New cocktail of three drugs targets Hard-to-Treat lymphoma
NCT ID NCT06824701
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jul 01, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This early-phase trial is testing whether combining three drugs—tazemetostat, zanubrutinib, and an anti-CD20 antibody (rituximab or obinutuzumab)—is safe and effective for people with certain types of lymphoma that have come back or not responded to treatment. The study involves 24 adults with mantle cell lymphoma, marginal zone lymphoma, Waldenström macroglobulinemia, or follicular lymphoma. The main goal is to find the highest safe dose of tazemetostat when used in this combination.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- tazemetostat, zanubrutinib, rituximab or obinutuzumab
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new combination treatment option for people with certain types of lymphoma that have not responded to prior therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early (Phase 1) and small (24 participants) trial focused on safety and dosing, not yet on effectiveness. The study is currently suspended, and the combination may cause significant side effects or fail to show benefit.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 24 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2033
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: * Subject aged ≥ 18 years. * Eligible histologies include MCL, MZL (including splenic, nodal, and extranodal sub-types), and WM who received at least one line of prior systemic therapy and FL who received at least two prior lines of systemic therapy * Measurable disease: at least one lesion \>1.5 cm in longest diameter or 1 extranodal lesion \>1 cm in the longest diameter. --Note: For MZL, isolated splenomegaly and involvement of any biopsy proven extranodal site is considered measurable for this study. For MCL, clonal lymphocyte measured by flow cytometry is considered measurable. For WM, serum IgM level \>0.5 g/dL is considered measurable. * Patients must have an indication for treatment. * For R/R FL: active disease requiring treatment * For R/R MCL: active disease requiring treatment * For R/R MZL: active disease requiring treatment * For R/R WM: Meeting at least 1 criterion for treatment according to consensus panel criteria from the Seventh International Workshop on Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia68 * Recurrent fever, night sweats, weight loss, fatigue * Hyper viscosity * Lymphadenopathy which is either symptomatic or bulky (≥ 5 cm in maximum diameter) * Symptomatic hepatomegaly and/or splenomegaly * Symptomatic organomegaly and/or organ or tissue infiltration * Peripheral neuropathy due to WM * Symptomatic cryoglobulinemia * Cold agglutinin anemia * Immune hemolytic anemia and/or thrombocytopenia related to WM * Nephropathy related to WM * Amyloidosis related to WM * Hemoglobin \<10 g/dL * Platelet count \<100,000/mm3 * ECOG Performance Status ≤ 2. * Adequate organ function as defined as: * Hematologic: * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥750 cells/mm3 (≥0.75 x 10\^9/L) independent of G-CSF support * Platelet count ≥75,000 cells/mm\^3 (≥75 x 10\^9/L) independent of transfusion support. * Hepatic: * Total Bilirubin ≤1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) or ≤3 x ULN with document liver involvement and/ or Gilbert's disease. * AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) ≤ 3 × institutional ULN ----Subjects with liver involvement will be allowed to enroll with AST and ALT levels ≤ 5 x ULN. * Renal: * Estimated creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min by Cockcroft-Gault formula: * Adequate coagulation, defined as activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) or partial thromboplastin time (PTT) and prothrombin (PT) or (international normalized ratio (INR) not greater than 1.5 x ULN. * Life expectancy of \>3 months, in the opinion of the investigator * For female subjects: Negative pregnancy test or evidence of post-menopausal status. The post-menopausal status will be defined as having been amenorrheic for 12 months without an alternative medical cause. The following age-specific requirements apply: * Women \< 50 years of age: * Amenorrheic for ≥ 12 months following cessation of exogenous hormonal treatments; and * Luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone levels in the post-menopausal range for the institution; or * Underwent surgical sterilization (bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy). * Women ≥ 50 years of age: * Amenorrheic for 12 months or more following cessation of all exogenous hormonal treatments; or * Had radiation-induced menopause with last menses \>1 year ago; or * Had chemotherapy-induced menopause with last menses \>1 year ago; or * Underwent surgical sterilization (bilateral oophorectomy, bilateral salpingectomy, or hysterectomy). * Female subjects of childbearing potential and male subjects with a sexual partner of childbearing potential must agree to use a highly effective method of contraception and lactation requirements as described in Section 5.3.1 and 5.3.2. * Subjects must agree to not breastfeed while on treatment or within 1 week of the last dose of tazemetostat or 2 weeks of zanubrutinib. * Ability to swallow