New pill aims to shrink spleen in bone marrow cancer
NCT ID NCT07317700
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 14, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This phase 3 trial tests a new drug called flonoltinib maleate in people with intermediate- or high-risk myelofibrosis, a type of bone marrow cancer. The study compares flonoltinib to an existing drug, ruxolitinib, to see if it can reduce spleen size and improve symptoms. About 105 participants will take the drug daily until they meet withdrawal criteria.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Flonoltinib maleate tablets
- What this could lead to
- If successful, flonoltinib could offer a new treatment option for myelofibrosis, potentially reducing spleen size and easing symptoms.
- What could go wrong
- This is a phase 3 trial, but it's still early to know if flonoltinib works better than existing drugs. Side effects are possible, and results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 105 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Expected to finish
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Mar 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 80 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.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age range of 18-80 years old , gender not limited; 2. Patients diagnosed with primary myelofibrosis (PMF) according to WHO criteria (2016 edition) or patients diagnosed with post polycythemia vera myelofibrosis (PPV-MF) or post thrombocytopenia myelofibrosis (PET-MF) according to IWG-MRT criteria; 3. Expected survival period greater than 24 weeks; 4. ECOG score 0-2 points; 5. Splenomegaly: Palpation of the splenic margin reaching or exceeding 5cm below the rib ; Or due to physical reasons (such as obesity), it may not be palpable, but MRI/CT spleen evaluation during screening confirms a volume of \>= 450 cm\^3; 6. Within 7 days prior to randomization, the main organ functions were generally normal, meeting the following criteria: ALT and AST \<= 2.5 × ULN; TBIL\<=2.0×ULN; Serum creatinine \<=1.5 × ULN or serum creatinine clearance rate (Ccr)\>50 mL/min; INR, PT, and APTT \<= 1.5 × ULN; 7. Can understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: 1. The toxic reactions of previous anti-cancer treatments have not recovered to grade 1 or below (excluding hair loss), or have not fully recovered from previous surgeries; 2. Allergy to experimental drugs and their excipients; 3. For any significant clinical and laboratory abnormalities, the researchers believe that they affect the safety evaluators, such as: a. uncontrollable diabetes - fasting blood glucose\>250 mg/dL (13.9 mmol/L), b. hypertension and cannot be reduced to the following range after treatment with two or more antihypertensive drugs (systolic blood pressure\<160 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure\<100 mmHg), c. peripheral neuropathy; 4. Patients with a history of congestive heart failure (NYHA grade III or above), unstable angina or myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accidents or thromboembolism within the first 6 months of screening; 5. Individuals with impaired cardiac function (those with ejection fraction\<45% detected by echocardiography, congenital ventricular arrhythmia, QTcF\>450 ms on electrocardiogram (males), QTcF\>470 ms on electrocardiogram (females), or those with arrhythmia requiring treatment at the time of screening); 6. Patients with congenital or acquired bleeding disorders or unstable thrombotic diseases requiring anticoagulant therapy; 7. Any active infection requiring systemic treatment (oral, intravenous, subcutaneous, intramuscular, etc.) within the first 14 days of randomization; 8. Active infection of hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV), except for the following patients: a) HBV infection: patients who are positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) and undergo peripheral blood HBV-DNA testing, with the lower limit of HBV-DNA detection value (i.e. the upper limit of normal value in the laboratory of each research center) can be enrolled; If the baseline HBsAg is positive, continuous antiviral treatment is required after enrollment, and HBV-DNA testing should be conducted every 12 weeks and at EOT visits; b) Patients who are positive for HCV serology but negative for HCV-RNA can be included in the study; 9. Patients who are positive for human immunodeficiency virus antibodies (HIV Ab) or anti Treponema pallidum antibodies (TP Ab) (Treponema pallidum antibodies positive); 10. Patients with epilepsy or those taking psychotropic or sedative drugs during screening; 11. Pregnant or lactating female patients, female/male patients with fertility who refuse to use contraceptive measures during the trial period and within 6 months after the trial ends; 12. Patients who have suffered from other malignant tumors within the past 5 years before the first administration (excluding cured carcinoma in situ and basal cell carcinoma of the skin); 13. Patients with combined swallowing difficulties; 14. Patients who participated in clinical trials of other new drugs or medical devices within the first month of randomization and took the study drug or used the study device; 15. Researchers believe that there are other factors that are not suitable for participating in the experiment.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (IHCAMS)
RECRUITINGTianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300052, China
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West China Hospital Sichuan University
RECRUITINGChengdu, Sichuan, China
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