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Primary Central Nervous System LymphomaPhase 1NCT04462328

Acalabrutinib and Durvalumab in Primary and Secondary Central Nervous System Lymphoma

A Phase 1 study testing Durvalumab and Acalabrutinib in people with Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma, run by Washington University School of Medicine at 2 sites in United States.

Active, not recruiting

Under way, not looking for participants. Everyone needed has enrolled. The study is still running.

Official record
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Trial summary

BTK inhibition and checkpoint blockade are promising classes of therapy for central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma and have demonstrated efficacy with acceptable toxicity. A multidrug approach may carry a higher chance of durable efficacy in this aggressive disease that carries significant morbidity and mortality. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
What is being tested?
Durvalumab and Acalabrutinib
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
25 participants
Where
2 sitesUnited States
Study dates
29 Apr 2021to 30 Sep 2028
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Histologically documented primary CNS lymphoma with either:
  • Relapsed or refractory disease with at least 1 prior therapy OR
  • Ineligible for high dose methotrexate based therapy as determined by the treating physician, including previously untreated patients. Examples of medical conditions that for which a patient could be considered ineligible for high dose methotrexate include renal impairment, liver disease, heart failure or having ascites or effusions.
  • Note: Patients with leptomeningeal disease only must have been previously treated with intrathecal therapy Note: Patients with secondary CNS lymphoma are excluded even if the disease is isolated to the CNS.
  • Presence of evaluable disease. This includes radiographic evidence of parenchymal disease or leptomeningeal enhancement or thickening, or disease detected in the CSF.
  • Note: Patients with vitreous involvement alone are not eligible.
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  • ECOG performance status of 0, 1, or 2. Patients with ECOG performance status of 3 are permitted if their performance status limitations are due to lymphoma in the opinion of the treating physician.
  • Adequate bone marrow and organ function shown by:
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.0 x 109/L
  • Platelets ≥ 75 x 10^9/L and no platelet transfusion within the past 7 days prior to initiation of protocol treatment
  • Prothrombin time (PT), partial thromboplastin time (PTT), and international normalized ratio (INR) < 2 times the upper limit of normal (unless attributed to lupus anticoagulant or attributed to anticoagulant such as a direct oral anticoagulant)
  • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 times the upper limit of normal
  • Serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal
  • Creatinine clearance > 30 mL/min calculated by the Cockcroft-Gault formula using actual body weight
  • Age ≥ 18 years of age
  • Body weight >30 kg
  • Documented negative antibody to HIV
  • Evidence of post-menopausal status or negative urinary or serum pregnancy test for female pre-menopausal patients. Women will be considered post-menopausal if they have been amenorrheic for 12 months without an alternative medical cause. The following age-specific requirements apply:
  • Women <50 years of age would be considered post-menopausal if they have been amenorrheic for 12 months or more following cessation of exogenous hormonal treatments and if they have 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 would be considered post-menopausal if they have been amenorrheic for 12 months or more following cessation of all exogenous hormonal treatments, had radiation-induced menopause with last menses >1 year ago, had chemotherapy-induced menopause with last menses >1 year ago, or underwent surgical sterilization (bilateral oophorectomy, bilateral salpingectomy or hysterectomy).
  • Have had a hysterectomy and/or bilateral oophorectomy, bilateral salpingectomy, or bilateral tubal ligation/occlusion at least 6 weeks before screening.
  • Have a congenital or acquired condition that prevents childbearing.
  • Female subjects of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test no more than 3 days prior to the start of study treatment.
  • Ability to understand and willingness to sign an IRB approved written informed consent document. Legally authorized representatives may sign and give informed consent on behalf of study participants.

