New combo aims to fix transfusion failure in blood cancer patients
NCT ID NCT07635511
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 3 trial tests whether acalabrutinib (a BTK inhibitor) alone or with bortezomib can lower harmful HLA antibodies that cause platelet transfusions to fail in blood cancer patients. About 42 adults with platelet transfusion refractoriness and high antibody levels will be enrolled. The goal is to improve transfusion success and reduce bleeding.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- acalabrutinib maleate and bortezomib
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a way to make platelet transfusions work again for blood cancer patients, reducing bleeding risk and improving survival.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small early-phase trial (42 people) testing a new combination. It may not work for everyone, and side effects from the drugs are possible.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 42 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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May 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.
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18 to 65 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: * Patients with hematological malignancies and platelet transfusion refractoriness (24-hour CCI \< 4.5×10⁹/L or PPR \< 20%), and with the highest MFI of HLA antibodies \> 8000 ; * Age 18-65 years, both male and female; * ECOG performance status 0-3; * Expected survival \> 6 months; * Patients must be able to understand and be willing to participate in this study, and sign an informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * Hypersensitivity to acalabrutinib, bortezomib, or excipients; * Major organ bleeding (central nervous system, lung, intestines) or grade ≥3 bleeding; * Hypersplenism; * Concurrent use of drugs that may cause excessive platelet consumption (amphotericin B, vancomycin, ATG, interferon, etc.); * Disseminated intravascular coagulation, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia; * Underlying diseases of vital organs: such as malignant arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, chronic cardiac insufficiency, decompensated liver insufficiency, renal insufficiency, severe coagulation abnormalities, etc.; persistent fever (\>38.0°C) for more than 3 days; clinically uncontrolled active infection (including bacterial, fungal, or viral infections), but patients under effective drug therapy are not excluded; * Concurrent other progressive malignancies; * Patients with cardiac insufficiency: ejection fraction (EF) \<30%, NYHA class ≥III cardiac insufficiency; * Pregnant or lactating women; * Expected survival \<60 days; * Currently participating in other clinical drug trials.
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