New hope for Hard-to-Treat RET cancers: experimental pill enters human testing

NCT ID NCT05241834

First seen Nov 01, 2025 · Last updated Jun 17, 2026 · Updated 30 times

Summary

This early-stage study tests an experimental pill called LOXO-260 in about 70 adults whose cancer has a specific RET gene change and has stopped responding to other targeted treatments. The main goals are to check safety, find the best dose, and see if the drug can shrink tumors. The study lasts up to 2 years for each participant.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Centre Leon Berard

    Lyon, 69008, France

  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

  • Emory University

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30329-5102, United States

  • Institut Gustave Roussy (Igr)

    Villejuif, 94805, France

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Ohio State University Hospital

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210-1257, United States

  • Sarah Cannon Cancer Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States

  • Thomas Jefferson University

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

  • UCLA Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States

  • UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay

    San Francisco, California, 94158, United States

  • University of Chicago Medicine-Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States

  • University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

  • University of North Carolina

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, United States

  • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

medullary thyroid gland carcinoma multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 non-small cell lung carcinoma RET fusion positive cancer Thyroid Neoplasms thyroid tumor

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.