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Phase II Palbociclib +Ibrutinib in Mantle Cell Lymphoma

A Phase 2 interventional study of Palbociclib and Ibrutinib in Mantle Cell Lymphoma and B Cell Lymphoma, sponsored by Alliance Foundation Trials, LLC.. Active, not recruiting at 9 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-07-24.

Sponsored by Alliance Foundation Trials, LLC. · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
39
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The proposed study is a single-arm, multi-center, open-label phase II study of the combination of palbociclib and ibrutinib in patients with previously treated mantle cell lymphoma to evaluate the efficacy of this combination, with the primary objective of the study being to assess median PFS and the secondary objectives to include ORR, CR, DOR, OS and toxicity. Subjects will be enrolled and treated with palbociclib and ibrutinib with each cycle of therapy being 28 days. Treatment will be based on the recommended phase II dose (RP2D) from the phase I combination trial.

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Treatment will consist of:

  • Palbociclib administered at 100 mg oral once daily for 21 days on followed by 7 days off
  • Ibrutinib administered at 560 mg oral continuously

Patients will continue to receive study drugs until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or withdrawal of consent. If at any time one of the agents is held due to toxicity, the other agent may be continued in those patients who are receiving clinical benefit.

Response will be assessed by PET/CT and/or CT every 3 cycles while on therapy for the first year and then every 6 cycles thereafter until disease progression or at the investigator's discretion if otherwise medically indicated. A PET will be required to confirm CR. A bone marrow biopsy will be performed in patients with bone marrow involvement at the start of therapy to confirm complete response once patients have otherwise met criteria for CR.

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Conditions studied

  • Mantle Cell Lymphoma
  • B Cell Lymphoma

Keywords

  • mantle cell lymphoma
  • B-cell lymphoma
  • palbociclib
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Subjects must have histologically or cytologically confirmed MCL as defined by the World Health Organization. All patients must have either t(11;14) by karyotype or fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH) or positive immunohistochemistry (IHC) for cyclin D1.
  2. Subjects must have measurable disease defined as at least one tumor lesion of at least 1.5 cm by CT or MRI, PET positive lesion(s) or a peripheral blood CD5+, CD19+ lymphocyte count of at least 5,000 cells/µL.
  3. Subjects must have received at least one prior systemic therapy.
  4. Subjects who have received prior autologous stem cell transplant are eligible. Patients that have undergone prior allogeneic stem cell transplant will only be eligible if the patient is no longer taking immunosuppressive therapy and there are no significant ongoing transplant-related adverse effects.
  5. Subjects must be age ≥ 18 years
  6. ECOG performance status ≤ 2
  7. Patients must have normal organ and marrow function as defined below:
  8. Laboratory Values:

    • ANC ≥ 1000 cells/μL, unless bone marrow involvement in MCL, then ANC >500 cells/μL;
    • Platelets ≥ 75,000 cells/μL, unless bone marrow involvement in MCL, then platelets >30,000 cells/μL;
    • Calculated creatinine clearance ≥30mL/min;
    • AST or ALT ≤ 2.5x ULN;
    • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5x ULN;
    • QTc ≤ 480 ms
  9. Subjects must be able to provide written, informed consent
  10. Subjects must have recovered from adverse events to ≤ grade 1 from prior therapies
  11. Subjects must be able and willing to swallow and retain oral medication without a condition that would interfere with enteric absorption
  12. Subjects may be receiving prednisone at a maximum dose of 20 mg orally daily for symptom control.
  13. Serum or urine pregnancy test must be negative within 7 days of starting study treatment in women of childbearing potential. Women of childbearing potential and men with female partners who are able to become pregnant are required to use a highly effective form of barrier contraception for the duration of the study and for 90 days after the last dose of study drug. Adequate contraception is defined as abstinence or two forms non hormonal contraception, which is a combination of two forms of the following:

    • Condom with spermicidal foam/gel/cream/suppository
    • occlusive cap (diaphragm or cervical vault caps) with spermicidal
    • non hormonal intrauterine device (IVD)
  14. No evidence of active hepatitis B or C infections (i.e., no positive serology for anti-HBc or anti-HCV antibodies)
  15. HBV seropositive patients (HBsAg +) are eligible if they are closely monitored for evidence of active HBV infection by HBV DNA testing and receive suppressive therapy with lamivudine or other HBV suppressive therapy until 6 months after the last rituximab dose.
  16. Patients with HIV infection are eligible, provided they meet the following:

    • No evidence of coinfection with hepatitis B or C
    • CD4+ cell count ≥ 400/mm3
    • No evidence of resistant strains of HIV
    • If not on anti-HIV therapy, HIV viral load \< 10,000 copies HIV RNA/mL If on anti-HIV therapy, HIV viral load \< 50 copies HIV RNA/mL
    • No history of AIDS-defining conditions
    • No use of strong CYP3A4/5 inhibitors or inducers