oral tablets * Patients or their legal representatives must be able to read, understand, and provide informed consent to participate in the trial. * Willing and capable of giving signed informed consent which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the informed consent form (ICF) and in the protocol. * Time between prior anticancer therapy and first dose of tazemetostat as below: * Cytotoxic chemotherapy - At least 21 days * Non-cytotoxic chemotherapy (e.g., small molecule inhibitor) - At least 14 days * Monoclonal antibody(ies) - At least 28 days * Radiotherapy * At least 14 days from local site radiation therapy * At least 6 weeks from prior radioisotope therapy * At least 12 weeks from 50% pelvic or total body irradiation * High-dose therapy with autologous hematopoietic cell infusion - At least 60 days * CART cell therapy - At least 60 days * Moderate CYP3A inhibitors - At least 3 elimination half-lives * Moderate CYP3A inducers - At least 14 days * Strong CYP3A inducers or inhibitors - At least 14 days ----Note: Must be able to obtain zanubrutinib and anti-CD20 mAb commercially Exclusion Criteria: * Prior exposure to tazemetostat or other inhibitor(s) of EZH2 * Any prior history of myeloid malignancies including MDS/AML or MPN * Any prior history of T-LBL, T-ALL, or B-ALL * Clinically significant active malabsorption syndrome or other condition likely to affect gastrointestinal (GI) absorption of the study drugs * Major surgery within 4 weeks prior to enrollment * Known history of bleeding diathesis or active bleeding * Known history of stroke or intracranial hemorrhage within 6 months of enrollment * Significant cardiovascular disease defined as: * unstable angina or acute coronary syndrome within the past 2 months prior to study enrollment * history of myocardial infarction within 3 months prior to study enrollment or documented LVEF by any method of ≤ 40% in the 12 months prior to study enrollment --≥ Grade 3 NYHA functional classification system of heart failure, uncontrolled or symptomatic arrhythmias * Significant liver disease (\>Child Pugh Class A) * Patients with CNS involvement * Prolongation of the QT interval corrected for heart rate (QTcF) \> 480 msec. QTcF is calculated using Fridericia's Formula (QTcF): QTcF = QT/(RR0.33). * Correction of suspected drug induced QTcF prolongation can be attempted at the investigator's discretion and only if clinically safe to do so with either discontinuation of the offending drug or switch to another drug not known to be associated with QTcF prolongation. * Correction for underlying bundle branch block (BBB) allowed. ---Note: Patients with pacemakers are eligible if they have no history of fainting or clinically relevant arrhythmias while using the pacemaker * Patients who have tested positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) * Known active hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection based on criteria below: * Hepatitis B virus (HBV): Patients with positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) are excluded. Patients with positive hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc) and negative HBsAg require hepatitis B polymerase chain reaction (PCR) evaluation before enrollment. Patients who are HBV DNA PCR positive will be excluded. Patients with positive anti-HBc and negative HBV DNA should be on prophylactic nucleo(t)side analogue therapy to prevent reactivation with serial HBV DNA PCR monitoring (see the section on "General guidance for hepatic monitoring") * Hepatitis C virus (HCV): positive hepatitis C antibody. If positive hepatitis C antibody result, patient will need to have a negative result for hepatitis C ribonucleic acid (RNA) before enrollment. Patients who are hepatitis C RNA positive will be excluded. * Known Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. * Evidence of other clinically significant uncontrolled condition(s) including but not limited to, uncontrolled systemic bacterial, viral, fungal, or parasitic infection (except for fungal nail infection), or other clinically significant active disease process which in the opinion of the investigator and medical monitor may pose a risk for patient participation. Screening for chronic conditions is not required. * Active uncontrolled auto-immune cytopenia (e.g., autoimmune hemolytic anemia \[AIHA\], idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura \[ITP\]) for which new therapy was introduced or existing therapy was escalated within the 4 weeks prior to study enrollment to maintain adequate blood counts. * Active second malignancy unless in remission and with life expectancy \> 2 years. * Patients requiring therapeutic anticoagulation with warfarin or another vitamin K antagonist. * 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 * Have a known hypersensitivity to any of the excipients of tazemetostat. * Subjects taking medications that are known strong CYP3A4 inducers or inhibitors and cannot come off the medication. * Subjects taking medications that are known moderate CYP3A inducers and cannot come off the medication.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Huntsman Cancer Institute at University of Uta
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, United States
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