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Acalabrutinib in Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia With Direct Oral Anticoagulation (CICERO)

A Non-interventional, Prospective, Open-label, Observational Study Evaluating the Effectiveness and Safety of Acalabrutinib (Calquence®) in Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Receiving Direct Oral Anticoagulation (DOAC).

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05517265
Acronym
CICERO
Enrollment
45
Registered
2022-08-26
Start date
2022-10-12
Completion date
2026-03-20
Last updated
2026-05-01

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

CLL

Keywords

CLL, Acalabrutinib (+/- Obinutuzumab), DOAC

Brief summary

The goal of CICERO is to investigate the clinical outcome with a particular focus on prospective data on safety using acalabrutinib (+/- obinutuzumab) in CLL patients receiving co-medication with DOACs (edoxaban, rivaroxaban, dabigatran, apixaban) irrespective of treatment line.

Detailed description

The non-interventional study (NIS) CICERO will collect real-world data to explore acalabrutinib (+/- obinutuzumab) in adult CLL patients (irrespective of treatment line) who receive co-medication with DOACs. The primary focus of the study is to investigate the incidence proportion of bleeding events. Due to the mostly elderly CLL patient population, CLL patients often suffer from multiple cardiovascular comorbidities including atrial fibrillation (AF), deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE) which make anticoagulation mandatory. Up to now, no systematic and prospective evaluation on interactions of BTKis and DOACs has been conducted. In Order to assess bleeding events, a questionnaire will be used to document if bleeding events occurred in-between visits in routine care. Patients will be asked at each visit if distinct events occurred in the time between the last visit until the current visit and discuss the questionnaire with the physician to determine of any (S)AE occurred until end of acalabrutinib treatment.

Interventions

DRUGCalquence

acalabrutinib (+/- obinutuzumab) according to Calquence® SmPC.

Sponsors

iOMEDICO AG
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY
AstraZeneca
CollaboratorINDUSTRY

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* 18 years of age or older * Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and decision for treatment with acalabrutinib (+/- obinutuzumab) according to current SmPC as assessed by the treating physician or already started treatment with acalabrutinib (+/- obinutuzumab) according to current SmPC no longer than 6 weeks ago * Other concomitant disease resulting in medical need of or already under treatment with direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) treatment with edoxaban (Lixiana®) or rivaroxaban (Xarelto®) or dabigatran (Pradaxa®) or apixaban (Eliquis®) according to the respective current SmPC. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2 * Signed, written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

* Combination of acalabrutinib with other substances than obinutuzumab for CLL treatment * Participation in an interventional clinical trial with acalabrutinib

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Incidence proportion of patients with major bleeding event according to Schulman et al.Baseline until end of acalabrutinib treatment (+ 30 days safety follow-up); up to 41 monthsBleeding event is defined as major according to Schulmann et al., if it is fatal (contributes to death) and/or symptomatic in a critical area or organ (such as intracranial, intraspinal, intraocular, retroperitoneal, intraarticular or pericardial, or intramuscular with compartment syndrome) and/or causing a decrease in hemoglobin of 2 g/dL (1.24 mmol/l) or more or requires a transfusion of 2 or more units of whole blood or red blood cells. Incidence proportion (cumulative incidence) is calculated as the number of patients with bleeding event while on treatment (+30 days safety follow-up), divided by the number of patients in the full analysis population.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Incidence proportion of clinically relevant non-major (CRNM) bleeding eventsBaseline, up to 41 monthsCRNM bleeding is defined as bleeding that does not meet the criteria for major bleeding according to Schulman et al. but is associated with the need for medical intervention and/or personal contact with a physician and/or hospitalization or increase in level of care.
Major (according to Schulman et al.) and/or CRNM bleeding events.Baseline, up to 41 monthsIncidence proportion of major (according to Schulman et al.) and/or CRNM bleeding events.
Any bleeding event.Baseline, up to 41 monthsIncidence proportion of any bleeding event.
Incidence proportion of major bleeding according to Ghia et al.Baseline, up to 41 monthsMajor bleeding according to Ghia et al. is defined as any serious OR grade ≥3 hemorrhage OR central nervous system (CNS) hemorrhage of any grade, excluding immune thrombocytopenic purpura.
Time to first Occurrence of major bleeding eventsBaseline, up to 41 monthsTime to first occurrence of major (according to Schulman et al.) bleeding events.
Incidence proportion of central nervous system (CNS) bleeding eventsBaseline, up to 41 monthsFrequencies of patients with CNS bleeding events.
Patient safety regarding mortalityBaseline, up to 41 monthsMortality from all causes during acalabrutinib therapy.
Patient safety in terms of interactions with effectiveness of DOACBaseline, up to 41 monthsRate of any new or recurrent ischemic stroke or arterial systemic embolism or venous thromboembolic events.
VTE (venous thromboembolism)-related deathBaseline, up to 41 monthsIncidence proportion of VTE-related death.
Overall response rate (ORR)Baseline, up to 41 monthsORR is defined as proportion of patients with any response (partial or complete remission) overall.
Progression-free survival (PFS)Baseline, up to 41 monthsTime from start of acalabrutinib to occurrence of progressive disease or death from any cause, whichever comes first.
Overall survival (OS)Baseline, up to 41 monthsOS is defined as time from first administration of acalabrutinib to death from any cause.
Therapy decision makingBaselineFrequencies of parameters affecting therapy choice.
Previous therapiesBaselineFrequencies and percentages of previous therapies
Acalabrutinib (+/- obinutuzumab) treatment: DurationBaseline, up to 41 monthsAnalysis of treatment duration of acalabrutinib using descriptive statistics.
Acalabrutinib (+/- obinutuzumab) treatment: Dose intensityBaseline, up to 41 monthsAnalysis of dose intensity of acalabrutinib treatment with reference to the SmPC (absolute and relative) using descriptive statistics.
Obinutuzumab treatment: DurationBaseline, up to 41 monthsAnalysis of treatment duration of obinutuzumab using descriptive statistics
Reasons for end of treatment of obinutuzumabBaseline, up to 41 monthsFrequencies and percentages of reasons for end of obinutuzumab treatment.
Types of DOACBaseline, up to 41 monthsType of DOAC used (edoxaban, rivaroxaban, dabigatran and apixaban).
Reasons for DOAC treatmentBaseline, up to 41 monthsFrequencies and precentages of reasons for DOAC treatment.
DOAC treatment: DurationBaseline, up to 41 monthsAnalysis of DOAC treatment duration using descriptive statistics.
DOAC treatment: Dose modificationsBaseline, up to 41 monthsFrequencies and percentages of dose modifications of DOAC treatment.
DOAC treatment: Reasons for dose modificationsBaseline, up to 41 monthsFrequencies and percentages of reasons for dose modifications of DOAC treatment.
DOAC treatment: Reasons for end of treatmentBaseline, up to 41 monthsFrequencies and percentages of reasons for end of DOAC treatment.
Time from onset to DOAC to start of acalabrutinibBaseline, up to 41 monthsAssessment of time from onset of DOAC to start of acalabrutinib therapy using descriptive statistics.
Concomitant medicationBaseline, up to 41 monthsFrequency of concomitant medication other than DOAC.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

STUDY_CHAIRKlaus Fenchel, Prof. Dr.

Onkologische Praxisklinik Hämatologie/ Onkologie und Gerinnungsstörungen

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: May 2, 2026