Study on the efficacy and safety of Luspatercept in patients with low-risk MDS and ring-sideroblastic phenotype (MDS-RS)
Descrizione riassuntiva dello studio
This study primarily aims to investigate whether patients with anemia caused by MDS have a reduced need for regular blood transfusions under treatment with Luspatercept. Luspatercept will be administered at a higher dose (1.75 mg/kg body weight) than that used in the approved application in the USA and EU (1.0 mg/kg). In addition to a potentially improved response at a higher dose, the safety of Luspatercept will also be further investigated in terms of expected (mild) side effects. It will also be examined whether treatment with Luspatercept affects quality of life and well-being. The study will be conducted as a so-called “single-arm” study, meaning that there is only one treatment group in this study. All patients who have agreed to participate in the study and who meet the eligibility criteria will receive the same treatment. In Switzerland, 12 patients are expected to participate in the study. Treatment will occur in cycles of 21 days. The investigational product will be injected under the skin on the upper arm, thigh, or abdomen on the first day of each cycle. After an initial treatment of 9 cycles or 27 weeks, treatment may be continued from week 28 for a maximum of 9 additional cycles or another 27 weeks, depending on the development of your MDS disease. After the last administration of the investigational product in cycle 18, there will be a follow-up phase of 16 weeks. The exact procedure will be explained again in Chapter 3. The study will last a maximum of 72 weeks or about 1 year and 5 months. Luspatercept is not approved in Switzerland.
(BASEC)
Intervento studiato
A higher dose of Luspatercept is being investigated. The dose is 1.75 mg/kg body weight - which is above the dose of 1.0 mg/kg that is standardly used according to the approval in the USA and EU.
(BASEC)
Malattie studiate
Myelodysplastic syndrome with very low, low, or intermediate risk
(BASEC)
1. The participant is 18 years of age or older at the time of signing the informed consent form (ICF). 2. The participant is able to understand and sign the ICF independently. 3. The participant has a documented diagnosis of MDS. (BASEC)
Criteri di esclusione
1. Previous therapy except for Lenalidomide or hypomethylating agents for the MDS disease. 2. Previous treatment with either Luspatercept or Sotatercept. 3. Secondary MDS, i.e., MDS disease that has developed as a known consequence of a chemical injury. (BASEC)
Luogo dello studio
Basilea, Bellinzona, Berna
(BASEC)
Sponsor
GWT-TUD GmbH Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC)
(BASEC)
Contatto per ulteriori informazioni sullo studio
Persona di contatto in Svizzera
Prof. Dr. med. Georg Stüssi
+41 91 811 87 78
georg.stuessi@cluttereoc.chIstituto oncologico della Svizzera Italiana (IOSI)
(BASEC)
Nome del comitato etico approvante (per studi multicentrici solo il comitato principale)
Commissione d'etica Berna
(BASEC)
Data di approvazione del comitato etico
16.12.2022
(BASEC)
ID di studio ICTRP
EUCTR2020-004899-18 (ICTRP)
Titolo ufficiale (approvato dal comitato etico)
A phase IIIb, open-label, single arm study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of luspatercept in patients with lower-risk MDS and ring-sideroblastic phenotype (MDS-RS) (BASEC)
Titolo accademico
A phase IIIb, open-label, single arm study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of luspatercept in patients with lower-risk MDS and ring-sideroblastic phenotype (MDS-RS) (ICTRP)
Titolo pubblico
Determination of the effectiveness and safeness of the drug luspatercept in patients who suffering from a low risk type of cancer when blood-forming cells in the bone marrow become abnormal and having characterized by decreased red blood cells below normal. (ICTRP)
Malattie studiate
Lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome with ring-sideroblastic phenotype (MDS-RS)
MedDRA version: 21.0Level: LLTClassification code 10028534Term: Myelodysplastic syndrome NOSSystem Organ Class: 100000004864
MedDRA version: 20.0Level: LLTClassification code 10068361Term: MDSSystem Organ Class: 100000004864
MedDRA version: 20.0Level: LLTClassification code 10050910Term: Bone marrow disorder NOSSystem Organ Class: 100000004851;Therapeutic area: Diseases [C] - Blood and lymphatic diseases [C15] (ICTRP)
Intervento studiato
Trade Name: Reblozyl? 25 mg
Product Code: ACE-536
Pharmaceutical Form: Lyophilisate for solution for injection
INN or Proposed INN: LUSPATERCEPT
CAS Number: 1373715-00-4
Current Sponsor code: ACE-536
Concentration unit: mg milligram(s)
Concentration type: equal
Concentration number: 50-
Trade Name: Reblozyl? 75 mg
Product Code: ACE-536
Pharmaceutical Form: Lyophilisate for solution for injection
INN or Proposed INN: LUSPATERCEPT
Current Sponsor code: ACE-536
Other descriptive name: 1373715-00-4
Concentration unit: mg milligram(s)
Concentration type: equal
Concentration number: 50-
(ICTRP)
Tipo di studio
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product (ICTRP)
Disegno dello studio
Controlled: no Randomised: no Open: yes Single blind: no Double blind: no Parallel group: no Cross over: no Other: no If controlled, specify comparator, Other Medicinial Product: no Placebo: no Other: no Number of treatment arms in the trial: 1 (ICTRP)
