New drug aims to ease daily misery of rare mast cell disease
NCT ID NCT05186753
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 2 study tests whether the experimental drug bezuclastinib can reduce symptoms like itching, flushing, and fatigue in people with nonadvanced systemic mastocytosis, a rare condition where too many mast cells cause chronic discomfort. About 237 adults whose symptoms are not well controlled by current treatments will receive either bezuclastinib or a placebo daily for 28-day cycles. The study is double-blind and placebo-controlled, meaning neither patients nor doctors know who gets the real drug until the trial ends.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- bezuclastinib (CGT9486) tablets
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new daily pill to better control symptoms like itching, flushing, and fatigue in people with nonadvanced systemic mastocytosis.
- What could go wrong
- This is a mid-stage trial with no results yet. The drug may not outperform placebo, and side effects are still being studied. It is not a cure.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 237 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2022
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2030
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 years and older
- 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. Diagnosed with 1 of the following diagnoses according to the 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) classification for systemic mastocytosis (SM): * Indolent systemic mastocytosis (ISM), * Bone marrow mastocytosis (BMM) * Smoldering systemic mastocytosis (SSM) 2. Moderate-to-severe symptoms based on a minimum total symptom scoew (TSS) of the Mastocytosis Activity Score (MAS) and after establishing a stable regimen of at least 2 antimediator therapies over a 14-day eligibility period 3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status 0 to 2 4. For patients receiving corticosteroids, the dose must be ≤10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent Key Exclusion Criteria: 1. Persistent toxicity from previous therapy for NonAdvSM that has not resolved to ≤ Grade 1 2. Diagnosed with any of the following WHO SM classifications: bone marrow mastocytosis, advanced systemic mastocytosis including SM with associated hematologic neoplasm, aggressive SM, mast cell leukemia; or mast cell sarcoma 3. Diagnosed with mastocytosis of the skin without systemic involvement 4. Received prior treatment with any targeted KIT inhibitor with the exception of approved agents for the treatment of SM 5. Received prior cytoreductive therapy or investigational agent for \<14 days or 5 half- lives of the drug and for cladribine, interferon alpha, pegylated interferon, or antibody therapy \<28 days or 5 half-lives of the drug (whichever is longer), before starting screening assessments 6. Received radiotherapy or psoralen and ultraviolet A therapy \<14 days before starting screening assessments 7. Received any hematopoietic growth factor support \<14 days or 5 half lives of the drug before starting screening assessments 8. History of clinically significant bleeding event within 30 days before the first dose of study drug or need for therapeutic anticoagulation on study 9. Need for treatment of corticosteroids at \>10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent 10. Received strong CYP3A4 inhibitors or inducers within 14 days or 5 drug half-lives before the first dose of study drug
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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AIR Care
Dallas, Texas, 75231, United States
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AOU Policlinico Rodolico San Marco
Catania, Italy
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AP-HP- Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere
Paris, 75013, France
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AUSL della Romagna-Ospedale S.Maria delle Croci
Ravenna, Italy
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Allervie Clinical Research
Glenn Dale, Maryland, 20769, United States
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Antwerp University Hospital (UZA)
Edegem, 2650, Belgium
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Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi
Florence, Italy
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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CHU Tivoli
La Louvière, Belgium
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CHU de Toulouse - Hopital Larrey
Toulouse, 31400, France
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Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Berlin, 12203, Germany
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Cork University Hospital
Cork, Ireland
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Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03766, United States
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Duke University
Raleigh, North Carolina, 27705, United States
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Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Erasmus Rotterdam
Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Fakultni nemocnice Kralovske Vinohrady
Prague, Czechia
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Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo
Pavia, 27100, Italy
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Guy's Hospital
London, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
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Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal
Madrid, 28046, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna - Policlinico di Sant'Orsola
Bologna, 40138, Italy
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Innovative Research of West Florida
Clearwater, Florida, 33756, United States
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Institut Catala d'Oncologia - L'Hospitalet
Barcelona, Spain
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Institute for Asthma and Allergy
Wheaton, Maryland, 20902, United States
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Instituto de Estudios de Mastocitosis de Castilla La Mancha-Hospital Virgen del Valle
Toledo, Spain
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Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida, 32224, United States
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Mayo Clinic Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona, 85054, United States
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Metrodora Institute of Technology
West Valley City, Utah, 84119, United States
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Modena Allergy and Asthma Clinical
La Jolla, California, 92037, United States
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One of a Kind Clinical Research Center
Scottsdale, Arizona, 85258, United States
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Oslo University Hospital
Oslo, 0424, Norway
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Royal Adelaide Hospital
Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia
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Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Camperdown, New South Wales, 2050, Australia
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Rush University
Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States
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Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Kliniczny Nr 1 - Klinika Hematoonkologii i Transplantacji Szpiku
Lublin, Poland
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St. James's Hospital
Dublin, D08 NHY1, Ireland
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St. Michael's Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Tom Baker Cancer Centre
Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N2, Canada
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Universitaetsklinikum Aachen, AoeR
Aachen, 52074, Germany
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Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany
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University Hospital Basel
Basel, 4031, Switzerland
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University Medical Center Groningen
Groningen, 9713, Netherlands
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University Medical Centre Mannheim
Mannheim, 68167, Germany
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States
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University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2R3, Canada
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University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45221, United States
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University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
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University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein
Kiel, Germany
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Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne, Klinika Hematologii i Transplantologii
Gdansk, Poland
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 37235, United States
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Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Bethesda, Maryland, 20814, United States
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Washington University at St. Louis
St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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