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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic LymphomaPhase 2NCT07685717

Pirtobrutinib for the Treatment of Elderly Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

A Phase 2 study testing Biospecimen Collection, Bone Marrow Aspiration and Bone Marrow Biopsy in people with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma, run by Jennifer Woyach at 1 site in United States.

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Trial summary

This phase II trial studies how well pirtobrutinib works in treating elderly patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors such as ibrutinib, acalabrutinib, and zanubrutinib work by blocking the action of the BTK protein that signals cancer cells to multiply. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 75 years and older
What is being tested?
Biospecimen Collection, Bone Marrow Aspiration and Bone Marrow Biopsy
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
50 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
13 Jul 2026to 31 Dec 2027
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 75 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Men and women ≥ 75 years of age
  • Diagnosis of CLL/small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) meeting criteria established in the 2018 International Workshop on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (iwCLL) guidelines
  • Must be treatment-naive: Received no prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or targeted therapy for the treatment of CLL, with the exceptions of palliative loco-regional radiotherapy, rituximab for autoimmune conditions, or corticosteroids for symptoms control. For radiation, broad field radiation (≥ 30% of bone marrow or whole brain radiotherapy) must be completed 14 days before study enrollment; palliative limited field radiation must be completed 7 days prior to study enrollment. For rituximab, washout of 2 weeks is required prior to study enrollment
  • Must require treatment according to 2018 iwCLL guidelines
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of ≤ 3
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) or ≤ 5 x ULN if liver function abnormalities are due to underlying malignancy
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  • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN or ≤ 3 x ULN with documented liver involvement and/or Gilbert's syndrome
  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/minute using Cockcroft-Gault formula
  • Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) or partial thromboplastin time (PTT) and prothrombin time (PT) or (international normalized ratio [INR]) not greater than 2.0 × ULN
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 0.75 x 10^9 (on or within 7 days of cycle 1 day 1 [C1D1] before treatment); the patient may enroll below threshold if there is documented bone marrow involvement of CLL considered to impair hematopoiesis. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF) support is allowed
  • Platelet count ≥ 30 x 10^9 not requiring transfusion support (on or within 7 days of C1D1 before treatment); the patient may enroll below this threshold if there is documented bone marrow involvement of CLL considered to impair hematopoiesis
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 6 mg/dL not requiring transfusion support or growth factors (on or within 7 days of C1D1 before treatment); the patient may enroll below this threshold if there is documented bone marrow involvement of CLL considered to impair hematopoiesis
  • If patients require transfusion support due to bone marrow involvement of CLL, they must be responsive to transfusion support
  • Male patients are sexually active with a woman of childbearing potential must use highly effective methods of contraception during treatment
  • The patient is able to take oral medications
  • Ability to understand the purpose and risks of the study and provide signed and dated informed consent and authorization to use protected health information

Who cannot join

  • Active Richter's transformation (i.e. within 6 months of active therapy, or requiring treatment for Richter's transformation)
  • Malabsorption syndrome or inability to absorb pirtobrutinib
  • Patients with Class III or Class IV heart failure by New York Heart Association, those with unstable angina, those with uncontrolled arrhythmia, and those patients who experienced an myocardial infarction (MI) within 3 months of screening or acute coronary syndrome within 2 months of screening are not eligible
  • Documented left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) by any method of ≤ 40% in the 12 months prior to randomization
  • Prolongation of QT interval corrected for heart rate (QTcF) > 470 msec
  • Major surgical procedure within 28 days of first dose of study drug. Note: If a subject had major surgery, they must have recovered adequately from any toxicity and/or complications from the intervention before the first dose of study drug
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  • Active bleeding or history of bleeding diathesis (e.g., hemophilia or von Willebrand disease)
  • History of significant cerebrovascular disease/event, including stroke or intracranial hemorrhage, within 6 months before the first dose of study drug
  • Patients who have tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are excluded due to risk of opportunistic infections with both HIV and Bruton Tyrosine Kinase (BTK)-inhibitors. For patients with unknown HIV status, HIV testing will be performed at Screening and result must be negative for enrollment
  • Known active hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection based on criteria below:
  • Hepatitis B virus (HBV):
  • Patients with positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) are excluded
  • Patients with positive hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc) and negative HBsAg require a negative hepatitis B polymerase chain reaction (PCR) evaluation before starting study therapy
  • Patients who are HBV deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) PCR positive will be excluded
  • Hepatitis C virus (HCV): positive hepatitis C antibody. If positive hepatitis C antibody result, patient will need to have a negative result for hepatitis C ribonucleic acid (RNA) before randomization. Patients who are hepatitis C RNA positive will be excluded
  • Known active cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. Unknown or negative status are eligible
  • Evidence of other clinically significant uncontrolled condition(s) including but not limited to: uncontrolled systemic infection, or other clinically significant active disease process which in the opinion of the investigator may pose a risk for patient participation. Screening for chronic conditions is not required
  • Uncontrolled autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) or idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
  • Active second malignancy unless in remission and with life expectancy > 2 years
  • Requires or receiving anticoagulation with warfarin or equivalent vitamin K antagonists
  • Vaccination with live vaccines 28 days prior to registration for study screening
  • Known history of hypersensitivity or anaphylaxis to study drug(s) including active product or excipient components

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center contact

1-800-293-5066

OSUCCCClinicaltrials@osumc.edu

United States1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210

    Jennifer A. Woyach, MD, 614-293-3196, Jennifer.Woyach@osumc.edu

    Jennifer A. Woyach, MD

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About this study

Official title: A Phase 2 Trial of Single-Agent Pirtobrutinib for Elderly Patients With CLL

This phase II trial studies how well pirtobrutinib works in treating elderly patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors such as ibrutinib, acalabrutinib, and zanubrutinib work by blocking the action of the BTK protein that signals cancer cells to multiply. These are very effective, tolerable, and commonly used to treat people with CLL, but they may lead to drug resistance over time. Pirtobrutinib, also a BTK inhibitor, may work better in treating elderly patients with CLL.