Who cannot join

  • Diagnosis of secondary CNS lymphoma (even if disease is isolated to CNS).
  • Vitreous involvement alone.
  • Concurrent use of other approved or investigational antineoplastic agents (with the exception of corticosteroids)
  • Participation in another clinical study with an investigational product during the 4 weeks prior to the first day of study treatment.
  • Prior chemotherapy or targeted small molecule therapy (or other therapy for CNS lymphoma) within 3 weeks prior to the first day of study treatment (or 5 half-lives (whichever is shorter)), or 2 weeks prior to the first day of study treatment for monoclonal antibodies
  • Recovered to baseline or ≤ grade 1 from prior toxicities of therapy with the exception of alopecia (no recovery required) and neuropathy (recovery to ≤ grade 2 is permitted).
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  • External beam radiation therapy to the CNS within 14 days of the first day of study treatment.
  • Requires more than 8 mg of dexamethasone daily or the equivalent for control of CNS symptoms at the time of initiation of study therapy. Patients must taper off high dose corticosteroids for the control of CNS symptoms within 14 days after starting on study therapy.
  • History of intracranial hemorrhage or clinically significant stroke within 6 months prior to first day of study treatment
  • Inability to swallow oral medications.
  • History of significant gastrointestinal disease that would limit absorption of oral medications. This could include refractory nausea, vomiting, chronic gastrointestinal disease, bariatric surgery such as gastric bypass, partial or complete bowel obstruction, or previous significant bowel resection that would preclude adequate absorption, distribution, metabolism, or excretion of study treatment.
  • Active concurrent malignancy requiring active therapy.
  • Prior therapy with a checkpoint inhibitor, including durvalumab.
  • Prior therapy with BTK inhibitor.
  • Warfarin or any other Coumadin-derivative anticoagulant or vitamin K antagonists. Patients must be off warfarin-derivative anticoagulants for at least seven days prior to starting the study drug. Use of low molecular weight heparin and novel oral anticoagulants (eg. rivaroxaban, apixaban) is permitted if required.
  • Concurrent use of a moderate or strong inhibitor or inducer of the P450 isoenzyme CYP3A. Participants must be off P450/CYP3A inhibitors and inducers prior to starting the study drug.
  • Note: Study therapy may be started after 5-half-lives or 7 days (whichever is shorter) have surpassed since last administration of a strong or moderate CYP3A4 inducer/inhibitors.
  • Use of systemic immunosuppressant therapy, including cyclosporine A, tacrolimus, sirolimus, and other such medications, or chronic administration of > 10 mg/day of prednisone or the equivalent. This does not refer to patients on corticosteroids for CNS lymphoma symptoms. Participants must be off of immunosuppressant therapy (with the exception of steroids) for at least 14 days prior to the first day of study treatment. The items listed below are exceptions to this criterion:
  • Intranasal, inhaled, topical steroids, or local steroid injections (e.g., intra articular injection)
  • Systemic corticosteroids at physiologic doses not to exceed 10 mg/day of prednisone or its equivalent
  • Steroids as premedication for hypersensitivity reactions (e.g., CT scan premedication)
  • Receipt of live attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to the first day of study treatment.
  • Note: Patients, if enrolled, should not receive live vaccine while receiving IP and up to 30 days after the last day of study treatment.
  • Suspicion of or confirmed progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
  • Active autoimmune disease (including autoimmune hemolytic anemia and immune thrombocytopenia purpura) requiring systemic treatment within the past two years (i.e. with the use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressive drugs). The following are exceptions to this criterion:
  • Patients with vitiligo or alopecia
  • Patients with hypothyroidism (e.g., due to Hashimoto syndrome) stable on hormone replacement
  • Any chronic skin condition that does not require systemic therapy
  • Patients without active disease in the last 5 years may be included but only after consultation with the study physician
  • Patients with celiac disease controlled by diet alone
  • Replacement therapy (e.g. thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroids replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.)
  • Significant medical diseases or conditions, as assessed by the investigator, that would substantially increase the risk to benefit ratio of participating in the study. This includes, but is not limited to, acute myocardial infarction in the past 6 months, unstable angina, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, significant active infections,, severely immunocompromised state, and congestive heart failure, New York Heart Association Class III-IV.
  • Known bleeding diathesis (e.g. von Willebrand's disease), hemophilia, or active bleeding.
  • Known active infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) or hepatitis B virus (HBV) as determined by serologic tests and/or PCR.
  • History of invasive fungal infection, including invasive aspergillosis, or known active tuberculosis.
  • Major surgery ≤ 28 days prior to starting the trial treatment (or has not recovered from the side effects of such surgery) or plans to have surgery within 2 weeks of the first dose of the study drug.
  • Prior allogenic stem cell transplant (autologous stem cell transplant is NOT an exclusion).

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country.

United States2 sites

  • The Ohio State University Hospital

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110

Other trials in United States

About this study

Official title: Phase I Study With Dose Expansion of Acalabrutinib and Durvalumab (MEDI 4736) in Primary and Secondary Central Nervous System Lymphoma

BTK inhibition and checkpoint blockade are promising classes of therapy for central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma and have demonstrated efficacy with acceptable toxicity. A multidrug approach may carry a higher chance of durable efficacy in this aggressive disease that carries significant morbidity and mortality. Given the poor outcomes and limited options for patients who are not candidates for high-dose methotrexate, the investigators seek to evaluate the combination in this patient population.

08/30/2022: The study was originally designed for those with primary and secondary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma. However, the first three patients who were enrolled all had secondary CNS lymphoma and most had germinal center phenotype disease with double hit phenotypes. In these three patients, two dose limiting toxicities were seen including 1 patient with grade 4 neutropenia at the time of disease progression and one with pneumonia in the setting of disease progression and worsening of existing heart disease. The third patient came off for clinical progression within cycle 1. Given the lack of response in patients with secondary CNS lymphomas, who do not exhibit the same biology as primary CNS lymphoma patients, Amendment 3 updates the study to only include patients with primary CNS lymphomas.

Being tested
Durvalumab, Acalabrutinib

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • DurvalumabDrug

    Also called Imfinzi

    Durvalumab will be administered over 60 minutes

  • AcalabrutinibDrug

    Also called Calquence

    Patients will take acalabrutinib orally every 12 hours (+/- 3 hours) daily.

