Azacitidine, Venetoclax and Eganelisib for the Treatment of Relapsed, Refractory or Untreated Acute Myeloid Leukemia
This phase I trial tests the safety, side effects and best dose of eganelisib when given with azacitidine and venetoclax for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that has come back after a period of improvement (relapsed), that does not respond to treatment (refractory) of that is untreated. Eganelisib and azacitidine may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. 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 azacitidine, venetoclax and eganelisib may be safe and tolerable in treating patients with relapsed, refractory or untreated AML.
Inclusion Criteria
- Subjects must have histologically confirmed AML according to World Health Organization (WHO) 2022 revised criteria. Excluding those with acute promyelocytic leukemia that meets one of these categories of disease: * Group A: Relapsed or refractory: Subjects with relapsed or refractory AML or relapsed/refractory AML, who are not recommended for any approved targeted therapy must meet any one of the following criteria: ** (1) morphologic relapse (at least 5% blasts), or ** (2) refractory to intensive chemotherapy (at least one cycle of cytarabine and anthracycline-based intensive regimen) or at least 2 cycles of prior hypomethylating (HMA)/venetoclax-based therapy (without CR/CRh/CRi). No limit to prior lines of AML therapy. OR * (Expansion only) Group B: Untreated AML with European LeukemiaNet (ELN) 2022 adverse risk disease: Subjects with newly diagnosed or previously untreated AML must be ineligible for intensive chemotherapy based on Ferrara criteria (age ≥ 75 years or presence of co-morbidity)
- Evidence of marrow involved AML
- Age 18-90 years. * Because no dosing or adverse event data are currently available on the use of eganelisib in participants < 18 years of age, children are excluded from this study, but will be eligible for future pediatric trials
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status ≤ 3 if 18 to 74 years of age or Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0-2 if ≥ 75 years of age
- Total serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) or ≤ 3 x ULN in case of Gilbert’s disease
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)(serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase [SGPT]) ≤ 2.5 x institutional ULN
- Creatinine clearance (CrCl) ≥ 30 L/min (Cockcroft-Gault formula)
- Prior history of central nervous system (CNS) leukemia that has been treated, asymptomatic and controlled are eligible. CNS evaluation is not required for screening if asymptomatic
- Subjects with a prior or concurrent malignancy (other than myelodysplastic syndrome [MDS], myeloproliferative disorder [MPN], MDS/MPN, or AML) whose natural history or treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen are eligible for this trial. Treatment must be at least 12 months from last dose of chemotherapy or immunotherapy (except no window is required for palliative radiation or supportive or hormonal therapies). Concurrent malignancy must be considered not active or requiring therapy
- Male subjects and female subjects/women of childbearing potential (WCBP) must agree to the following: The effects of eganelisib on the developing human fetus are unknown. For this reason and because other therapeutic agents used in this trial are known to be teratogenic, women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately. When eganelisib is being used alone, the duration of contraception after the last dose should be 3 months for both males and females of childbearing potential. When eganelisib is being used with azacitidine + venetoclax, according to the United States Prescribing Information (USPI) for azacitidine, females of reproductive potential should use effective contraception during treatment with azacitidine and for 6 months after the last dose and males with female partners of reproductive potential should use effective contraception during treatment with azacitidine and for 3 months after the last dose. WCBP must have negative serum beta human chorionic gonadotropin test measured within 7 days prior to the first dose of eganelisib and consent to ongoing pregnancy testing during the study
- Willingness to practice adequate sun protection (i.e. use of sunscreen or sun-protective clothing, limitation of sun and artificial ultraviolet [UV] exposure) for the study duration and for 30 days after the last dose of eganelisib
- Agree to the protocol-required bone marrow biopsies
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. (Providing consents in as many languages as possible is encouraged)
Exclusion Criteria
- Prior systemic cancer therapy is allowed as long as > 14 days prior to study treatment start. Hormonal therapy may be allowed if approved by Sponsor-Investigator. Exceptions include hydroxyurea, brief exposure to all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA), and leukapheresis
- Major surgery within 28 days prior to study treatment start
- Allogeneic stem cell transplant within 100 days (from date of donor cell infusion) prior to study treatment start
