A Phase 1 interventional study of Rituximab in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (PCNSL), sponsored by National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan. Completed at 1 site in Taiwan. Open to participants aged 20 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-17.
Sponsored by National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment
To evaluate the safety and tolerability and determine the recommended phase 2/phase 3 dose of RAD regimen in PCNSL
Target subject population Male and female patients with PCNSL who have failed to achieve a response or who have relapsed after prior therapy (R/R) or who are treatment naïve but are not candidates of standard high-dose methotrexate-based induction chemotherapy. Patients are not to have been previously treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors or Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors; prior treatment with rituximab is allowed.
Duration of treatment Rituximab will be administered for up to 8 cycles or until intolerance or excessive toxicities relevant to the trial therapy, or withdrawal of consents; acalabrutinib and durvalumab will be continued until disease progression, intolerance, or excessive toxicities relevant to the trial therapy, or withdrawal of consents.
Investigational product, dosage, and mode of administration Dose level 1 Rituximab 375mg/m2 infusion once every 4 weeks for 8 cycles Acalabrutinib 100mg PO once every day Durvalumab 1500mg infusion once every 4 weeks Dose level 2 Rituximab 375mg/m2 infusion once every 4 weeks for 8 cycles Acalabrutinib 100mg PO twice every day Durvalumab 1500mg infusion once every 4 weeks Expansion Determined by the result of the dose escalation phase Statistical methods
This study will use the 3+3 design in the dose escalation phase. Analyses will be primarily descriptive in nature; no formal statistical hypothesis testing will be performed. The populations used for analysis will include the following:
Safety analysis set: patients who receive at least 1 dose of anyone of the study drugs will be used for safety analyses.
National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan is the lead sponsor of 125 studies on the registry; 29 are open to participants now.
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Dose level 1 Rituximab 375mg/m2 infusion once every 4 weeks for 8 cycles Acalabrutinib 100mg PO once every day Durvalumab 1500mg infusion once every 4 weeks Dose level 2 Rituximab 375mg/m2 infusion once every 4 weeks for 8 cycles Acalabrutinib 100mg PO twice every day Durvalumab 1500mg infusion once every 4 weeks
Drug: Rituximab
Dose level 1:Rituximab 375mg/m2 infusion once every 4 weeks for 8 cycles Acalabrutinib 100mg PO once every day Durvalumab 1500mg infusion once every 4 weeks Dose level 2:Rituximab 375mg/m2 infusion once every 4 weeks for 8 cycles Acalabrutinib 100mg PO twice every day Durvalumab 1500mg infusion once every 4 weeks Expansion:Determined by the result of the dose escalation phase
Also known as: Acalabrutinib, Durvalumab
MTD of acalabrutinib
Dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) patients will be enrolled in cohort of 2 to receive escalating dose of acalabrutinib at two dose levels (level I 100mg PO once , level II 100mg PO twice every day) or more of defined events
Time frame: From date of registration until the date of definition of MTD of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 28 weeks.
Tumor response
Efficacy evaluation: objective tumor response according to International PCNSL Collaborative Group Guidelinefor Response Assessment
Time frame: From date of registration until the date of definition of MTD of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 28 weeks.
Plan to share: No
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