New hope for aggressive lymphoma: drug MT-2111 under trial
NCT ID NCT05658562
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a drug called MT-2111 (loncastuximab tesirine) in people with a type of blood cancer called diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) that has come back or not responded to at least two prior treatments. The trial has two parts: first, to find a safe dose, and second, to see if the drug can shrink tumors. It involves 46 participants in Japan.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- MT-2111 (loncastuximab tesirine), a drug given by IV infusion
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new treatment option for patients with hard-to-treat DLBCL, potentially shrinking tumors or slowing disease progression.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with only 46 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The drug may cause side effects or fail to improve outcomes.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
-
Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
-
46 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
-
Jan 2023
- Expected to finish
-
Aug 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
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
-
18 years and older
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who were diagnosed pathologically with DLBCL, NOS, DLBCL transformed from indolent B-cell lymphoma, or high-grade B-cell lymphoma with DLBCL morphology and with MYC and BCL2 and/or BCL6 rearrangements, based on the 2017 WHO classification. * Patients with relapsed or refractory disease despite 2 or more prior systemic therapies. * Japanese patients aged ≥ 18 years at the time of informed consent. For Japanese subjects, it should be confirmed that the parents who are related by blood to the subject must be Japanese. * Patients who have a lesion that can be assessed for staging and evaluated for response according to the Lugano criteria (2014). A lesion that has received radiotherapy as the most recent treatment will be considered as a measurable lesion only when progression has been documented following completion of the radiotherapy. * Patients with an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1, or 2 at screening. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with a pathological diagnosis of Burkitt's lymphoma. * Patients with bulky disease with the longest dimension of ≥ 10 cm. * Patients with a history or complication of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders. * Patients with lymphoma with active central nervous system involvement at the time of screening, including leptomeningeal disease. * Patients complicated with other active malignancies or patients with a history of other malignancies within 3 years before informed consent. However, the following are exceptional: * Non-melanoma skin cancer * Non-metastatic prostate cancer * Cervical carcinoma in situ * Ductal carcinoma in situ or lobular carcinoma in situ * Patients with clinically significant third space fluid accumulation (e.g., ascites requiring drainage or pleural effusion requiring drainage or associated with shortness of breath). * Patients who underwent autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) within 30 days prior to the start of study drug administration (Cycle 1 Day 1). * For the Phase I part, patients with prior allogeneic stem cell transplantation (Allo-HSCT) before the start of study drug administration (Cycle 1 Day 1). For the Phase II part, patients undergoing Allo-HSCT within 60 days prior to the start of study drug administration (Cycle 1 Day 1). * Patients who had a positive HIV antigen-antibody test or HIV antibody test. * Patients positive for HBs antigen, HBc antibody, or HBs antibody. However, patients who meet any of the following are eligible: * The patient's HBs antibody positivity is clearly due to vaccination. * Patients who are positive for HBs antibody and/or HBc antibody with HBV-DNA not detected and agree to undergo HBV-DNA tests once a month from the start of study drug administration to at least 12 months after the completion of study drug administration. * Patients positive for HCV antibody. However, patients with negative HCV-RNA are eligible. * Patients who received anticancer therapy during the following periods prior to the start of study drug administration (Cycle 1 Day 1). * Cytotoxic chemotherapy: within 14 days. * Antibody therapy: within 5 half-lives or 14 days, whichever is longer (including monoclonal antibody preparations, radioimmunoconjugates, or antibody-drug conjugates). Within 14 days for rituximab, anti-CD3/CD20 bispecific antibody. * Radiotherapy: within 14 days * CAR-T therapy: within 100 days * Other anticancer therapy: within 14 days * Patients who received treatment with any other investigational product within 14 days prior to the start of study drug administration (Cycle 1 Day 1). However, for the Phase I part, patients who received any other investigational product within 14 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, before the start of study drug administration (Cycle 1 Day 1).
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
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
-
Aso Iizuka Hospital
Iizuka-shi, Fukuoka, 820-8505, Japan
-
Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR
Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-0063, Japan
-
Disaster Medical Center
Tachikawa-shi, Tokyo, 190-0014, Japan
-
Fukushima Medical University Hospital
Fukushima, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan
-
Gifu Municipal Hospital
Gifu, Gifu, 500-8513, Japan
-
Gunma Prefectural Cancer Center
Ota-shi, Gunma, 373-8550, Japan
-
Hokkaido Cancer Center
Sapporo, Hokkaido, 003-0804, Japan
-
Japanese Red Cross Aichi Medical Center Nagoya Daini Hospital
Nagoya, Aichi-ken, 466-8650, Japan
-
Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital
Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8104, Japan
-
Japanese Red Cross Society Himeji Hospital
Himeji-shi, Hyōgo, 670-8540, Japan
-
Kanagawa Cancer Center
Yokohama, Kanagawa, 241-8515, Japan
-
Kyushu Cancer Center
Fukuoka, Fukuoka, 811-1395, Japan
-
Medical Research Institute KITANO HOSPITAL, PIIF Tazuke-kofukai
Osaka, Osaka, 530-0025, Japan
-
Nagoya Medical Center
Nagoya, Aichi-ken, 460-0001, Japan
-
National Cancer Center Hospital
Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan
-
National Cancer Center Hospital East
Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan
-
Osaka Saiseikai Nakatsu Hospital
Osaka, Osaka, 530-0012, Japan
-
Shimane University Hospital
Izumo-shi, Shimane, 693-8501, Japan
-
Shinshu University Hospital
Matsumoto-shi, Nagano, 390-8621, Japan
-
Tohoku University Hospital
Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
-
Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan
-
University Hospital, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Kyoto, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan
-
Yamagata University Hospital
Yamagata, Yamagata, 990-9585, Japan
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Off-the-Shelf Gene-Edited immune cells tested against Hard-to-Treat lymphoma
- New drug BL-M08D1 joins standard therapy in fight against aggressive lymphoma
- Can AI spot the lymphoma patients who Won't respond?
- Outpatient immunotherapy tested for hard-to-treat lymphomas
- Can an antibody drug boost standard chemotherapy against an aggressive blood cancer?
- A CAR-T therapy given by injection: can it help Hard-to-Treat lymphoma?