Inqovi Maintenance Therapy in Myeloid Neoplasms

Launched by MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · Jul 18, 2021

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying a medication called Inqovi, which combines two drugs, decitabine and cedazuridine. The goal is to see if this treatment can help reduce the chances of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) or chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) coming back after patients receive a stem cell transplant. The trial is currently looking for participants aged 18 and older who have been diagnosed with MDS or CMML and are set to undergo their first stem cell transplant. To qualify, participants must have certain health conditions, such as having a specific amount of healthy cells in their bone marrow and normal organ function.

Participants in this study can expect to start the Inqovi treatment between 30 and 120 days after their stem cell transplant. They will be monitored closely to ensure they meet specific health criteria, such as having enough healthy blood cells and no signs of disease recurrence. It’s important for participants to understand that they will need to commit to using effective birth control during the trial and for six months after treatment, as the effects of the medication on developing babies are not well known. This study aims to provide valuable information about how to prevent relapse in patients with these conditions.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Pathologically confirmed diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML).
• • Subjects should have less than 5% myeloblasts on a bone marrow biopsy within 42 days prior to the start of conditioning.
• • Age ≥ 18
• • Will undergo first allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for their malignancy.
• • Transplantation will be performed with the use of reduced intensity conditioning (RIC).
• * HSCT Donor will be one of the following:
• • 5/6 or 6/6 (HLA-A, B, DR) matched related donor
• • 7/8 or 8/8 (HLA-A, B, DR, C) matched unrelated donor. Matching in the unrelated setting must be at the allele level.
• • Haploidentical related donor, defined as ≥ 3/6 (HLA-A, B, DR) matched
• • ≥ 4/6 (HLA-A, B, DR) umbilical cord blood (UCB). Matching in the UCB setting is at the antigen level. Recipients may receive either one or two UCB units. In the case of 2 UCB units, both units must have been at least 4/6 matched with the recipient.
• • ECOG performance status 0-2.
• * Participants must have normal organ and function as defined below:
• • AST (SGOT), ALT (SGPT) and Alkaline phosphatase \< 3x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
• • Total bilirubin \< 1.5 x ULN (with the exception of subjects with a history of Gilbert's syndrome)
• • Calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min (Cockcroft-Gault formula)
• • LVEF must be equal to or greater than 50%, as measured by MUGA scan or echocardiogram
• • Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test, as measured by serum or urine testing
• • The effects of decitabine/cedazuridine on the developing human fetus are unknown. For this reason women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) during the entire study treatment period and through 6 months after the last dose of treatment
• • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
• • Eligibility Criteria Prior to Treatment (Post HCT)
• * Maintenance therapy may begin at any time between day 30 and day 120 following hematopoietic cell transplantation. Participants must meet the following criteria to be eligible to treatment on this study:
• • Chimerism studies reveal that ≥ 70% of blood or bone marrow cells, or of the CD33 expressing fraction, are of donor origin.
• • There is no acute graft versus host disease (GVHD), requiring an escalation of corticosteroid dose or addition of other agent in the 4 weeks prior to Cycle 1 Day 1.
• • There is no morphological evidence of relapsed/recurrent/residual disease (as assessed by post HCT bone marrow biopsy and aspirate).
• • There is no systemic infection requiring IV antibiotic or antifungal or antiviral therapy within 7 days of starting decitabine/cedazuridine
• • ANC ≥ 1000/µL
• • Platelets ≥ 50,000/µL
• • AST (SGOT), ALT (SGPT) and Alkaline phosphatase \< 3x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
• • Total bilirubin \< 1.5 x ULN (with the exception of subjects with a history of Gilbert's syndrome)
• • Calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min (Cockcroft-Gault formula)
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Prior allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants.
• • History of other malignancy(ies) unless
• • the participant has been disease-free for at least 12 months and is deemed by the investigator to be at low risk of recurrence of that malignancy, or
• • the only prior malignancy was cervical cancer in situ and/or basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
• • Known diagnosis of active hepatitis B or hepatitis C
• • Current or history of congestive heart failure New York Heart Association (NHYA) class 3 or 4, or any history of documented diastolic or systolic dysfunction (LVEF \< 50%, as measured by MUGA scan or echocardiogram)
• • Current or history of ventricular or life-threatening arrhythmias or diagnosis of long-QT syndrome
• • Systemic uncontrolled infection
• • Known dysphagia, short-gut syndrome, gastroparesis, or other condition(s) that limits the ingestion or gastrointestinal absorption of drugs administered orally
• • Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure \[BP\] \> 180 mmHg or diastolic BP \> 100 mmHg)
• • QTc interval (i.e., Friderica's correction \[QTcF\]) ≥ 450 ms or other factors that increase the risk of QT prolongation or arrhythmic events (e.g., heart failure, hypokalemia, family history of long QT interval syndrome) at screening
• • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness that would limit compliance with study requirements.
• • Breastfeeding women