First-line ibrutinib plus venetoclax for non-blastoid mantle cell lymphoma in patients ≥65 years or with TP53 mutations

M Michael Wang M Marc S Hoffmann (University of Kansas Medical Center, Westwood, Kansas, United States) T Tomasz Wróbel M Marek Trneny D David Belada (4th Department of Internal Medicine - Haematology, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic) F Fatih Demirken (Dokuz Eylul University, Division of Hematology, Izmir, Turkey, Izmir, Turkey) P Panayiotis Panayiotidis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece) W Wojciech Jurczak P Pier Luigi Zinzani (12IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia “Seràgnoli,” Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy) M Mary-Margaret Keating (Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, Canada) S Sung-Soo Yoon (From Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Y.C.C., I.A.), and the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University (Y.C.C., H.M., I.A.), Tel Aviv, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan (H.M.), and Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem (M.G.) — all in Israel; McGill University and McGill University Health Centre, Montreal (M.S.), and Alberta Health Services, Edmonton (M.P.C.) — all in Canada; Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (K.K.), Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, Catholic University of Korea (C.-K.M.), and Seoul National University College of Medicine (S.-S.Y.) — all in Seoul, South Korea; Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Valdecilla, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander (E.M.O.), Cancer Center Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Center for Applied Medical Research, Pamplona (P.R.-O.), Institut Català d’Oncologia, Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, and the Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona (A.O.)...) M Miklos Egyed (Somogy County Moritz Kaposi General Hospital, Kaposvár, Hungary) C Constantine S. Tam (40Department of Haematology, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia) N Nathalie A. Johnson (Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada) E Edith Szafer Glusman (AbbVie, South San Francisco, California, United States) J Jennifer Lin (AbbVie, North Chicago, Illinois, United States) J James P. Dean (AbbVie, North Chicago, Illinois, United States) J Jutta K. Neuenburg (AbbVie, North Chicago, Illinois, United States) G Gottfried von Keudell (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States)

Abstract

The phase 3 SYMPATICO study included an open-label cohort to evaluate the efficacy and safety of first-line ibrutinib plus venetoclax in patients with non-blastoid mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) ≥65 years (n=65), or ≥18 years with a TP53 mutation (TP53m) (n=11). Eligible patients received oral ibrutinib 560 mg once daily and venetoclax (5-week ramp-up to 400 mg once daily) for 2 years, then single-agent ibrutinib 560 mg until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. In total, 78 patients were enrolled. With median time on study of 40.5 months (range, 0.6+ to 46.9), the complete response (CR) rate was 69% (95% CI, 58-79), and the overall response rate was 95% (95% CI, 87-99). The median duration of response was 37.1 months (95% CI, 30.3-not estimable [NE]). Median progression-free survival (mPFS) was 40.2 months (95% CI, 29.4-NE); median overall survival (OS) was not reached (3-year OS rate, 79% [95% CI, 68-86]). In patients ≥65 years, CR rates were 76% (no TP53m) and 44% (with TP53m), mPFS was 40.2 and 22.0 months, and 3-year OS was 85% and 66%, respectively. In adult patients <65 years (with TP53m), the CR rate was 73%, mPFS was 15.4 months, and 3-year OS was 73%. The most common treatment-emergent adverse events were diarrhea (49%), fatigue (37%), neutropenia (35%), and COVID-19 (32%). First-line ibrutinib plus venetoclax showed promising efficacy, with high CR rates and durable remissions, in patients with previously untreated non-blastoid MCL and may be an option for patients ≥65 years or patients of any age with TP53m. NCT03112174

Article Details

Journal Blood
Volume / Issue Vol. 1, Issue 1
Published July 01, 2026
ISSN 0006-4971
Publisher Elsevier BV

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Blood

Elsevier BV

ISSN: 0006-4971 Health Sciences

Authors (19)

M

Michael Wang

M

Marc S Hoffmann

University of Kansas Medical Center, Westwood, Kansas, United States

T

Tomasz Wróbel

M

Marek Trneny

D

David Belada

4th Department of Internal Medicine - Haematology, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

F

Fatih Demirken

Dokuz Eylul University, Division of Hematology, Izmir, Turkey, Izmir, Turkey

P

Panayiotis Panayiotidis

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

W

Wojciech Jurczak

P

Pier Luigi Zinzani

12IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia “Seràgnoli,” Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

M

Mary-Margaret Keating

Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, Canada

S

Sung-Soo Yoon

From Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Y.C.C., I.A.), and the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University (Y.C.C., H.M., I.A.), Tel Aviv, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan (H.M.), and Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem (M.G.) — all in Israel; McGill University and McGill University Health Centre, Montreal (M.S.), and Alberta Health Services, Edmonton (M.P.C.) — all in Canada; Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (K.K.), Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, Catholic University of Korea (C.-K.M.), and Seoul National University College of Medicine (S.-S.Y.) — all in Seoul, South Korea; Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Valdecilla, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander (E.M.O.), Cancer Center Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Center for Applied Medical Research, Pamplona (P.R.-O.), Institut Català d’Oncologia, Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, and the Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona (A.O.)...

M

Miklos Egyed

Somogy County Moritz Kaposi General Hospital, Kaposvár, Hungary

C

Constantine S. Tam

40Department of Haematology, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

N

Nathalie A. Johnson

Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada

E

Edith Szafer Glusman

AbbVie, South San Francisco, California, United States

J

Jennifer Lin

AbbVie, North Chicago, Illinois, United States

J

James P. Dean

AbbVie, North Chicago, Illinois, United States

J

Jutta K. Neuenburg

AbbVie, North Chicago, Illinois, United States

G

Gottfried von Keudell

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States