New pill shows promise for Hard-to-Treat blood cancers
NCT ID NCT03740529
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested an oral drug called LOXO-305 (pirtobrutinib) in 803 people with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, small lymphocytic lymphoma, or other non-Hodgkin lymphomas whose cancer had stopped responding to or could not tolerate standard treatments. The goal was to find the best dose and see if the drug could shrink tumors. The drug works by blocking a protein that helps cancer cells grow, and it is taken daily as a pill.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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803 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2019
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Histologically confirmed CLL/SLL, WM, or NHL intolerant to either ≥ 2 prior standard of care regimens given in combination or sequentially OR have received 1 prior BTK inhibitor-containing regimen when a BTK inhibitor is approved as first line therapy (Phase 1) OR with prior treatment defined by phase 2 cohort (Phase 2 Patients only). * Adequate hematologic function (Phase 1 and 1b Patients only). * Responsive to transfusion support if given for thrombocytopenia or anemia (Phase 1 and 1b Patients only). * Histologically confirmed relapsed/recurrent CLL in whom venetoclax is appropriate standard salvage treatment; no prior venetoclax is permitted (Phase 1b Arm A Patients only). * Histologically confirmed relapsed/refractory CLL in whom venetoclax + rituximab is appropriate standard salvage treatment; no prior venetoclax is permitted (Phase 1b Arm B Patients only). * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0-2. * Adequate hepatic and renal function. * Ability to receive study drug therapy orally. * Willingness of men and women of reproductive potential (defined as following menarche and not postmenopausal \[and 2 years of non-therapy-induced amenorrhea\] or surgically sterile) to observe conventional and effective birth control. Exclusion Criteria: * Investigational agent or anticancer therapy within 5 half-lives or 14 days, whichever is shorter, prior to planned start of specified study therapy except antineoplastic and immunosuppressant monoclonal antibody treatment must be discontinued a minimum of 4 weeks prior to the first dose of pirtobrutinib. In addition, no concurrent systemic anticancer therapy is permitted. * Major surgery within 4 weeks prior to planned start of specified study therapy. * Radiotherapy with a limited field of radiation for palliation within 7 days of the first dose of study treatment. * Pregnancy or lactation. * Patients requiring therapeutic anticoagulation with warfarin. * Any unresolved toxicities from prior therapy greater than CTCAE (version 5.0) Grade 2 or greater at the time of starting study treatment except for alopecia. * History of allogeneic or autologous stem cell transplant (SCT) or chimeric antigen receptor-modified T-cell (CAR-T) therapy within the past 60 days (180 days before the PK trigger) prior to planned start of specified study therapy. * Known central nervous system (CNS) involvement by systemic lymphoma. Patients with previous treatment for CNS involvement who are neurologically stable and without evidence of disease may be eligible and enrolled to phase 2 Cohort 7 if a compelling clinical rationale is provided by the Investigator and with documented Sponsor approval. * Active uncontrolled auto-immune cytopenia where new therapy introduced or concomitant therapy escalated within the 4 weeks prior to study enrollment is required to maintain adequate blood counts. * Clinically significant, uncontrolled cardiac, cardiovascular disease or history of myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to planned start of pirtobrutinib. * Active uncontrolled systemic bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic infection. * Patients who have tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are excluded. For patients with unknown HIV status, HIV testing will be performed at Screening and result should be negative for enrollment. * Clinically significant active malabsorption syndrome. * Current treatment with certain strong CYP3A4 inhibitors or inducers and/or strong P-gp inhibitors. * For patients enrolled to phase 1b Arm A or B: Patients with prior treatment with venetoclax or other BCL-2 inhibitors. * Prior treatment with pirtobrutinib. * Active second malignancy unless in remission and with life expectancy \> 2 years. * Known hypersensitivity to any component or excipient of pirtobrutinib. * For patients enrolled to phase 1b Arm B: Patients with prior significant hypersensitivity, allergy, or anaphylactic reaction to rituximab/biosimilar requiring discontinuation. * Patients with prior significant hypersensitivity to rituximab requiring discontinuation, prior allergic or anaphylactic reaction to rituximab (Phase 1b Arm B Patients only).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes - L' Hopital l'hôtel-Dieu
Nantes, 44093, France
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Churchill Hospital
Oxford, OX3 7LJ, United Kingdom
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Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
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Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York, 10032, United States
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Derriford Hospital
Plymouth, Pl6 8DH, United Kingdom
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Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States
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Durham VA Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, 27705, United States
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Emory Clinic
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Flinders Medical Centre
Bedford Park, South Australia, 5042, Australia
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Florida Cancer Specialists
Sarasota, Florida, 34232, United States
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Florida Cancer Specialists ORLANDO/DDU
Lake Mary, Florida, 32746, United States
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Hokkaido University Hospital
Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8648, Japan
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IRCCS - AOU di Bologna
Bologna, 40138, Italy
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IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele
Milan, 20132, Italy
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Instytut Hermatologii I Transfuzjologii
Warsaw, Poland
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Karolinska Institutet
Solna, AB, 171 65, Sweden
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Kindai University Hospital
Osakasayama-Shi, 589-8511, Japan
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Kochi Medical School Hospital
Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan
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Kyoto Furitsu Medical University Hospital
Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan
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Linear Clinical Research
Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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Mary Crowley Cancer Research Center
Dallas, Texas, 75230, United States
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Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905-0002, United States
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Mayo Clinic of Scottsdale
Scottsdale, Arizona, 85259, United States
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Mayo Clinic-Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida, 32224, United States
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Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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Nagoya Medical Center
Nagoya, Aichi-ken, 460-0001, Japan
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National Cancer Center Hospital
Chuo Ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan
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National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center
Fukuoka, 811-1395, Japan
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Northwell Health
New Hyde Park, New York, 11042, United States
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Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Ohio State University Hospital
Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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Okayama University Hospital
Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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Ospedale Regionale Bellinzona e Valli
Bellinzona, Canton Ticino, 6500, Switzerland
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Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
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Pratia MCM Krakow
Krakow, 30-510, Poland
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Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, New York, 14263, United States
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Samsung Medical Center
Seoul, Seoul-teukbyeolsi [Seoul], 06351, South Korea
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Sarah Cannon Research Institute SCRI
Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States
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Scripps Coastal Medical Center
San Diego, California, 92103, United States
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Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Seattle, Washington, 98195, United States
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Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, 03080, South Korea
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Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven
New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, United States
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St James's University Hospital
Leeds, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
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Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States
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Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Miami, Florida, 33136, United States
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Tohoku University Hospital
Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
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Tokai University Hospital- Isehara Campus
Isehara, Kanagawa, 259-1193, Japan
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University of California San Francisco, Medical Center at Paranassus
San Francisco, California, 94117, United States
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University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States
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University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska, 68105, United States
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
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University of Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Utah Cancer Specialists
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84106, United States
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