Read the detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

  1. To evaluate rate of discontinuation and overall response rate (ORR) of pirtobrutinib after 12 cycles in patients who are ≥ 75 with CLL.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVE:

  1. To assess the safety and efficacy of patients with CLL treated with pirtobrutinib.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVE:

  1. Assess the treatments effect on quality of life and on geriatric assessments.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive pirtobrutinib orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-28 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo computed tomography (CT), blood sample collection, and bone marrow biopsy and aspiration throughout the study.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up within 7-30 days and then every 6 months for up to 8 years.

Being tested
Biospecimen Collection, Bone Marrow Aspiration, Bone Marrow Biopsy, Computed Tomography, Electronic Health Record Review
Medical subject headings
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Biospecimen CollectionProcedure or surgery

    Also called Biological Sample Collection, Biospecimen Collected, Sample Collection, Specimen Collection

    Undergo collection of blood samples

  • Bone Marrow AspirationProcedure or surgery

    Undergo bone marrow biopsy and aspiration

  • Bone Marrow BiopsyProcedure or surgery

    Also called Biopsy of Bone Marrow, Biopsy, Bone Marrow

    Undergo bone marrow biopsy and aspiration

  • Computed TomographyProcedure or surgery

    Also called CAT, CAT Scan, Computed Axial Tomography, Computerized Axial Tomography

    Undergo CT

  • Electronic Health Record ReviewOther

    Ancillary studies

  • PirtobrutinibDrug

    Also called 5-Amino-3-(4-((5-fluoro-2-methoxybenzamido)methyl)phenyl)-1-((2S)-1,1,1-trifluoropropan-2-yl)-1h-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, BTK Inhibitor LOXO-305, Jaypirca, LOXO 305

    Given PO

  • Questionnaire AdministrationOther

    Ancillary studies

Study groups in NCT07685717
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Treatment (pirtobrutinib)ExperimentalPatients receive pirtobrutinib PO QD on days 1-28 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo CT, blood sample collection, and bone marrow biopsy and aspiration throughout the study.
Receives: Procedure: Biospecimen Collection; Procedure: Bone Marrow Aspiration; Procedure: Bone Marrow Biopsy; Procedure: Computed Tomography; Other: Electronic Health Record Review; Drug: Pirtobrutinib; Other: Questionnaire Administration

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Rate of treatment discontinuation

    Will be calculated among all evaluable patients. The rates will be provided together with 95% exact confidence intervals.

    Measured: Up to 12 cycles (Cycle length = 28 days)

  2. Overall response rate

    Will be determined by International Workshop on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (iwCLL). Will be calculated among all evaluable patients. The rates will be provided together with 95% exact confidence intervals.

    Measured: Up to 12 cycles (Cycle length = 28 days)

Secondary outcomes (5)
  1. Progression-free survival

    Will be estimated using the method of Kaplan-Meier.

    Measured: From treatment start to the date of the corresponding event, assessed up to 5 years

  2. Overall survival

    Will be estimated using the method of Kaplan-Meier.

    Measured: From treatment start to the date of the corresponding event, assessed up to 8 years after completion of study treatment

  3. Duration of response

    Will be estimated using the method of Kaplan-Meier.

    Measured: From the date where the first response is achieved to the date of progression or death, assessed up to 8 years after completion of study treatment

  4. Time to next treatment

    Will be estimated using the method of Kaplan-Meier.

    Measured: From treatment start to the date of the corresponding event, assessed up to 8 years after completion of study treatment

  5. Incidence of adverse events (AEs)

    Will determine rate of treatment related AEs, and proportion of patients who discontinue therapy due to AEs. The toxicity profile will be described through the summary of AE data. AE will be summarized by type and severity according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, Version 5.0 for non-hematologic toxicity, and the iwCLL 2018 criteria for hematologic toxicity, with a focus on grade 3 or higher adverse events.

    Measured: Up to 30 days after completion of study treatment

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted6 Jul 2026
  2. Study start13 Jul 2026
  3. Primary completion31 Dec 2027 (estimated)
  4. Study completion31 Dec 2027 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
50 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07685717
Sponsor's protocol ID
OSU-25034
Other IDs
NCI-2026-04232, OSU-25034
Status last verified
Sep 2026
First submitted
29 Jun 2026
Last updated
28 Sep 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Biospecimen Collection, Bone Marrow Aspiration and Bone Marrow Biopsy in people with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma, run by Jennifer Woyach at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 16 inclusion and 22 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 Sep 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center (1-800-293-5066, OSUCCCClinicaltrials@osumc.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Rate of treatment discontinuation (time frame: Up to 12 cycles (Cycle length = 28 days)). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 28 Sep 2026.

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