New drug hope for myelofibrosis patients with low platelets
NCT ID NCT05980806
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This Phase 2 trial tests the drug selinexor in people with myelofibrosis who have not taken JAK inhibitors and have low to normal platelet counts. The main goal is to see if selinexor can shrink the spleen by at least 35% after 24 weeks. Researchers will also check if it improves symptoms and monitor for side effects. About 58 participants will receive either selinexor or a standard JAK inhibitor for comparison.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- selinexor (also known as KPT-330)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, selinexor could offer a new treatment option for myelofibrosis patients with low platelet counts who cannot use standard JAK inhibitors.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early Phase 2 study with only 58 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. Selinexor may cause side effects like nausea, fatigue, or low blood counts.
Why investors are watching
Karyopharm is testing its drug selinexor in patients with myelofibrosis who have not yet used JAK inhibitors and who have low to normal platelet counts. The trial measures whether the drug shrinks the spleen, a key sign of disease control. For a micro-cap company, this phase 2 readout could determine whether selinexor has a future in this patient group.
If it works: If the trial shows meaningful spleen reduction with acceptable safety, Karyopharm could advance selinexor to a larger study or seek regulatory discussions. That result would give the company a new potential use for its drug beyond its current approved indications.
If it fails: Phase 2 trials often fail to meet their goals, and a negative or unclear result could end this program. A delay in enrollment or data readout would also pressure the company, which depends on a small pipeline and limited resources.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 58 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Expected to finish
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Oct 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.
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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.
Key Inclusion Criteria: * A diagnosis of MF or post-ET or post-PV MF according to the 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) classification of MPN, confirmed by the most recent local pathology report * Measurable splenomegaly during the screening period as demonstrated by spleen volume of greater than or equal to (\>=) 450 cubic square centimeter (cm\^3) by MRI or CT scan (results from MRI or CT imaging performed within 28 days prior to C1D1 are acceptable) * DIPSS risk category of intermediate-1 with symptoms, or intermediate-2, or high-risk * ECOG Performance Status less than or equal to (\<=) 2 * Platelet count of greater than or equal to (\>=) 50 x 10\^9/L without platelet transfusion within 7 days prior to the first dose of selinexor * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>=1.0 × 10\^9/L without need for growth factors within 7 days prior to the first dose of selinexor * Adequate liver function as defined by the following: aspartate transaminase (AST) and alanine transaminase (ALT) \<= 2.5 × upper limit normal (ULN) and serum total bilirubin \<= 3×ULN * Calculated creatinine clearance (CrCl) greater than (\>) 15 milliliter per minute (mL/min) based on the Cockcroft and Gault formula * Active symptoms of MF as determined by presence of at least 2 symptoms with an average score \>= 5 or total score of \>= 12 at screening (at least 5 of 7 consecutive days immediately preceding C1D1) using the MFSAF V4.0 * Must provide bone marrow biopsy samples (samples obtained up to 3 months prior to C1D1 are permitted) at screening and during the study * Currently not eligible for stem cell transplantation * Must be willing to complete the MFSAF V4.0 daily during the study for evaluating the symptom response (i.e., TSS50) Key Exclusion Criteria: * More than 10% blasts in peripheral blood or bone marrow (accelerated or blast phase) * Previous treatment with JAK inhibitors for MF * Previous treatment with selinexor or other XPO1 inhibitors * Females who are pregnant or lactating * Prior splenectomy, splenic radiation, or a splenic embolization within 6 months prior to C1D1 * History of myocardial infarction, unstable angina, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), cerebrovascular accident (transient ischemic attack \[TIA\]), ventricular arrhythmias, congestive heart failure class \> 2 per New York Heart Association (NYHA) within 6 months of C1D1 * Unable to tolerate two forms of antiemetics prior to each dose for the first two cycles
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Conditions
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The places running it
70 sites in 19 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Study contacts
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Contact
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Locations
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"Georgios Papanikolaou" General Hospital of Thessaloniki
RECRUITINGThessaloniki, Central Macedonia, 57010, Greece
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AIDPORT
RECRUITINGSkórzewo, 30 60-185, Poland
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Aarhus Universitetshospital
RECRUITINGAarhus N, Central Jutland, 8200, Denmark
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Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Citta della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
RECRUITINGTorino, Turin, 10126, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore della Carità di Novara
RECRUITINGNovara, 28100, Italy
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Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda
RECRUITINGMilan, 20162, Italy
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CHU Tours, Hôpital Bretonneau Service d'Hématologie thérapie cellulaire
RECRUITINGTours, Indre-et-Loire, 37044, France
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Carmel Medical Center
RECRUITINGHaifa, 3436212, Israel
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Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud
RECRUITINGPierre-Bénite, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 69495, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers
RECRUITINGAngers, Pays de la Loire Region, 49 933, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Etienne
RECRUITINGSaint-Priest-en-Jarez, 42270, France
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Chu De Nîmes - Institut De Cancérologie Du Gard
RECRUITINGNîmes, Occitanie, 30029, France
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City of Hope - Duarte Main Site
RECRUITINGDuarte, California, 91010, United States
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Cleveland Clinic
RECRUITINGCleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
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Coltea - Spital Clinic
RECRUITINGBucharest, 30167, Romania
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Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca - Hospital Clínico
RECRUITINGSalamanca, 37007, Spain
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Duke University
RECRUITINGDurham, North Carolina, 27705, United States
