug combo for up to two years, plus antibody therapy for 3.5 years. The main goal is to see how many patients have no detectable cancer cells after six months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Ibrutinib, venetoclax, and anti-CD20 antibody
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a more effective fixed-duration treatment for newly diagnosed mantle cell lymphoma, potentially reducing the need for continuous therapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a phase 2 trial with 210 participants, so results are still preliminary. The combination may cause side effects like low blood counts, infections, or heart issues, and it's not yet clear if it will improve long-term outcomes.
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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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210 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2022
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2030
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 79 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. Patient is ≥ 18 years and \< 80 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent form (ICF). 2. Patient understood and voluntarily signed and dated an ICF prior to any study-specific assessments/procedures being conducted. 3. Patient willing and able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements 4. Women of childbearing potential must have negative results for pregnancy test prior to study treatment start and agree to abstain from breastfeeding during study participation and at least 18 months after the last drug administration 5. Men or women of reproductive potential agree to use acceptable method of birth control during treatment and for eighteen months after the last drug administration. 6. Histologically confirmed (according to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification) mantle cell lymphoma. The diagnosis has to be confirmed by phenotypic expression of CD5, CD20 and cyclin D1 or the t(11;14) translocation (by cytogenetics and/or fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and/or BCL1-IgH PCR) 7. Untreated MCL 8. Adequate renal function as demonstrated by a creatinine clearance \> 50 mL/min; calculated by Cockcroft Gault formula or Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) 9. Adequate hepatic function per local laboratory reference range as follow: * Aspartate transaminase (AST) and alanine transaminase (ALT) \< 3.0 x upper limit of normal (ULN) * Bilirubin \< 1.5 x ULN (unless bilirubin rise is due to Gilbert's syndrome or of non-hepatic origin) 10. Stage II-IV disease, measurable with at least lymph node \> 1.5 cm and requiring treatment in the opinion of the treating clinician 11. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 - 2. 12. Life expectancy of more than 3 months. 13. For France: patient affiliated to any social security system Exclusion Criteria: 1. Clinically significant cardiovascular disease such as uncontrolled or symptomatic arrhythmias, congestive heart failure, or myocardial infarction within 6 months of screening, or any Class 3 (moderate) or Class 4 (severe) cardiac disease as defined by the New York Heart Association Functional Classification. 2. Impaired organ function (other than liver and renal) which will interfere with the treatment 3. Hemoglobin level \< 10g/dL; Neutrophil count \<1 G/L; Platelets \< 75 G/L (except if related to lymphoma then platelet must be \>50), 4. Major surgery within 28 days before enrollment 5. Known central nervous system lymphoma 6. History of stroke or intracranial hemorrhage within 6 months prior to enrollment. 7. Requires anticoagulation with warfarin or equivalent vitamin K antagonists (e.g., phenprocoumon) 8. Requires treatment with strong CYP3A inhibitors 9. Vaccinated with live, attenuated vaccines within 6 months of enrollment (except COVID vaccine) 10. Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 11. Evidence of other clinically significant uncontrolled condition(s) including but not limited to: * Uncontrolled and/or active systemic infection (viral, bacterial or fungal) * Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV) requiring treatment. Note: subjects with serologic evidence of prior vaccination to HBV (i.e. HBs antigen negative, anti-HBs antibody + and antiHBc antibody -) and subjects with anti-HB-core antibody that are HBV DNA negative may participate 12. Psychiatric illness or condition which could interfere with their ability to understand the requirements of the study 13. Any life-threatening illness, medical condition, or organ system dysfunction which, in the investigator' opinion, could compromise the patient safety, interfere with the absorption or metabolism of treatment (Ibrutinib, CD20 Ab, venetoclax) or put the study outcomes at undue risk 14. Pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or lactating woman 15. Known hypersensitivity to study treatment (CD20 Ab, Ibrutinib, Venetoclax) or to any of the excipients 16. Known allergy to xanthine oxidase inhibitors or rasburicase 17. Known glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6DP) deficiency 18. Known bleeding disorders 19. Severe prior reactions to monoclonal antibodies or with prior significant toxicity (other than thrombocytopenia) from Bcl-2 inhibitor 20. History of prior other malignancy with the exception of: * curatively treated basal cell carcinoma * curatively treated squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix at any time prior to study * other curatively treated cancer and patient disease-free for over 5 years 21. Anti-cancer therapies including chemotherapy, radiotherapy or other investigational therapy, including targeted small molecule agents 22. Biological agents (e.g. monoclonal antibodies) for anti-neoplastic intent: excluded 30 days prior to first dose of venetoclax 23. Person deprived of his/her liberty by a judicial or administrative decision 24. Adult person under legal protection
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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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A.Z. Sint Jan AV
Bruges, 8000, Belgium
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CH Henri Mondor
Créteil, 94010, France
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CH d'Avignon - Hopital Henri Duffaut
Avignon, 84000, France
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CH de Bretagne Atlantique - Hopital CHUBERT
Vannes, 56017, France
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CH de Cornouaille
Quimper, 29107, France
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CH de la Côte Basque
Bayonne, 64109, France
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CHD de Vendée
La Roche-sur-Yon, 85925, France
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CHRU de Lille
Lille, 59037, France
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CHU Bretonneau
Tours, 37044, France
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CHU Jean Minioz
Besançon, 25030, France
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CHU Nancy Brabois
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54511, France
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CHU Pontchaillou
Rennes, 35033, France
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CHU d'Angers
Angers, 49033, France
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CHU de DIJON
Dijon, 21000, France
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CHU de Grenoble
La Tronche, 38700, France
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CHU de Liege
Liège, 4000, Belgium
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CHU de Montpellier
Montpellier, 34295, France
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CHU de Nantes
Nantes, 44093, France
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CHU de REIMS
Reims, 51092, France
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Centre Henri BECQUEREL
Rouen, 76038, France
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Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud
Pierre-Bénite, 69495, France
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Centre Léon Bérard
Lyon, 69373, France
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Ch Annecy Gennevois
Pringy, 74374, France
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Chu Estaing
Clermont-Ferrand, 63003, France
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Chu de Bordeaux - Hopital Haut-Leveque - Centre Francois Magendie
Pessac, 33604, France
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Chu de Brest - Hopital de La Cavale Blanche
Brest, 29609, France
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Hopital DUPUYTREN
Limoges, 87042, France
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Hopital Jolimont
Haine-Saint-Paul, 7100, Belgium
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Hopital NECKER
Paris, 75743, France
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Hopital René Huguenin
Saint-Cloud, 92210, France
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Hopital St-Louis
Paris, 75475, France
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Hopital de la Milétrie
Poitiers, 86021, France
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IUCT Oncopole
Toulouse, 31100, France
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Institut Gustave ROUSSY
Villejuif, 94805, France
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Institut Paoli Calmettes
Marseille, 13273, France
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Institut d'Hématologie de Basse Normandie
Caen, 14033, France
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Institut de Cancérologie Strasbourg Europe
Strasbourg, 67033, France
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Institut de Cancérologie de la Loire Lucien Neuwirth
Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, 42270, France
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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Norwich, NR4 7UY, United Kingdom
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Oxford, OX3 7LE, United Kingdom
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Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust
Truro, TR1 3LJ, United Kingdom
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The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Manchester, M20 4BX, United Kingdom
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Universite Catholique de Louvain Mont Godinne
Yvoir, 5530, Belgium
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Universite Libre de Bruxelles - Hopital ERASME
Brussels, 1070, Belgium
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University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Plymouth, PL6 8DH, United Kingdom
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