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Acalabrutinib in Waldenström macroglobulinemia yields durable responses with 5 years of follow-up

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https://hdl.handle.net/1813/126876
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Author
Owen, Roger G.
McCarthy, Helen
D'Sa, Shirley
Thomas, Sheeba K.
Tournilhac, Olivier
Forconi, Francesco
Kersten, Marie José.
Zinzani, Pier Luigi
Iyengar, Sunil
Kothari, Jaimal
Minnema, Monique C.
Kastritis, Efstathios
Cheson, Bruce D.
Walter, Harriet S.
Greenwald, Daniel
Calvo, Roser
Li, Yi
Rule, Simon
Furman, Richard R.
Abstract

Acalabrutinib is a covalent Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor. In the phase 2 ACE-WM-001 trial (NCT02180724), at 27.4 months median follow-up, acalabrutinib yielded durable responses in patients with treatment-naive (TN) or relapsed/refractory (R/R) Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM). We report WM-001 results at 63.7 months median follow-up. Overall, 106 patients (TN, n = 14; R/R, n = 92) were treated; 52.8% discontinued treatment (TN, n = 7; R/R, n = 49), most commonly due to disease progression (19.8%; TN, n = 1; R/R, n = 20) and adverse events (AEs; 17.9%; TN, n = 4; R/R, n = 15). Overall response rates were 92.9% and 94.6%, and major response rates (‚â• partial response) were 78.6% and 81.5% in the TN and R/R cohorts, respectively. Median progression-free survival (PFS) was not estimable (NE; 95% CI: 19.3, NE) and 67.5 months (53.3, NE), with estimated 66-month PFS rates of 83.6% (48.0, 95.7) and 52.0% (39.3, 63.2) in the TN and R/R cohorts, respectively. Median duration of response (DOR) was not reached (NR) (11.9 months, NE) and 64.7 months (54.5, NE), with estimated 66-month DOR rates of 90.0% (47.3, 98.5) and 44.8% (27.1, 61.1) in the TN and R/R cohorts, respectively. Median overall survival (OS) was NR in both cohorts; estimated 66-month OS rates were 90.9% (50.8, 98.7) and 71.2% (60.3, 79.6), respectively. Cardiac events of clinical interest occurred in 22 (20.8%) patients. One grade 5 AE (intracranial hematoma) was considered treatment-related. With 5 years of follow-up, efficacy and safety of acalabrutinib in WM were maintained.

Journal / Series
Blood advances
Volume & Issue
10(14)
Date Issued
2026-07-28
Publisher
American Society of Hematology
Keywords
WCM Library Coordinated Deposit
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Humans
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Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia/drug therapy/mortality
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Pyrazines/therapeutic use/adverse effects/administration & dosage/pharmacology
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Benzamides/therapeutic use/adverse effects/administration & dosage/pharmacology
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Follow-Up Studies
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Female
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Aged
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Treatment Outcome
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Aged, 80 and over
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Protein Kinase Inhibitors/therapeutic use/adverse effects
Related DOI
https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2025017713
Previously Published as
Owen RG, McCarthy H, D'Sa S, Thomas SK, Tournilhac O, Forconi F, Kersten MJé, Zinzani PL, Iyengar S, Kothari J, Minnema MC, Kastritis E, Cheson BD, Walter HS, Greenwald D, Calvo R, Li Y, Rule S, Furman RR. Acalabrutinib in Waldenström macroglobulinemia yields durable responses with 5 years of follow-up. Blood advances. 2026;10(14):5058-5069. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2025017713. PMID: 41985004.
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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article

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