A Phase 2 Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Pacritinib in Relapsed or Refractory Waldenström Macroglobulinemia

Last updated: October 20, 2025
Sponsor: Shayna Sarosiek, MD
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

Marginal Zone Lymphoma

Hematologic Cancer

Lymphoma

Treatment

Pacritinib

Clinical Study ID

NCT06986174
24-660
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This study is being done to examine the safety and effectiveness of pacritinib as a possible treatment for participants with Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM).

The name of the study drug involved in this study is:

-Pacritinib (a type of kinase inhibitor)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age ≥18 years

  • ECOG performance status ≤2

  • Clinicopathological diagnosis of Waldenström Macroglobulinemia

  • Symptomatic disease meeting criteria for treatment using consensus panel criteriafrom the Second International Workshop on Waldenström macroglobulinemia. At leastone of the following:

  • constitutional symptoms: recurrent fever, night sweats, fatigue or weight loss

  • progressive or symptomatic lymphadenopathy or splenomegaly

  • hemoglobin ≤10 g/dL

  • platelet count ≤100 k/uL

  • hyperviscosity syndrome

  • symptomatic peripheral neuropathy

  • systemic amyloidosis

  • renal insufficiency

  • symptomatic cryoglobulinemia

  • Serum IgM level ≥ 2 times the upper limit of normal

  • Participants must meet the following organ and marrow functions as defined below:

  • absolute neutrophil count ≥0.5 k/uL without growth factor within 7 days

  • platelet count ≥50 k/uL without platelet transfusion within 7 days

  • total bilirubin ≤1.5 times the upper limit of normal or ≤3 times the upperlimit of normal with documented liver involvement, hemolysis or Gilbert'sdisease

  • AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) ≤2.5 times the upper limit of normal or ≤5 times theupper limit of normal with documented liver involvement

  • Creatinine clearance ≥30 ml/min using Cockcroft/Gault equation

  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consentdocument. (Providing consents in as many languages as possible is encouraged)

  • At least 2 prior lines of treatment for Waldenström Macroglobulinemia. Participantsmust either be BTK inhibitor exposed or not be a candidate for BTK therapy.

  • Women of childbearing potential: Females of childbearing potential (FCBP) will berequired to use two highly effective forms of contraception simultaneously or willremain abstinent from heterosexual intercourse during the following periods relatedto this study:

  1. while participating in the study; and 2) for at least three months (90 days)after discontinuation from the study. FCBP must be referred to a qualifiedprovider of contraceptive methods if needed.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Current history of uncontrolled HIV

  • Patients with a known history of HIV must have a viral load assessed for eligibilityand must be on a stable antiretroviral regimen that can be administered concurrentwith pacritinib.

  • Known active hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection based oncriteria below

  • Hepatitis B virus (HBV): Patients with positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) are excluded. Patients with positive hepatitis B core antibody (antiHBc) and negative HBsAg require hepatitis B polymerase chain reaction (PCR) evaluation before enrollment. Patients who are hepatitis B PCR positivewill be excluded.

  • Hepatitis C virus (HCV): positive hepatitis C antibody. If positive hepatitis Cantibody result, patient will need to have a negative result for hepatitis Cribonucleic acid (RNA) before enrollment. Patients who are hepatitis C RNApositive will be excluded.

  • Participants with chronic liver disease and hepatic impairment meeting Child-Pughclass B or C (Appendix B)

  • Participants who are pregnant, breast feeding, or planning to become pregnant whileenrolled in this study or within 3 month after last study dose (2 weeks forbreastfeeding)

  • Current CNS involvement by WM

  • Active alcohol or drug abuse

  • Concurrent administration of medications that are moderate or strong inhibitors orinducers of CYP3A within 14 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter, prior tofirst dose of study drug.

  • Concurrent participation in another therapeutic clinical trial

  • History of another malignancy, except adequately treated local basal cell orsquamous cell carcinoma of the skin, cervical carcinoma in situ, superficial bladdercancer, localized prostate cancer, or other adequately treated cancer currently incomplete remission

  • Prior or ongoing clinically significant illness, including active infectionsrequiring antibiotics, of medical condition that, in the investigator's opinion,could affect the safety of the patient; alter the absorption, distribution,metabolism or excretion of the study drug; or impair the assessment of study results

  • Inability to swallow pills

  • Significant cardiovascular disease defined as:

  • Unstable angina, or

  • History of myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to planned start

  • Previously documented left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) by any methodof ≤ 45% in the 12 months prior to planned start; assessment of LVEF viaechocardiogram or multigated acquisition (MUGA) scan during screening should beperformed in selected patients as medically indicated, or

  • Any Class 3 or 4 cardiac disease as defined by the New York Heart AssociationFunctional Classification, or

  • Uncontrolled or symptomatic arrhythmias

  • Prolonged QT Interval with baseline QTc >480 msec using the Bazette formula

  • Ongoing, active infection.

  • Active bleeding requiring blood transfusion or other medical intervention.Participants requiring anticoagulation therapy are not excluded.

Study Design

Total Participants: 30
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Pacritinib
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
November 01, 2025
Estimated Completion Date:
October 01, 2032

Study Description

This is a single-arm, open-label, Phase II study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of pacritinib in participants with symptomatic Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM).

Pacritinib is a targeted therapy that blocks a protein called JAK2 that helps cells live and grow. It also inhibits IRAK1, which is important for the survival of WM cells. By blocking JAK2 & IRAK1, pacritinib may kill abnormal cells or stop them from growing.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved pacritinib for WM but it has been approved for Myelofibrosis.

The research study procedures include screening for eligibility, in-clinic visits, questionnaires, blood tests, urine tests, Computerized Tomography (CT) scans, X-rays, echocardiograms (ECGs), bone marrow biopsies and aspirations

Participants will receive study treatment for up to 4 years and will be followed for 2 years, or until there is start of a new treatment.

It is expected that about 30 people will take part in this research study.

Sobi AG, Inc. is supporting this research study by providing study drug and funding.

Connect with a study center

  • Dana Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts 02115
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Dana Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston 4930956, Massachusetts 6254926 02115
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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