Clinical trial • Phase II • Oncology

Emavusertib for Chronic lymphocytic leukemia | B-cell malignancies

Phase II trial of Emavusertib for Chronic lymphocytic leukemia | B-cell malignancies. 80 participants.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology
Trial Disease
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia | B-cell malignancies
Trial Stage
Phase II
Drug Modality
Small molecule

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
25-11-2025
First CTIS Authorization Date
16-03-2026

Trial design

Phase II trial across 5 sites in Italy, Spain.

Target Sample Size
80

Eligibility

Recruits 80 Vulnerable population flag is selected in CTIS. Participants must be able to understand/sign a written informed consent document. Trial enrols adults (Age ≥18) only. Subject information sheets and informed consent forms are provided (versions listed for Italy and Spain); no assent process for minors is described in the available records..

Pregnancy Exclusion
7. Negative serum pregnancy test in women of childbearing potential (WOCP);
Vulnerable Population
Vulnerable population flag is selected in CTIS. Participants must be able to understand/sign a written informed consent document. Trial enrols adults (Age ≥18) only. Subject information sheets and informed consent forms are provided (versions listed for Italy and Spain); no assent process for minors is described in the available records.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- 1. Age ≥18 years of age with life expectancy of ≥ 3 months.\n- 10. For Cohort 1 only: Patient must be in a PR or PR-L and MRD+, must have detectable MRD as determined by the ClonoSEQ assay, actively taking zanubrutinib for at least 12 months, acceptable organ function (protocol-defined) at Screening within 28 days prior to Cycle 1 Day 1 (C1D1)\n- 11. For Cohort 2 only: Relapsed disease (protocol-defined) for which patients are ineligible for or exhausted standard of care options; Actively taking zanubrutinib and with direct progression on zanubrutinib and no other anticancer therapy administered since; Acceptable organ function (protocol-defined) at Screening within 28 days prior to C1D1.\n- 2. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status of ≤2;\n- 3. Histopathologically confirmed diagnosis of CLL per the World Health Organization 2016 classification;\n- 4. At least 1 criterion for measurable disease per iwCLL; creatine phosphokinase (CPK) < 2.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN);\n- 5. Ability to tolerate contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan;\n- 6. Ability to swallow/retain oral medications;\n- 7. Negative serum pregnancy test in women of childbearing potential (WOCP);\n- 8. WOCP and men who partner with WOCP must use highly effective contraceptive methods during study and 180 days after the last dose of study treatment;\n- 9. Ability to understand/sign a written informed consent document."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- 1. Active second malignancy unless in remission with life expectancy > 2 years;\n- 10.\tHistory of Stevens-Johnson syndrome or toxic epidermal necrolysis;\n- 11.\tIntolerance to contrast-enhanced CT scan: Major surgery < 28 days prior to C1D1, minor surgery < 7 days prior to C1D1. Viral infections (protocol-defined);\n- 12.\tConcomitant illness that would preclude safe participation in the study.\n- 2. Active malignancy other than CLL requiring systemic therapy;\n- 3. high-risk CLL TP53 mutations and 17P deletion;\n- 4. History of Grade ≥ 3 rhabdomyolysis without complete recovery;\n- 5. Prior chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy;\n- 6. Prior investigational drugs within 28 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter, prior to C1D1: allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) within 60 days prior to C1D1, or clinically significant graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) requiring ongoing uptitration of immunosuppressive medications prior to Screening: Prior systemic anticancer treatment received within 21 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter, prior to C1D1 (with the exception of zanubrutinib, which may be continued until the day before C1D1);\n- 7.\tReceiving the following medications within 7 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter, prior to C1D1: Medications that have a high risk of causing prolonged QT interval, corrected (QTc) and/or Torsades de Pointes, Peg-filgrastim or equivalent, St John’s Wort;\n- 8.\tHistory of or ongoing drug-induced pneumonitis, History of stroke or intracranial hemorrhage within 6 months prior to C1D1, Requirement for anticoagulation with warfarin or equivalent vitamin K antagonists, including dual antiplatelet agents, within 5 half-lives of the anticoagulant or 7 days, whichever is longer, prior to C1D1;\n- 9.\tVaccinated with a live-attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to C1D1: History of hypersensitivity or anaphylaxis to ema, approved BTKi, or any of their excipients;"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- 1.\tCohort 1: undetectable measurable residual disease (uMRD) rate: percentage of patients achieving uMRD as measured in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) by the ClonoSEQ assay. Bone marrow aspirate is required to confirm a CR and uMRD by peripheral blood.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"uMRD measured in PBMCs by the ClonoSEQ assay; bone marrow aspirate required to confirm a CR and uMRD measured in peripheral blood."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- 2.\tCohort 2: ORR: percentage of patients achieving a complete response (CR), or PR using iwCLL Response Criteria guidelines (Hallek et al, 2018)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Overall response rate (ORR) assessed using iwCLL Response Criteria (Hallek et al., 2018), counting CR and PR per those guidelines."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- 1.\tCohort 1: Duration of uMRD, Time to measurable residual disease (MRD) conversion, complete response (CR) rate, Duration of CR, Time to CR","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Duration and time-to-events relating to uMRD and CR as measured by ClonoSEQ and iwCLL criteria per protocol-defined schedules."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- 2.\tCohort 2: Duration of response (DOR), Time to response","definition_or_measurement_approach":"DOR and time-to-response assessed per iwCLL Response Criteria and protocol definitions."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- 3.\tCohort 1 and Cohort 2: •\tProgression-free survival (PFS), Overall survival (OS) •\tIncidence of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) and treatment-related AEs, physical examinations, vital signs, electrocardiograms (ECGs), and laboratory values •\tPK parameters: Cmax, Tmax, AUC0-t, and Cmin for emavusertib and zanubrutinib","definition_or_measurement_approach":"PFS and OS measured from treatment start per protocol definitions; safety assessed by incidence of TEAEs and treatment-related AEs using standard AE reporting; PK parameters (Cmax, Tmax, AUC0-t, Cmin) for emavusertib and zanubrutinib measured from plasma samples per PK schedule."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
80
Recruitment Window Months
6
Consent Approach
Written informed consent must be provided by the participant (ability to understand/sign required). Participants are adults (≥18). Subject information sheets and informed consent forms are provided (documents listed for Italy and Spain: L1_SIS and ICF Main_IT and L1_SIS and ICF Main_ES). No assent for minors is described in the available records.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
5
Total Number Of Participants
80

