New pill targets MYC cancers in early trial
NCT ID NCT05546268
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests an experimental oral drug, MRT-2359, in adults with certain advanced cancers, including lung cancer, lymphoma, and other solid tumors driven by MYC genes. The first part finds the safest dose; the second part checks if the drug shrinks tumors. About 174 participants will take the drug daily in 28-day cycles.
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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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About 174 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2022
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2027
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.
Phase 1 enrollment population: * NSCLC * SCLC * High-grade neuroendocrine cancer of any primary site * Any solid tumors with L-MYC or N-MYC amplification * DLBCL Phase 2 enrollment population: * Any solid tumors with L-MYC or N-MYC amplification * NSCLC with high or low L-MYC or N-MYC expression status (testing will be provided) or SCLC * HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer - MRT-2359 in combination with fulvestrant * Non-neuroendocrine prostate cancer - MRT-2359 in combination with enzalutamide Phase 1 and Phase 2 Inclusion Criteria: * Have a selected advanced solid tumor or DLBCL (listed above) for which there are no further standard therapeutic options available * Be age ≥ 18 years and willing to voluntarily complete the informed consent process * A predicted life expectancy of ≥ 3 months and an ECOG performance status ≤ 2 * Have measurable disease by RECIST 1.1 (Eisenhauer et al., 2009) in case of solid tumors or Revised Response Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma (Phase 1 only) (Cheson et al., 2014) in case of DLBCL * Have adequate organ function defined by the selected laboratory parameters * If female of childbearing potential, avoid becoming pregnant and agree to use acceptable methods of contraception after informed consent, throughout the study, and for 90 days after the last dose of MRT-2359 * Male of reproductive potential must use an approved methods of contraception from informed consent until 90 days after study discharge Exclusion Criteria: * Have received prior chemotherapy, definitive radiation, biological cancer therapy or any investigational agent within 21 days before the first dose of study treatment, or have any AEs that have failed to recover to baseline. In patients with prostate cancer, continuance of systemic therapies to maintain castration levels of testosterone is allowed. Pre-menopausal patients with hormone-dependent breast cancer can continue on therapies used for suppression of ovarian function. * Have received bisphosphonates or denosumab within 14 days before the first administration of the study drug unless they were given for acute hypercalcemia * Inability to swallow oral medication * Have received prior therapy with a GSPT1 degrader that was discontinued due to an AE * Have received prior auto-HCT and not fully recovered from effects of the last transplant * Have received prior allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation within past 6 months and/or have symptoms of graft-versus-host disease. Patients requiring minimal intervention such as topical steroids are eligible * Have received a live vaccine within 90 days before the first dose of study treatment * COVID-19 immunization within 14 days of receiving the first dose of MRT-2359 * Current use of chronic systemic steroid therapy in excess of replacement doses (prednisone ≤ 10 mg/day is acceptable) * Have clinically significant active malabsorption syndrome or other condition likely to affect gastrointestinal absorption of the study drug * Have a history of a second malignancy, unless controlled not requiring therapy * Have clinically active central nervous system involvement and/or carcinomatous meningitis. Patients with treated and stable brain metastases (not progressing for at least 4 weeks prior to enrollment) not requiring steroids are eligible * Have a confirmed history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids * Have known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) unless the patient is on antiviral therapy with undetectable HIV RNA levels * Have known hepatitis B or C infection(s) unless treated with undetectable hepatitis B DNA or hepatitis C RNA levels * Clinically significant cardiac disease * Be pregnant or breastfeeding
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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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Columbia University Irving Medical Centre
New York, New York, 10032, United States
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Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Seattle, Washington, 98109, United States
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Henry Ford Cancer Institute
Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States
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Honor Health Research Institute
Scottsdale, Arizona, 85258, United States
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MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030-4009, United States
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Mary Crowley Cancer Research
Dallas, Texas, 75251, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10021, United States
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Sarah Cannon Research Institute
Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States
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South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics (START)
San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
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South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics (START) Midwest
Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49546, United States
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South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics (START) Mountain Region
West Valley City, Utah, 84119, United States
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University of California San Diego
San Diego, California, 92037, United States
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University of Kansas Cancer Center
Lawrence, Kansas, 66044, United States
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Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute
Fairfax, Virginia, 22031, United States
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Washington University
St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States
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