Positive Results from the Ongoing Clinical Trial of BTK Degrader NX-5948 in Patients with R/R Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia Presented
“We are encouraged by the emerging positive data from NX-5948 in patients with Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia, which add to the previously disclosed robust clinical activity observed in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia,” said Paula G. O’Connor, M.D., chief medical officer of Nurix. “These data support our decision to advance NX-5948 into the ongoing Phase 1b expansion cohort in patients who have previously received at least one prior line of therapy including a BTK inhibitor and patients presenting with Bing-Neel syndrome, a rare form of WM with central nervous system involvement where NX-5948’s ability to penetrate the brain may offer a distinct advantage.”
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