Study groups in NCT04462328
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Phase I Dose Level 1: Durvalumab + AcalabruitinibExperimental* Acalabrutinib 100 mg twice per day by mouth on days 1-28 * Durvalumab 1500 mg intravenous on day 1 of a 28 day cycle
Receives: Drug: Durvalumab; Drug: Acalabrutinib
Phase I Dose Level 2: Durvalumab + AcalabruitinibExperimental* Acalabrutinib 200 mg twice per day by mouth on days 1-28 * Durvalumab 1500 mg intravenous on day 1 of a 28 day cycle
Receives: Drug: Durvalumab; Drug: Acalabrutinib
Expansion Cohort: Durvalumab + AcalabrutinibExperimental* Acalabrutinib 100 mg or 200 mg (depends on tolerable dose found in Phase I portion of study) twice per day by mouth on days 1-28 * Durvalumab 1500 mg intravenous on day 1 of a 28 day cycle
Receives: Drug: Durvalumab; Drug: Acalabrutinib

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Tolerability as defined as tolerable dose

    • Defined as Dose Level 2 if 0 or 1 dose limiting toxicities (DLTs) are seen in patients at that dose level, or Dose Level 1 if 2+ DLTs are seen in Dose Level 2 but only 0 or 1 DLTs are seen in patients at Dose Level 1.
    • A DLT is defined as the occurrence of an adverse event (AE) that is at least possibly related to the investigational product (IP) or investigational regimen (IR)

    Measured: Completion of first 12 weeks of treatment within phase I portion of study (estimated to be 14 months)

  2. Safety as defined by frequency of toxicities assessed by CTCAE v 5.0

    Measured: From start of treatment through 90 days after treatment (estimated to be 9 months)

Secondary outcomes (5)

  1. Overall response rate (complete response (CR) + partial response (PR))

    • CR is defined as disappearance of all contrast-enhancing CNS (brain and spine if latter abnormal at baseline) disease, absence of any systemic corticosteroids prescribed to treat lymphoma (prophylactic steroid eye drops, topical steroids, corticosteroid antiemetics and steroids prescribed for non-disease reasons [e.g. asthma exacerbation, dermatologic or rheumatologic conditions] are allowed and not considered in the definition of CR), resolution of abnormal ocular findings on ophthalmological examination, negative CSF cytology/flow cytometry.
    • PR is defined as >50% reduction in contrast-enhancing CNS (brain and spine if latter abnormal at baseline) disease either with minor abnormalities on ophthalmological examination or normal ophthalmological examination OR disappearance of all contrast-enhancing CNS (brain and spine if latter abnormal at baseline) but only reduction of vitreous cells or retinal infiltrates or residual suspicious or positive CSF cytology.

    Measured: Through completion of treatment (estimated to be 6 months)

  2. Duration of response

    -The duration of overall response is measured from the time measurement criteria are met for CR or PR (whichever is first recorded) until the first date that recurrent or progressive disease is objectively documented (taking as reference for progressive disease the smallest measurements recorded since the treatment started).

    Measured: Through 2 years post treatment (estimated to be 2 years and 6 months)

  3. Time to response

    -Time to response is measured from the start of treatment until the time measurement criteria are met for first objective tumor response (CR or PR, whichever is first recorded).

    Measured: Through completion of treatment (estimated to be 6 months)

  4. Progression-free survival (PFS)

    • PFS is defined as the duration of time from start of treatment to time of progression or death, whichever occurs first.
    • Progressive disease is defined as > 25% increase in contrast-enhancing CNS (brain and spine if latter abnormal at baseline) disease, appearance of any new, measurable (>/= 10mm) contrast-enhancing disease or recurrent or new ocular or CSF disease.
    • Progression free survival will include all patients with at least one response assessment. Patients will be censored for progression free survival and duration of response if alive and without disease progression at completion of follow-up period.

    Measured: Through 2 years post treatment (estimated to be 2 years and 6 months)

  5. Overall survival (OS)

    • OS is defined as the duration of time from start of treatment to time of death.
    • All patients who receive treatment on study will be included in overall survival. Patients will be censored for overall survival is alive at last study data collection point (completion of follow-up).

    Measured: Through 2 years post treatment (estimated to be 2 years and 6 months)

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted8 Jul 2020
  2. Study start29 Apr 2021
  3. Primary completion31 Dec 2026 (estimated)
  4. Study completion30 Sep 2028 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Sequential
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
25 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04462328
Sponsor's protocol ID
202009139
Status last verified
Sep 2026
First submitted
2 Jul 2020
Last updated
16 Sep 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Durvalumab and Acalabrutinib in people with Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma, run by Washington University School of Medicine at 2 sites in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 24 inclusion and 37 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 16 Sep 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 2 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Tolerability as defined as tolerable dose (time frame: Completion of first 12 weeks of treatment within phase I portion of study (estimated to be 14 months)). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04462328.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 16 Sep 2026.

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