- Active graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after allogeneic stem cell transplantation or chronic GVHD requiring systemic steroid administration. Topical therapies are allowed for controlled GVHD
- Receiving systemic immunosuppressive therapy such as steroids (i.e. prednisone < 10 mg daily or equivalent allowed; topical allowed) or calcineurin inhibitors
- Participants who have not recovered from adverse events due to prior anti-cancer therapy (i.e., have residual toxicities > grade 1) with the exception of alopecia
- Participants who are receiving any other investigational AML directed-agents for this condition
- White blood cell count > 25 x 10^9/L prior to first dose of study treatment
- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to eganelisib, venetoclax, or azacitidine
- Participants receiving any medications or substances within 14 days prior to first dose of study drug and for duration of the study: * Moderate or strong inhibitors or inducers of CYP2C8 and CYP3A4, including grapefruit, grapefruit juice, Seville oranges, St. John’s wort and herbal supplements, except for antibiotics, antifungals, or antivirals that are moderate or strong inhibitors of CYP3A (preference for moderate CYP3A inhibitors if antifungal therapy is recommended when clinically acceptable). * P-glycoprotein (P-gp) inhibitors except for azole antifungals. * Breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) inhibitors
- Administration of any of the following as of cycle 1 day 1 and for the study duration: * Substrates with a narrow therapeutic index for P-gp * Warfarin, phenytoin, or other substrates with a narrow therapeutic index for CYP2C8 or CYP2C9
- Pregnant women are excluded from this study because eganelisib is an agent without known fertility and developmental toxicity studies. Because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with eganelisib, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with eganelisib. These potential risks may also apply to other agents used in this study
- History or current evidence of any acute or chronic condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk associated with study participation or study drug administration, or might confound the results of the trial, interfere with participation for the full duration of the trial, or render trial participation not compatible with the participant’s best interest, in the opinion of the Investigator
- Participant must be able to swallow pills and not have any known gastrointestinal abnormality that would affect drug absorption (examples include gastric bypass, gastrectomy, chronic diarrhea)
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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. Identify the optimal biologic dose (recommended phase 2 dose) of eganelisib in combination with azacitidine and venetoclax therapy in AML.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Determine the toxicity profile of eganelisib in combination with azacitidine/venetoclax.
II. Determine the percentage of patients who complete ≥ 75% of planned doses of eganelisib each cycle (feasibility).
III. Measure the area under the plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) of eganelisib in AML (pharmacokinetics).
IV. Calculate the rate of composite complete remission rate (CR), CR with partial hematologic recovery, CR with incomplete count recovery (CRi) with minimal residual disease (MRD) negativity, and partial remission.
V. Measure the duration of remission from time of response to end of study or relapse.
VI. Determine the proportion of patients who are bridged to allogeneic stem cell transplantation as next line of therapy.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. Calculate the overall survival (OS) and event-free survival (EFS) associated with eganelisib added to combination azacitidine and venetoclax in patients with AML in each dose level descriptively.
II. Determine proportion of subjects with evidence of PI3Kgamma pathway activation at study entry.
III. Assess for inhibition of signaling in the PI3Kgamma pathway (pharmacodynamics).
IV. Assess for changes in PAK1 and PIK3R5 expression (pharmacodynamics).
V. Assess for macrophage polarization in the tumor microenvironment.
VI. Evaluate for genetic or functional biomarkers that associate with response or resistance to eganelisib based therapy.
OUTLINE: This is a dose escalation study of eganelisib in combination with azaxitidine and venetoclax followed by a dose expansion study.
Patients receive azacitidine intravenously (IV) or subcutaneously (SC) on days 1-7 (may be given within the first 10 days), and venetoclax orally (PO) once daily (QD) and eganelisib PO QD on days 1-28. Cycles repeat every 28-42 days for cycle 1 and every 28-35 days for subsequent cycles, to facilitate recovery, in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo bone marrow aspiration/biopsy and blood sample collection throughout the study.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days and every 4 months for 1 year.
Trial PhasePhase I
Trial Typetreatment
Lead OrganizationDana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center
Principal InvestigatorJacqueline Suen Garcia
- Primary ID25-820
- Secondary IDsNCI-2026-03015
- ClinicalTrials.gov IDNCT07439211