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Tagraxofusp, Azacitidine, and Venetoclax for the Treatment of Patients with Measurable Residual Disease Positive Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Trial Status: active
This phase I/II trial tests the safety, side effects, and best dose of tagraxofusp in combination with azacitidine, and venetoclax and how well the combination works in treating patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that are positive for minimal or measurable residual disease (MRD). MRD means that there is low level disease present in the bone marrow that cannot be seen under the microscope. Patients that are positive for MRD are at a higher risk of disease coming back (recurrence). Tagraxofusp is made up of interleukin-3 (IL-3), which binds to an IL-3 receptor protein called CD123. CD123 may be found in higher than normal amounts on some types of cancer cells. Tagraxofusp is also made up of a diphtheria toxin, which may help kill cancer cells. Tagraxofusp is a type of cytotoxin. Azacitidine stops cells from making deoxyribonucleic acid and may kill cancer cells. It is a type of antimetabolite. Venetoclax is in a class of medications called B-cell lymphoma-2 (BCL-2) inhibitors. It may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking BCL-2, a protein needed for cancer cell survival. Giving tagraxofusp in combination with azacitidine, and venetoclax may be safe, tolerable and/or effective in controlling MRD and preventing disease recurrence in patients with MRD positive AML.
Inclusion Criteria
Age ≥ 18 years
History of known diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (including de novo, secondary or AML arising from MDS)
Subjects must be in complete remission (CR), CR with incomplete count recovery (CRi), or CR with partial hematological recovery (CRh) with < 5% morphologic blasts in bone marrow
Any evidence of CD123+ by central assessment
Participants must have measurable disease, defined as ≥ 0.1% by multiparametric flow cytometric assay as assessed by central laboratory
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≥ 2
Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal unless due to Gilbert or non-hepatic in origin
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase [SGPT]) ≤ 3.0 x institutional upper limit of normal
Creatinine clearance ≥ 45 ml/min glomerular filtration rate (GFR) by Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD)
Albumin ≥ 3.2 g/dL
Left ventricular ejection fraction ≥ institutional lower limit of normal by MUGA or echocardiogram within 30 days of first protocol treatment. This can be locally assessed
Pregnancy potential: Female subjects of childbearing potential must have negative results for pregnancy test. Females with reproductive potential are advised to use effective contraception during study treatment and for at least 6 months after last dose. Similarly, males with female partners of reproductive potential are advised to use effective contraception during treatment and for at least 3 months after the last dose. Men must agree to abstain from donating sperm
Subject is able and willing to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements
Exclusion Criteria
Prior treatment with CD123-targeted therapy
Known diagnosis of acute promyelocytic leukemia
Subjects who received intensive anti-leukemic chemotherapy within 2 weeks from first dose of study. If on venetoclax, subjects must be off venetoclax for at least 5 days
Subjects prearranged for allogeneic stem cell transplant (SCT) are only excluded if it is imminent
History of prior allogeneic stem cell transplant
Subject has uncontrolled, clinically significant pulmonary disease (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disesase [COPD], pulmonary hypertension, etc.) that in the opinion of the investigator would put the subject at significant risk for pulmonary complications during the study
Subject has experienced grade 3 or grade 4 capillary leak syndrome (CLS) in the past for any reason
Subjects with known hepatitis B virus (HBV) and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must have undetectable viral load during screening (HBV and HCV testing are not required.) Participants with serologic evidence of prior vaccination to HBV (i.e. hepatitis B surface (HBs) antigen negative-, anti-HBs antibody positive and anti-hepatitis B core (HBc) antibody negative) or positive anti-HBc antibody from intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) may participate
Subjects with known HIV positivity are permitted provided they have undetectable viral load at the time of screening (HIV testing is not required)
Subject has a concurrent malignancy or prior malignancy within the 6-month period before screening. To be eligible, subjects must be in remission from the prior malignancy at least 6 months prior to screening and all treatment-related toxicities must have resolved to ≤ grade 1 except for alopecia. Exceptions include adequately treated basal or squamous cell skin cancer, superficial bladder cancer, adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix or uterus, or carcinoma in situ of the breast, previous malignancy confined and surgically resected (or successfully treated with other modalities) with curative intent, which are permissible for inclusion. Maintenance therapy, hormonal therapy, or steroid therapy for a well-controlled concurrent malignancy is allowed
Subject has uncontrolled systemic fungal, bacterial, or viral infection, defined as ongoing signs/symptoms related to the infection without improvement despite appropriate antibiotics, antivirals, or antifungals, either IV or oral. However, subjects with controlled infection still requiring anti-infectives are eligible
Subjects with known history or current symptoms of cardiac disease, or history of treatment with cardiotoxic agents, that have New York Heart Association functional class III or IV symptoms
Subject has evidence of ongoing alcohol or drug abuse
Subjects with known active/symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) involvement. CNS prophylaxis allowed
Subjects receiving moderate or strong P450 3A (CYP3A) inducers within 7 days of start of study therapy
Subjects with uncontrolled intercurrent illness
Administration or consumption of any of the following within 3 days prior to the first dose of study drug:
* Grapefruit or grapefruit products
* Seville oranges (including marmalade containing Seville oranges)
* Star fruit
Pregnant women are excluded from this study because of the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with trial therapy, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated on trial
Study sponsor and potential other locations can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT07148180.
I. To determine the safety, tolerability and recommended phase II dose (RP2D) of combination azacitidine, venetoclax, and tagraxofusp-erzs (tagraxofusp) in patients with AML and detectable minimal or measurable residual disease (MRD). (Phase 1)
II. To assess the efficacy of combination of azacitidine, venetoclax, and tagraxofusp in MRD conversion (positive to negative) in patients with AML. (Phase 2)
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine efficacy defined as duration of remission (DOR), overall survival (OS), relapse free survival (RFS), event-free survival (EFS).
II. To estimate bridge to transplantation rate.
III. To determine the cumulative incidence of relapse, including morphologic relapse and MRD relapse.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine multi-parametric flow cytometry (MFC) MRD assay and genetic MRD concordance rate.
II. To evaluate for concordance of clinical and novel MRD assays.
III. To correlate MRD negativity with clinical outcomes (survival and relapse risk).
IV. To characterize molecular and cellular markers that may be predictive of antitumor activity and/or resistance.
OUTLINE: This is a phase I, dose-escalation study of tagraxofusp in combination with azacitidine and venetoclax followed by a phase II dose-expansion study.
Patients receive azacitidine intravenously (IV) or subcutaneously (SC) on days 1-7, venetoclax orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-14 or 1-21 and tagraxofusp IV over 15 minutes on days 4-6 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 28 days for up to 24 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo echocardiography (ECHO) or multigated acquisition scan (MUGA) at screening and bone marrow biopsy and aspiration, and urine and blood sample collection throughout the study.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 12 weeks for up to 2 years.
Trial PhasePhase I/II
Trial Typetreatment
Lead OrganizationDana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center