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. 2023 Feb 27;15(5):1504. doi: 10.3390/cancers15051504

Table 2.

Safety results of acalabrutinib and zanubrutinib and direct comparisons with ibrutinib in clinical trials.

Reference Schedule N of pts (Tx Status) G ≥ 3 AEs (%) Tox-Related Discontinuations (%) Tox-Related Reductions (%) Any Grade AF %, (G ≥ 3) Any Grade Bleeding
(G ≥ 3) %
Any Grade Hypertension
(G ≥ 3) %
m Time on tx
Byrd et al.
2020 [22]
Acala 100 to 400 mg/d 134 (R/R) 66 13 4 7 (3) (5) 17.9 (7.5) 41
Byrd et al.
2021 [23]
Acala 100 mg bid or 200 mg/d 99 (TN) 35.4 (occurring in >15% of pts) 6.1 NR 5 (2) 66 (3) 22 (11) 41.5
Woyach et al.
2020 [25]
Obi: C1: 100 mg D1, 900 mg D2, 1000 mg D8, D15; C2–6: 1000
mg D1
Acala: 100 mg bid
19 (TN)
26 (R/R)
62
77
5.3
15.4
2 pts
1 pt
2 (2) 71 (4) 40 (7) NR
Sharman et al.
2022 [27,28]
Acala: 100 mg bid 179 (TN) 25 events (occurring in ≥30%) +
86 events of special interest
12.3
(at 45.7 mo)
NR 7.3 (1.1) 43.6 (3.6) 8.9 (3.9) 58.1
Sharman et al.
2022 [27,28]
Obi: C1: 100 mg D1, 900 mg D2, 1000 mg D8, D15; C2–6: 1000
mg D1
Acala: 100 mg bid
179 (TN) 76 events (occurring in ≥30%) +
98 events of special interest
12.8
(at 46.6 mo)
NR 6.2 (1.1) 49.4 (4.5) 9.6 (4.5) 58
Ghia et al.
2022 [26]
Acala: 100 mg bid 155 (R/R) 68 23 6 8 (1) 31 (3) 8 (5) 44.2
Byrd et al.
2021 [29]
Acala: 100 mg bid
Ibrutinib:420 mg/d
268 (R/R)
265 (R/R)
68.8
74.9
14.7
21.3
13.2
15.2
9 (4.5)
15.6 (3.4)
38 (3.8)
51.3 (4.6)
8.6 (4.1)
22.8 (8.7)
38.3
35.5
Rogers et al.
2021 [44]
Acala: 100 mg bid 60 (R/R) 129 events 17 6.7 3.3 (0) 8.3 13.3 (3.3) 32
Cull et al. 2021 [36] Zanu 160 mg bid or 320 mg/d or 160 mg/d 22 (TN)
101 (R/R)
73.2 9.8 8.9
(at least once)
4.9 (3.3) 38.2 (3.3) 19.5 (8.9) 43
Tam et al. 2022 (Group A) [39] Zanu 160 mg bid 241 (TN) 53 8 14 3 41 (3.7) 6 (6) 26.4
(m safety FU)
Tam et al. 2022 (Group C) [39,41] Zanu 160 mg bid 111(TN) 55 5 10 46 (5) 5 (5) 30
(m safety FU)
Brown et al.
2022 [40]
Zanu 160 mg bid
Ibrutinib:420 mg/d
327 (R/R)
325 (R/R)
67.3
70.4
16.2
22.2
12.3
17
6.2 (2.5)
13.3 (4)
42.3 (3.4)
41.4 (3.7)
23.5 (15.1)
22.8 (13.6)
28.4
24.3

Tx: treatment; G: grade; AEs: adverse events; Tox: toxicity; AF; atrial fibrillation; FU: follow-up; mo: months; pts: patients; NR: not reported; bid: twice daily; d: daily; Obi: Obinutuzumab; C: cycle; D: day; TN: treatment naïve; R/R: relapsed/refractory; m: median.