🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-05-28

A Study of Acalabrutinib Plus Venetoclax and Rituximab in Participants With Treatment Naïve Mantle Cell Lymphoma (NCT05951959)

🔵 Active, Not Recruiting Phase2 💊 Investigational Drug / Biologic Sponsor: AstraZeneca

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

TrAVeRse is a multicentre, open-label, Phase II study of AVR in treatment naïve MCL participants. The primary objective will be to assess the rate of MRD-negative CR at end of induction after completing 13 cycles of AVR. Participants achieving an MRD-negative CR at the end of AVR induction will be randomised to continued acalabrutinib or observation. Participants who progress during observation may receive retreatment with acalabrutinib

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (13 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (26 items).

Location: Research Site — Hackensack, New Jersey

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

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Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria: Medical Conditions
  • Active CNS involvement by lymphoma or leptomeningeal disease
  • Current or previous active malignancies requiring anticancer therapy except: \- adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer \- in situ cancer \- history of cancer with no evidence of recurrence for ≥ 2 years before enrolment \- local radiotherapy with a field that does not overlap with sites of current MCL disease and given at least 3 months prior to the screening PET-CT scan and the participant had recovered from any associated toxicity. \- anti-hormonal therapies are permitted after discussion with the sponsor's medical monitor
  • Participants for whom the goal of therapy is tumour debulking before ASCT
  • Any severe or life-threatening illness, medical condition (e.g., uncontrolled hypertension, bleeding diathesis), or organ system dysfunction which, in the investigator' opinion, could compromise the participant safety, interfere with the absorption or metabolism of study intervention (acalabrutinib, rituximab, venetoclax) or put the study outcomes at undue risk
  • Clinically significant cardiovascular disease such as uncontrolled or untreated symptomatic arrhythmias, congestive heart failure, or myocardial infarction within 6 months of screening, or any Class 3 (moderate) or Class 4 (severe) cardiac disease as defined by the New York Heart Association Functional Classification, or QTc \> 480 msec at screening. Exception: Participants with controlled, asymptomatic atrial fibrillation during screening may enroll.
  • Any active uncontrolled infection (bacterial, viral, fungal, or other infection including tuberculosis), defined as exhibiting ongoing signs/symptoms related to the infection and without improvement, despite appropriate antibiotics or other treatment, which in the investigator's opinion makes it undesirable or pose a safety risk for the participant to participate in the study.
  • HIV infection. As per standard of care, results of HIV serology should be known prior to start of study intervention. In the acute situation, registration may occur without the results of the HIV serology but must be available prior to start of study intervention Excluded Participants: Participants with active HIV infection (i.e., with detectable viral load by PCR) are excluded. Included Participants: HIV-positive participants receiving anti-retroviral treatment with undetectable viral load by PCR may be enrolled following discussion with the participant's HIV physician and the sponsor medical monitor. Potential interactions between anti-retroviral medications and study interventions should be considered.
  • Serologic status reflecting active hepatitis B or C. As per standard of care, results of hepatitis serology should be known prior to start of study intervention. In the acute situation, enrolment may occur without the results of the hepatitis serology but must be available prior to start of study intervention.
  • Participants who are HBsAg positive or HBV-DNA PCR positive will not be eligible. Participants who are anti-HBc IgG antibody positive and who are HBsAg negative will need to have a negative PCR result before enrolment. Participants who have protective titres of HBsAb after vaccination will be eligible.
  • Participants who are hepatitis C antibody positive and are HCV-PCR positive will not be eligible.
  • History or ongoing confirmed progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (29 Sites)

  • Research Site — Hackensack, New Jersey
  • Research Site — Stony Brook, New York
  • Research Site — Cleveland, Ohio
  • Research Site — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Research Site — Houston, Texas
  • Research Site — Heidelberg,
  • Research Site — Kogarah,
  • Research Site — Nedlands,
  • Research Site — Sydney,
  • Research Site — Porto Alegre,
  • Research Site — Rio de Janeiro,
  • Research Site — São Paulo,
  • Research Site — São Paulo,
  • Research Site — Edmonton, Alberta
  • Research Site — Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Research Site — Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • Research Site — Barrie, Ontario
  • Research Site — Toronto, Ontario
  • Research Site — Montreal, Quebec
  • Research Site — Gdynia,
  • Research Site — Krakow,
  • Research Site — Warsaw,
  • Research Site — Madrid,
  • Research Site — Birmingham,
  • Research Site — Gloucester,

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.
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