ESCALADE: This trial aims to assess the safety and effectiveness of combined anti-cancer treatment in patients with previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphomaPhase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Acalabrutinib in Combination With Rituximab, Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, and Prednisone in Subjects ≤65 Years With Previously Untreated Non-Germinal Center DLBCL

Exclusion

• Evidence of severe or uncontrolled systemic diseases
• Known history of a bleeding diathesis (i.e., haemophilia, von Willebrand disease)
• History of stroke or intracranial haemorrhage in preceding 6 months.
• Known CNS lymphoma or leptomeningeal disease
• Known primary mediastinal lymphoma
• Known High-grade B-cell lymphoma with MYC and BCL2 and/or BCL6 rearrangements
• Prior history of indolent lymphoma or CLL
• History of or ongoing confirmed PML
• Significant cardiovascular disease such as uncontrolled or symptomatic arrhythmias, congestive heart failure, or myocardial infarction within 6 months of first dose of study drug, or any Class 3 or 4 cardiac disease as defined by the New York Heart Association Functional Classification
• Malabsorption syndrome, disease significantly affecting gastrointestinal function, resection of the stomach, extensive small bowel resection that is likely to affect absorption, symptomatic inflammatory bowel disease, partial or complete bowel obstruction, or gastric restrictions and bariatric surgery, such as gastric bypass.
• Uncontrolled active systemic fungal, bacterial, viral, or other infection
• Prior anthracycline use ≥150 mg/m2