New pill shows promise for Hard-to-Treat blood cancers
NCT ID NCT05024045
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jul 17, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This early-stage study tests an experimental pill called LOXO-338 in 316 adults with advanced blood cancers like leukemia, lymphoma, or multiple myeloma. Participants have already tried standard treatments. The main goals are to find the safest dose and see if the drug shrinks tumors. Some patients may also receive a second drug, pirtobrutinib. The study lasts up to about 3 years.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- LOXO-338 (a BCL-2 inhibitor) taken by mouth, sometimes combined with pirtobrutinib
- What this could lead to
- If this works, it could offer a new treatment option for people with advanced blood cancers who have run out of standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early Phase 1 trial, so the drug may not prove safe or effective. Side effects are unknown, and the study is small and not designed to confirm benefit.
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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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27 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2021
- Finished
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Apr 2026
- 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * B-cell malignancy. * Patients must have received prior therapy. * Patients must have an objective indication for therapy. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS) of 0-1. * Anticipated life expectancy of greater than or equal to (≥) 12 weeks. * Adequate bone marrow function. * Adequate hepatic function. * Creatinine clearance of ≥ 60 milliliters (mL)/minute. * Ability to swallow tablets. * Ability to comply with outpatient treatment, laboratory monitoring, and required clinic visits for the duration of study participation. * Prior treatment-related adverse events (AEs) must have recovered to grade less than or equal to (≤) 1 or pretreatment baseline, with the exception of alopecia. * Men with partners of childbearing potential or women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must agree to use highly effective birth control. * WOCBP must not be pregnant. * Additional Inclusion Criteria for Patients with AL Amyloidosis * In Part 1 Dose Expansion, patients with AL amyloidosis are eligible based on prior detection of primary systemic light-chain amyloidosis. * Must have measurable disease of AL amyloidosis. * Prior local fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) testing results for t(11;14) are required to be submitted prior to enrollment. Exclusion Criteria: * Prior to identification of an appropriate RP2D (Dose Expansion) of LOXO-338, a history of known, active or suspected: * Richter's transformation to diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), prolymphocyticleukemia, or Hodgkin lymphoma * Transformed low grade lymphoma * Burkitt or Burkitt-like lymphoma * Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma * AL amyloidosis * Multiple myeloma * Lymphoblastic lymphoma or leukemia * Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder * Known or suspected history of central nervous system (CNS) involvement. * History of allogeneic or autologous stem cell transplant (SCT) or chimeric antigen receptor-modified T cell (CAR-T) therapy within the past 60 days and with any of the following: * Active graft versus host disease (GVHD) * Cytopenias from incomplete blood cell count recovery post-transplant or CAR-T therapy * Need for anti-cytokine therapy for toxicity from CAR-T therapy; residual symptoms of neurotoxicity Grade \> 1 from CAR-T therapy * Ongoing immunosuppressive therapy * Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive, regardless of cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) count. Unknown or negative status eligible. * Inability to take necessary uric acid lowering agents (i.e., allopurinol, rasburicase, orfebuxostat). * Concurrent anticancer therapy. * Concurrent treatment with strong cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) inhibitors or inducers that can include antifungals. * Use of ≥ 20 milligrams (mg) prednisone once a day (QD) or equivalent dose of steroid per day, within 7 days of start of study treatment. Patients may not be on any dose of prednisone intended for antineoplastic use. * Vaccination with a live vaccine within 28 days prior to start of study therapy. * Major surgery within four weeks of planned start of study therapy Prolongation of the QT interval corrected by Fridericia's Formula for heart rate (QTcF) greater than (\>) 470 milliseconds (msec). * Clinically significant cardiovascular disease. * Female patient who is pregnant or lactating. * Active second malignancy which may preclude assessment of DLT. * Clinically significant active malabsorption syndrome including surgical resection of small intestine or other condition likely to affect gastrointestinal (GI) absorption of the orally administered study drugs. * Active hepatitis B or C infection. * Evidence of other clinically significant uncontrolled condition(s) including, but not limited to, uncontrolled systemic infection (viral, bacterial, or fungal) or other clinically significant active disease process. * Active uncontrolled auto-immune cytopenia. * Additional Exclusion Criteria for Patients with AL Amyloidosis (Part 1 Dose-Expansion) * Previous or current diagnosis of symptomatic MM. * Heart failure that, in the opinion of the Investigator, is on the basis of ischemic heart disease. * Supine systolic blood pressure \< 90 mmHg, or symptomatic orthostatic hypotension in the absence of volume depletion. * N-terminal pro hormone natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) \> 8500 ng/L (or BNP \> 700 ng/L if NT-proBNP is not available by local or central testing). * Additional exclusion criteria for patients enrolled to part 2: LOXO-338 and pirtobrutinib combination * Prior progression or intolerance to pirtobrutinib. * Patients requiring therapeutic anticoagulation with warfarin. * Known hypersensitivity to any component or excipient of pirtobrutinib. * In patients with history of myocardial infarction or congestive heart failure, documented left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) by any method of ≤ 45 percent (%) in the 12 months prior to planned start of study treatment. * History of uncontrolled or symptomatic arrhythmias including grade ≥ 3 arrhythmia on a prior BTK inhibitor. * History of major bleeding on a prior BTK inhibitor. * Current treatment with strong permeability glycoprotein (P-gp) inhibitors.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHRU de Montpellier-Hopital St Eloi
Montpellier, 34295, France
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Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud
Pierre-Bénite, Cedex, 69495, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes - L' Hopital l'hôtel-Dieu
Nantes, 44093, France
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Centre hospitalier universitaire de Haut Leveque
Pessac, 33604, France
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Centrum Medyczne Pratia Poznan
Skorzewo, Poznan, 60 185, Poland
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City of Hope National Medical Center
Duarte, California, 91010-0269, United States
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Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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IRCCS - AOU di Bologna
Bologna, 40138, Italy
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Indiana Blood & Marrow Transplantation (IBMT)
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46237, United States
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Institut Curie
Paris, 75248, France
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L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse Oncopole
Toulouse, Cedex 9, 31100, France
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Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905-0002, United States
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Mayo Clinic in Florida
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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Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy
Warsaw, 02-781, Poland
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Pratia MCM Krakow
Krakow, 30-510, Poland
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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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The University of Arizona Cancer Center
Tucson, Arizona, 85724, United States
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Tufts Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02111, United States
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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
Westwood, Kansas, 66205, United States
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