Criteri di inclusione/esclusione
Gender:
Female: yes
Male: yes
Inclusion criteria:
Principal inclusion criteria
1. Subject is 18 years of age or older at the time of signing the informed consent form (ICF)
2. Subject is able to understand and voluntarily sign the ICF prior to any study-related assessments/procedures being conducted
3. Subject has documented diagnosis of MDS according to WHO classification that meets IPSS-R classification[4] of very low-, low-, or intermediate-risk disease, and the following:
? Ring sideroblasts (RS) = 15% of erythroid precursors in bone marrow or = 5% if SF3B1 mutation is present
? Less than 5% blasts in bone marrow
? Peripheral blood white blood cell (WBC) count < 13,000/?L
4. Subject must be one of the following:
? Refractory to prior ESA treatment: Documentation of non-response or response that was no longer maintained to prior ESA-containing regimen, either as a single agent or in combination (e.g. with
granulocyte colony-stimulating factor [G-CSF]). The ESA regimen must be either:
- Recombinant human erythropoietin = 40,000 IU/week for at least 8 weeks (=doses) or equivalent; or
- Darbepoetin-a = 500 ?g q3w for at least 4 doses or equivalent
? Intolerant to prior ESA treatment: Documentation of discontinuation of prior ESA containing regimen, either as a single agent or in combination (e.g. with G-CSF), at any time after introduction due to intolerance or an adverse event (AE)
? ESA ineligible: Low chance of response to ESA based on endogenous serum erythropoietin (EPO) level > 200 U/L for subjects not previously treated with ESAs
? Refractory to- /relapsed after prior HMA treatment1: Treatment failure/relapse after at least six (azacitidine) or four (decitabine) 4-week treatment cycles except for del(5q) MDS
? Refractory to- /relapsed after prior lenalidomide treatment1 except for del(5q) MDS
5. If previously treated with ESAs or G-CSF/granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), both agents must be discontinued = 4 weeks prior to the date of starting treatment with the Investigational medicinal Product (IMP) in this study
6. Required RBC transfusions, as documented by the following criteria:
? Average transfusion requirement of = 2 units/8 weeks of packed RBCs confirmed for a minimum period of 16 weeks immediately preceding start of treatment with IMP
? Hemoglobin (Hb) levels at the time of or within 7 days prior to administration of an RBC transfusion must be = 10.0 g/dL in order for the transfusion to be counted towards meeting eligibility criteria.
RBC transfusions administered when Hb levels are > 10 g/dL and/or RBC transfusions administered for elective surgery do not qualify as a required transfusion for the purpose of meeting eligibility criteria
? No consecutive 56-day period that is RBC transfusion-free during the 16 weeks immediately prior to starting treatment with IMP
7. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score of 0, 1, or 2
8. A female of childbearing potential (FCBP) for this study is defined as a sexually mature woman who: (1) has not undergone a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy; or (2) is not naturally postmenopausal (amenorrhea following cancer therapy does not rule out childbearing potential) for at least 24 consecutive months (i.e. had menses at any time in the preceding 24 consecutive months). An FCBP participating in the study must:
? Have 2 negative pregnancy tests as verified by the investigator prior to starting IMP (unless the screening pregnancy test is done within 72 hours of Cycle 1 Day 1). She must agree to ongoin (ICTRP)
Exclusion criteria:
Principal exclusion criteria
1. Prior therapy with disease modifying agents other than HMA or LEN for underlying MDS disease
2. Previously treated with either luspatercept or sotatercept
3. Secondary MDS, i.e. MDS that is known to have arisen as the result of chemical injury or treatment with chemotherapy and/or radiation for other diseases
4. Known clinically significant anemia due to iron, vitamin B12, or folate deficiencies, or autoimmune or hereditary hemolytic anemia, or gastrointestinal bleeding
? Iron deficiency to be determined by local laboratory via serum ferritin = 15 ?g/L and additional testing if clinically indicated (e.g. calculated transferrin saturation [iron/total iron binding capacity
= 20%] or bone marrow aspirate stain for iron)
5. Prior allogeneic or autologous stem cell transplant
6. Known history of diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
7. Use of any of the following within 5 weeks prior to the first dose of the IMP in this study:
? Anticancer cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agent or treatment
? Corticosteroid, except for subjects on a stable or decreasing dose for = 1 week prior to the first dose of IMP for medical conditions other than MDS
? ICT, except for subjects on a stable or decreasing dose for at least 8 weeks prior to the first dose of IMP
? Other RBC hematopoietic growth factors (e.g. interleukin [IL]-3)
? Investigational drug or device, or approved therapy for investigational use. If the half-life of the previous study drug is known, the use of it within 5 times the half-life prior to the first dose of IMP or within 5 weeks, whichever is longer, is excluded
8. Uncontrolled hypertension, defined as repeated elevations of diastolic blood pressure (DBP) = 100 mmHg despite adequate treatment