Italy

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
16-02-2026
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
16-03-2026
Processing Time Days
28
Number Of Sites
3
Number Of Participants
20

Sites

Site Name
Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova
Department Name
U.O.C. di Ematologia e Immunologia Clinica
Contact Person Name
Andrea Visentin
Contact Person Email
andrea.visentin@unipd.it
Site Name
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore Della Carita
Department Name
SCDU Ematologia
Contact Person Name
Gianluca Gaidano
Contact Person Email
ganluca.gaidano@med.uniupo.it
Site Name
Ospedale San Raffaele S.r.l.
Department Name
Strategic Research Program on CLL Division of Experimental Oncology
Contact Person Name
Paolo Ghia
Contact Person Email
ghia.paolo@hsr.it

Spain

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
11-02-2026
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
16-03-2026
Processing Time Days
33
Number Of Sites
2
Number Of Participants
20

Sites

Site Name
Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Daniel Morillo Giles
Contact Person Email
dmorillo@startmadrid.com
Site Name
MD Anderson Cancer Center (Madrid)
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Adolfo De la Fuente Burguera
Contact Person Email
afuente@mdanderson.es

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Curis Inc.
Organisation Type
Pharmaceutical company
Country Of Registered Address
United States

Contract research organisations

Name
Suvoda LLC
Responsibilities
sponsorDuties codes: [14, 3]
Name
Icon Clinical Research Limited
Responsibilities
sponsorDuties codes: [4]
Name
Icon Laboratory Services Inc.
Responsibilities
sponsorDuties codes: [4]
Name
Syneos Health Inc.
Responsibilities
sponsorDuties codes: [1, 11, 12, 13, 5]
Name
Fortrea Inc.
Responsibilities
sponsorDuties codes: [8]

Third parties

  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Suvoda LLC","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: [14, 3]","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Icon Laboratory Services Inc.","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: [4]","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
  • {"country":"Ireland","full_name":"Icon Clinical Research Limited","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: [4]","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Neogenomics Laboratories Inc. (Houston)","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: [4]","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Q-Square Business Intelligence Corp.","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: [6, 7]","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Northeast Bioanalytical Laboratories LLC","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: [4]","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Fortrea Inc.","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: [8]","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Syneos Health Inc.","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: [1, 11, 12, 13, 5]","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Neogenomics Laboratories Inc. (Aliso Viejo)","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: [4]","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: [4]","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Bostongene Corp.","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: [4]","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
CA-4948
Active Substance
Emavusertib
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
Oral
Route
Oral
Authorisation Status
Investigational product (prodAuthStatus 1)
Investigational Product Name
Brukinsa (zanubrutinib)
Active Substance
Zanubrutinib
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
Oral
Route
Oral
Authorisation Status
Authorised (marketing authorisation provided for Brukinsa)
Combination Treatment
Yes

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