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Subjects that have received prior CDK4/6 inhibitor will not be eligible.
  2. Subjects that have received any prior BTK inhibitor > 90 days prior to enrollment will not be eligible.
  3. Subjects with known or suspected CNS involvement.
  4. Concurrent therapy with other investigational products.
  5. History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of chemical or biologic composition similar to palbociclib.
  6. Subjects receiving any medications or substances that are strong or moderate inhibitors or strong inducers of CYP3A isoenzymes within 7 days of starting study treatment (See Appendix II).
  7. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, diabetes, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  8. Subjects with myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to enrollment or has New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV heart failure, uncontrolled angina, severe uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias, or electrocardiographic evidence of acute ischemia or active conduction system abnormalities are not eligible. Prior to study entry, any ECG abnormality at screening has to be documented by the investigator as not medically relevant.
  9. Pregnant women, or women of childbearing potential without a negative pregnancy test (serum or urine) within 7 days prior to registration, irrespective of the method of contraception used, are excluded from this study because the effect of palbociclib on a developing fetus is unknown. Breastfeeding should be discontinued prior to study entry.
  10. Subjects must agree to use barrier contraceptive methods throughout the study period up until at least 90 days post last palbociclib dose.
  11. Subjects with clinically significant history of liver disease, including viral or other known hepatitis, current alcohol abuse, or cirrhosis, etc.
  12. Subjects with another active malignancy that limits survival.
  13. Subjects with a bleeding diathesis are not eligible.
  14. Subjects with transfusion-dependent thrombocytopenia are not eligible.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
39 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Single Arm

    All patients will receive palbociclib at 100 mg oral once a day for 21 days, followed by 7 days off. Ibrutinib will be administered at 560 mg oral continuously.

    Drug: Palbociclib · Drug: Ibrutinib

Interventions

  • DrugPalbociclib

    Taken at 100 mg once daily for 21 days, followed by 7 days off

    Also known as: Ibrance; PD-0332991

  • DrugIbrutinib

    560 mg taken orally all patients throughout the study

    Also known as: Imbruvica

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Progression free survival

    Time interval between registration and progression or death

    Time frame: 42 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall survival

    time from registration to death due to any cause

    Time frame: 42 months

  2. Duration of response

    Time from documentation of tumor response to disease progression

    Time frame: 42 months

  3. Overall Response Rate

    Proportion of patients with reduction in tumor burden of a predefined amount

    Time frame: 42 Months

  4. Complete Response

    Disappearance of all non-target lesions and normalization of tumor marker level

    Time frame: 42 Months

  5. Toxicity: Incidence and severity of adverse events by summaries of toxicity data/contingency tables

    Evaluation of incidence and severity of adverse events by summaries of toxicity data/contingency tables

    Time frame: 42 Months

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Study locations

9 sites
  • City of Hope National Medical Center
    Duarte, California 91010, United States
  • University of Maryland, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts 02114, United States
  • St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Cancer Care Center
    Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197, United States
  • Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Buffalo, New York 14263, United States
  • Weill Cornell Medical College
    New York, New York 10065, United States
  • University of North Carolina
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
  • Ohio State University
    Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
  • Medical University of South Carolina - Hollings Cancer Center
    Charleston, South Carolina 29425, United States
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References and documents

Publications

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  • Marzec M, Kasprzycka M, Lai R, Gladden AB, Wlodarski P, Tomczak E, Nowell P, Deprimo SE, Sadis S, Eck S, Schuster SJ, Diehl JA, Wasik MA. Mantle cell lymphoma cells express predominantly cyclin D1a isoform and are highly sensitive to selective inhibition of CDK4 kinase activity. Blood. 2006 Sep 1;108(5):1744-50. doi: 10.1182/blood-2006-04-016634. Epub 2006 May 11. PubMed 16690963 ↗
  • Wang ML, Rule S, Martin P, Goy A, Auer R, Kahl BS, Jurczak W, Advani RH, Romaguera JE, Williams ME, Barrientos JC, Chmielowska E, Radford J, Stilgenbauer S, Dreyling M, Jedrzejczak WW, Johnson P, Spurgeon SE, Li L, Zhang L, Newberry K, Ou Z, Cheng N, Fang B, McGreivy J, Clow F, Buggy JJ, Chang BY, Beaupre DM, Kunkel LA, Blum KA. Targeting BTK with ibrutinib in relapsed or refractory mantle-cell lymphoma. N Engl J Med. 2013 Aug 8;369(6):507-16. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1306220. Epub 2013 Jun 19. PubMed 23782157 ↗
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  • Chiron D, Di Liberto M, Martin P, Huang X, Sharman J, Blecua P, Mathew S, Vijay P, Eng K, Ali S, Johnson A, Chang B, Ely S, Elemento O, Mason CE, Leonard JP, Chen-Kiang S. Cell-cycle reprogramming for PI3K inhibition overrides a relapse-specific C481S BTK mutation revealed by longitudinal functional genomics in mantle cell lymphoma. Cancer Discov. 2014 Sep;4(9):1022-35. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-14-0098. Epub 2014 Jul 31. PubMed 25082755 ↗
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Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03478514
Lead sponsor
Alliance Foundation Trials, LLC.
Collaborators
Pfizer
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 27, 2018
Start date
Sep 11, 2018
Primary completion
Dec 19, 2025
Completion
Aug 30, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 24, 2026

Study contacts

Evanthia Galanis, MD
principal investigator · Alliance Foundation Trials, LLC.
Kami Maddocks, MD
study chair · Ohio State University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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