9. Platelet count < 30,000/?L (30 ? 10^9/L)
10. Estimated glomerular filtration rate or creatinine clearance < 40 mL/min
11. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) = 3.0 ? upper limit of normal
(ULN)
12. Total bilirubin = 2.0 ? ULN
? Higher levels are acceptable if these can be attributed to active RBC precursor destruction within the bone marrow (i.e. ineffective erythropoiesis) or in the presence of known history of Gilbert
Syndrome
? Subjects are excluded if there is evidence of autoimmune hemolytic anemia manifested as a corrected reticulocyte count of > 2% with either a positive Coombs test or over 50% indirect bilirubin
13. Prior history of malignancies, other than MDS, unless the subject is free of the disease (including completion of any active or adjuvant treatment for prior malignancy) for = 5 years. However, subjects with the following history/concurrent conditions are allowed:
? Basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
? Carcinoma in situ of the cervix
? Carcinoma in situ of the breast
? Incidental histologic finding of prostate cancer (T1a or T1b using the tumor, nodes, metastasis clinical staging system)
14. Major surgery within 8 weeks prior to the first dose of IMP. Subjects must be completely recovered from any previous surgery prior to the first dose of IMP
15. History of stroke, deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary or arterial embolism within 6 months prior to the first dose of IMP
16. Pregnant or breast-feeding females
17. Myocardial infarction, uncontrolled angina, uncontrolled heart failure, or uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia as determined by the investigator with
Endpoint primari e secondari
Main Objective: The primary objective of the study is to evaluate red blood cell transfusion independence (RBC-TI) rate of luspatercept for the treatment of anemia due to International Prognostic Scoring System-Revised (IPSS-R) very low-, low-, or intermediate-risk MDS in subjects with ring sideroblasts (RS) who require RBC transfusions (according to IWG 2018 criteria);Secondary Objective: ? To determine response rates in MDS-RS failing prior therapy with either lenalidomide (LEN) or hypomethylating agents (HMA) according to IWG 2018 criteria (max. 10 patients)
? To determine RBC-TI and response rates according to IWG 2006 criteria
? To evaluate the effect of luspatercept on: time to RBC-TI, duration of RBC-TI, increase in hemoglobin (Hb), neutrophils and platelets, decrease in serum ferritin and in iron chelation therapy (ICT) use
? To investigate safety and tolerability of the luspatercept dosing regimen applied in this study
? To investigate and compare Quality of Life (QoL) by patient-reported outcome (PRO) and performance outcome (PerfO) measures before and during luspatercept treatment;Primary end point(s): RBC-TI rate according to IWG 2018 modified criteria ;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: from Week 1 through Week 24 (ICTRP)
Secondary end point(s): ? RBC-TI rate according to IWG 2006 criteria from Week 1 through Week 24 and through Week 52
? Median time to RBC-TI (Week 1 through Week 24 and through Week 52)
? Median duration of RBC-TI (Week 1 through Week 24 and through Week 52)
? Change in RBC units transfused over a fixed 16-weeks period (Week 9 through Week 24 and Week 37 through Week 52) compared to the 16-week period prior to screening
? Proportion of subjects achieving mean Hb increase = 1.0 g/dL over = 8 weeks (Week 1 through Week 24 and through Week 52)
? Proportion of subjects achieving modified hematologic improvement - erythroids (mHI-E) per IWG 2006 criteria (Week 1 through Week 24 and through Week 52)
? Proportion of subjects achieving hematologic improvement - neutrophils (HI-N) per IWG 2006 criteria[2] (Week 1 through Week 24 and through Week 52)
? Proportion of subjects achieving hematologic improvement - platelets (HI-P) per IWG 2006 criteria (Week 1 through Week 24 and through Week 52)
? Mean change in serum ferritin from Week 9 through 24 and Week 37 through Week 52 compared to baseline
? Mean change in mean daily dose of ICT from Week 9 through 24 and Week 37 through Week 52 compared to baseline
? Proportion of subjects with progression to AML
? Overall survival (OS)
? Safety measures: type, frequency, severity of adverse events (AEs) and relationship to luspatercept, dose reductions and dose delays
? Mean change in PRO (via EORTC QLQ-C30) and PerfO (via ?Timed Up and Go test? [TUG]) from baseline (Week 1) to Week 52 and to End of Treatment (EOT).;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: as mentioned above in 5.2 (ICTRP)
Data di registrazione
02.08.2021 (ICTRP)
Inclusione del primo partecipante
13.01.2022 (ICTRP)
Sponsor secondari
non disponibile
Contatti aggiuntivi
Martin Puttrich, martin.puttrich@g-wt.de, 004935125933193, GWT-TUD GmbH (ICTRP)
ID secondari
LUSPLUS, 2020-004899-18-DE (ICTRP)
Risultati-Dati individuali dei partecipanti
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Ulteriori informazioni sullo studio
https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/ctr-search/search?query=eudract_number:2020-004899-18 (ICTRP)
Risultati dello studio
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Link ai risultati nel registro primario
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