Trial reportNature medicine2015
Targeting B cell receptor signaling with ibrutinib in diffuse large B cell lymphoma.
Trial report in Nature medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 596 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Phase Ib Dose Finding Study of ABT-199 (A-1195425.0) Plus Ibrutinib (PCI-32765) and Rituximab in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-cell NHL (DLBCL)
Clinical Efficacy and Safety of IBER Salvage Treatment Followed by Ibrutinib Maintenance for Transplant-ineligible Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (PCNSL): a Multicenter, Single-arm, Prospective Phase II Study
Who cites it
596 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,102 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of sociodemographic determinants on enrollment into contemporary lymphoma clinical trials: a systematic review.The oncologist · 2025Pooled it
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- Rocbrutinib, a Highly Selective Fourth-Generation Covalent and Noncovalent BTK Inhibitor, in R/R Non-GCB DLBCL: Efficacy and Safety from a Phase I Study.Advances in therapy · 2026Trial
- Zanubrutinib combined with R-CHOP in previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with specific gene alteration: a phase II study.Blood cancer journal · 2026Trial
- Trial
- High-Dose Methotrexate, Ibrutinib, and Temozolomide in the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Primary CNS Lymphoma: A Multicenter, Prospective Phase II Study.Blood cancer discovery · 2025Trial
- Phase 2 trial of ibrutinib and nivolumab in patients with relapsed CNS lymphomas.Blood advances · 2025Trial
- A Phase II Study Assessing Long-term Response to Ibrutinib Monotherapy in Recurrent or Refractory CNS Lymphoma.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2024Trial
- Combination Targeted Therapy in Relapsed Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma.The New England journal of medicine · 2024Trial
- Combination of acalabrutinib with lenalidomide and rituximab in relapsed/refractory aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a single-arm phase II trial.Nature communications · 2024Trial
- Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors: Mechanisms, Efficacy, Toxicities and Applications for the Treatment of Human Diseases.MedComm · 2026Review
- Advances in molecular pathobiology of PCNSL - towards clinical implementation of novel diagnostics and therapeutics.Biomarker research · 2026Review
- Review
- A role for the protease MALT1 in EBV-mediated B-cell transformation by Latent Membrane Proteins 1 and 2.Leukemia · 2026Article
- A cross-platform transcriptomic risk score integrating LymphoMAP microenvironment archetypes and immune evasion-associated programs in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.Oncology letters · 2026Article
- Alternative oncogenic drivers and sensitivity to BTK inhibition in CRISPR/Cas gene-edited human DLBCL cell models.Blood neoplasia · 2026Article
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- DLBCL-microenvironment interactions: cytokine profiling and ECM-mediated ibrutinib resistance in a 3D bone-based model.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2026Article
- A Multi-Targeted Strategy for Relapsed/Refractory B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Real-World Outcomes of the ViPOR Regimen.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Molecular Mechanisms of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma and the Complexities of Tumor Development.Saudi medical journal · 2026Review
536 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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30 authors at 16 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The two major subtypes of diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL)--activated B cell-like (ABC) and germinal center B cell-like (GCB)--arise by distinct mechanisms, with ABC selectively acquiring mutations that target the B cell receptor (BCR), fostering chronic active BCR signaling. The ABC subtype has a ∼40% cure rate with currently available therapies, which is worse than the rate for GCB DLBCL, and highlights the need for ABC subtype-specific treatment strategies. We hypothesized that ABC, but not GCB, DLBCL tumors would respond to ibrutinib, an inhibitor of BCR signaling. In a phase 1/2 clinical trial that involved 80 subjects with relapsed or refractory DLBCL, ibrutinib produced complete or partial responses in 37% (14/38) of those with ABC DLBCL, but in only 5% (1/20) of subjects with GCB DLBCL (P = 0.0106). ABC tumors with BCR mutations responded to ibrutinib frequently (5/9; 55.5%), especially those with concomitant myeloid differentiation primary response 88 (MYD88) mutations (4/5; 80%), a result that is consistent with in vitro cooperation between the BCR and MYD88 pathways. However, the highest number of responses occurred in ABC tumors that lacked BCR mutations (9/29; 31%), suggesting that oncogenic BCR signaling in ABC does not require BCR mutations and might be initiated by non-genetic mechanisms. These results support the selective development of ibrutinib for the treatment of ABC DLBCL.
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