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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