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Fakultní nemocnice Olomouc
RECRUITINGOlomouc, 779 00, Czechia
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Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
RECRUITINGMilan, Milan, 20122, Italy
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Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo
RECRUITINGPavia, 27100, Italy
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Guy's and Saint Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGLondon, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
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Hematology Division, Mauriziano Hospital, University of Turin
RECRUITINGOrbassano, Torino, 10043, Italy
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Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca
RECRUITINGEl Palmar, Murcia, 30120, Spain
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Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia
RECRUITINGValencia, 46010, Spain
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Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol
RECRUITINGBadalona, Barcelona, 8916, Spain
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Hospital San Pedro de Alcantara
RECRUITINGCáceres, 10003, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias
RECRUITINGOviedo, Principality of Asturias, 33011, Spain
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Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin
RECRUITINGLas Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35010, Spain
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Huntsman Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGSalt Lake City, Utah, 84112, United States
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Hôpital Cochin
RECRUITINGParis, 75014, France
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Hôpital Saint-Louis
RECRUITINGParis, 75010, France
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IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
RECRUITINGBologna, 40138, Italy
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IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino
RECRUITINGGenova, 16132, Italy
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Institut Bergonié
RECRUITINGBordeaux, Aquitaine, 33000, France
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Institut Català d'Oncologia Girona
RECRUITINGGirona, 17007, Spain
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Institutul Regional de Oncologie Iasi
RECRUITINGIași, 700483, Romania
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Istituto Europeo di Oncologia
RECRUITINGMilan, 20141, Italy
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Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori Dino Amadori - IRST
RECRUITINGMeldola, Italy
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Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
RECRUITINGKaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan
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Laiko General Hospital of Athens
RECRUITINGAthens, Attica, 11527, Greece
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MD Anderson
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Marien Hospital Düsseldorf
RECRUITINGDüsseldorf, 40479, Germany
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Maryland Oncology Hematology - Independent of SCRI/ US Oncology
RECRUITINGColumbia, Maryland, 21044, United States
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Medicover Clinical Integrated Systems Sp. z o.o.
RECRUITINGTorun, 87-100, Poland
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National Taiwan University Hospital
RECRUITINGTaipei, 100, Taiwan
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Pusan National University Hospital
RECRUITINGBusan, 49241, South Korea
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Rambam Health Care Campus
RECRUITINGHaifa, 3109601, Israel
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Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
RECRUITINGMontreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada
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Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Kliniczny Nr 4 w Lublinie
RECRUITINGLublin, 20-954, Poland
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Semmelweis Egyetem
RECRUITINGBudapest, 1088, Hungary
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Seoul National University Hospital
RECRUITINGSeoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 3080, South Korea
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Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea
RECRUITINGSeocho, Seoul, 6591, South Korea
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Severance Hospital
RECRUITINGSeoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 3722, South Korea
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Spaarne Gasthuis
RECRUITINGHoofddorp, 2134 TM, Netherlands
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Specialized Hospital for Active Treatment of Hematological Diseases - EAD Sofia
RECRUITINGSofia, 1756, Bulgaria
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Spitalul Filantropia - Craiova
RECRUITINGCraiova, 200143, Romania
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Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
RECRUITINGTaoyuan, 333, Taiwan
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Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
RECRUITINGTel Aviv, Tel Aviv, 6423906, Israel
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UZ Gent
RECRUITINGGhent, 9000, Belgium
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UZ Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg
RECRUITINGLeuven, 3000, Belgium
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University General Hospital Attikon
RECRUITINGAthens, Attica, 124 62, Greece
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University General Hospital of Ioannina, Hematology Department
RECRUITINGIoannina, Epirus, 45500, Greece
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University General Hospital of Larissa, Hematology Department
RECRUITINGLarissa, Thessaly, 41110, Greece
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University Hospital Jena
RECRUITINGJena, 7747, Germany
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University Hospital Sv.Ivan Rilski - Sofia
RECRUITINGSofia, 1431, Bulgaria
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University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment - Prof. Dr. Stoyan Kirkovich AD Department of Clinical Hematology
RECRUITINGStara Zagora, 6003, Bulgaria
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University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment Aleksandrovska
RECRUITINGSofia, 1431, Bulgaria
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University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment Sveti George - Base 1
RECRUITINGPlovdiv, 4002, Bulgaria
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Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma
RECRUITINGRome, 128, Italy
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Weill Cornell Medicine NewYork-Presbyterian
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10021, United States
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