New pill targets blood cancers in early human trial
NCT ID NCT07064122
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This early-phase trial is testing a new drug called AZD2962, which blocks a protein called IRAK4 involved in cancer growth. The study includes about 72 people with certain blood cancers (myelodysplastic syndromes or chronic myelomonocytic leukemia) that have not responded to prior treatments. Researchers are giving the drug as a daily pill, either alone or with other medicines, to check its safety, find the right dose, and see if it helps shrink the cancer.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- AZD2962 (an IRAK4 inhibitor taken as a pill)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new treatment option for certain blood cancers that have stopped responding to standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early (Phase 1/2) and small trial (72 people). The drug may not work or may cause side effects. It is too soon to know if it will be safe or effective.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 72 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 110 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Key Inclusion Criteria: 1. Participants with relapsed/refractory MDS or participants with relapsed/refractory dysplastic CMML, with peripheral blasts or bone marrow blasts \< 20%, and who received one or more prior lines of therapy as per standard of care (or who exhausted locally available treatments including treatments for actionable mutations). Diagnosis must be histologically confirmed as per the WHO 2016 classification of myeloid neoplasms. 2. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of ≤2. 3. Participants must have symptomatic disease that requires therapy and allows for objective efficacy assessments. 4. Willing to provide baseline bone marrow aspirate (or biopsy if dry-tap). 5. Contraceptive use by participants or participant partners should be consistent with local regulations and also comply with Clinical Study Protocol requirements. 6. All women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test result at Screening. Key Exclusion Criteria: 1. Prior treatment with IRAK inhibitors or inhibitors of the inflammasome pathway. 2. Received any antineoplastic therapy (except hydroxyurea) within 15 days prior to first dose. 3. Received any strong or moderate Cytochrome P450 3A (CYP3A) inhibitors within 15 days prior to first dose. 4. Received major surgery within 28 days prior to first dose, or still recovering from surgery. 5. Received drugs that are known to prolong corrected QT interval (QTc) and with known risk of Torsades de Pointes, within 15 days prior to first dose. 6. Received immunosuppressive medications (including Graft-Versus-Host Disease prophylaxis) within 28 days prior to first dose, or within 15 days in the case of systemic steroids (doses exceeding 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent). 7. Received live attenuated vaccines within 28 days prior to first dose. 8. Active major bleeding event. 9. Any evidence of systemic disease, significant clinical disorder, or laboratory finding that make undesirable the participation in the study. 15\. Mean resting corrected QT interval using Fridericia's formula (QTcF) \> 450 ms obtained from triplicate Electrocardiograms (ECGs) and averaged, recorded within 5 minutes. In the presence of bundle branch block, QTcF \> 470 ms is applicable. 16\. History of intracranial bleeding within 6 months prior to first dose. 17. Active gastrointestinal disease or other condition that will interfere significantly with the absorption, distribution, metabolism or excretion of oral therapy. 18\. History of a prior non-haematologic neoplasm (with some exceptions). 19. Unresolved Grade \> 2 toxicities from prior anticancer therapies (with some exceptions). 20\. Concurrent enrolment in another clinical study (with some exceptions). 21. Known hypersensitivity to study intervention or its excipients.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
18 sites in 6 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Research Site
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMiami, Florida, 33136, United States
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RECRUITINGTampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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RECRUITINGHeidelberg, 3084, Australia
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RECRUITINGMelbourne, 3000, Australia
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RECRUITINGShinagawa-ku, 141-0022, Japan
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RECRUITINGYoshida-gun, 910-1193, Japan
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WITHDRAWNSeoul, 05505, South Korea
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WITHDRAWNSeoul, 3722, South Korea
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RECRUITINGBarcelona, 08035, Spain
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RECRUITINGMadrid, 28027, Spain
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RECRUITINGMadrid, 28033, Spain
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RECRUITINGPamplona, 31008, Spain
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RECRUITINGSalamanca, 37007, Spain
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WITHDRAWNValencia, 46026, Spain
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NOT_YET_RECRUITINGKaohsiung City, 83301, Taiwan
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NOT_YET_RECRUITINGTainan, 70403, Taiwan
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RECRUITINGTaipei, 100, Taiwan
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RECRUITINGLondon, SE5 9RS, United Kingdom
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RECRUITINGLondon, W1T 7HA, United Kingdom
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RECRUITINGManchester, M20 4BX, United Kingdom
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