New pill takes on tough blood cancers in first human trial
NCT ID NCT06590961
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This early-phase trial tests an experimental oral drug called UBX-303061 in 94 adults with B-cell blood cancers (like certain lymphomas and leukemias) that have come back or not responded to at least two prior treatments. The main goals are to check safety, find the right dose, and see if the drug shows any anti-cancer activity. It is a first-in-human study, so results are very preliminary.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- UBX-303061 (oral drug)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new oral treatment option for certain blood cancers that have stopped responding to other therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early, first-in-human trial with only 94 participants. The drug may not prove safe or effective, and side effects are unknown.
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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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About 94 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Expected to finish
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Aug 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.
Key Inclusion Criteria * Capable of giving signed informed consent * Age ≥18 years * ECOG performance status ≤2. * Phase Ia (dose-escalation part only): Subjects with relapsed and/or refractory B-cell malignancies (CLL/SLL, DLBCL, FL, MCL, WM or MZL) who have received at least 2 prior therapies and for subjects with no available treatment options as per the Investigator's discretion. * Phase Ib (dose-expansion only): Subjects with relapsed and/or refractory B-cell malignancies who have received at least 2 prior therapies and for subjects with no available treatment options as per the Investigator's discretion, and fit into one of the following groups: CLL/SLL or DLBCL or MCL or FL, WM, MZL * All subjects must have evaluable or measurable disease based on the appropriate tumor type criteria * Adequate organ and bone marrow function Key Exclusion Criteria * For subjects with lymphoma: * Systemic antineoplastic therapy or any experimental therapy within 3 weeks or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter, before the first dose of study treatment. * Therapy with tyrosine kinase inhibitor within 5 half-lives before the first dose of study treatment. * Unconjugated monoclonal antibody therapies \<6 weeks before the first dose of study treatment. * Subjects that have undergone autologous stem cell rescue within 100 days prior to the first dose of study treatment. * Subjects that have undergone allogeneic stem cell transplant within 6 months prior to the first dose of study treatment. * Subjects with active graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) or on anti-GVHD treatment or prophylaxis. * History of chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy within 100 days prior to start of study drug. * Any immunotherapy within 4 weeks of first dose of study drug. * The time from the last dose of the most recent chemotherapy or experimental therapy to the first dose of study drug is \<5 times the t1/2 of the previously administered agent(s). * Previously exposed to BTK degradation therapy * Malignant disease, other than that being treated in this study. * Radiotherapy within 2 weeks of the first dose of study treatment * Known hypersensitivity to BTK degraders or any of the ingredients. * Impaired cardiac function or clinically significant cardiac disease * Subjects with history of severe bleeding disorders and known/suspected other autoimmune disease * Major surgery within 4 weeks of the first dose of study treatment
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
11 sites in 3 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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AidPort
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGGrodzisk Wielkopolski, Wielkopolskie Voivodeship, 62-065, Poland
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Asan Medical Center
RECRUITINGSeoul, Seoul, 05505, South Korea
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Gabrail Cancer Center
RECRUITINGCanton, Oklahoma, 44718, United States
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MD Anderson Cancer Center
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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MICS Centrum Medyczne Toruń
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGTorun, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, 87-100, Poland
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Pratia, MTZ Clinical Research
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGWarsaw, Mazowieckie Voivodeship, 02-172, Poland
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Pratia, Oncology Katowice
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGKatowice, Silesian Voivodeship, 40-519, Poland
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Samsung Medical Center
RECRUITINGSeoul, Seoul, 06351, South Korea
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The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital
RECRUITINGSeoul, Seoul, 06591, South Korea
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The Catholic University of Korea, Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital
RECRUITINGSeoul, Seoul, 07345, South Korea
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University of Michigan
RECRUITINGAnn Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
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