Study of ASTX727 vs IV Decitabine in Participants With MDS, CMML, and AML

Astex Pharmaceuticals

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Myelodysplastic Syndromes; Acute Myeloid Leukemia; Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia

Treatments: Drug: ASTX727; Drug: Dacogen

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT03306264

2018-003395-12 (EudraCT Number)

ASTX727-02

Details and patient eligibility

About

Multicenter PK study of ASTX727 versus IV decitabine. Adult participants who were candidates to receive IV decitabine were randomized 1:1 to receive the ASTX727 tablet Daily×5 in Cycle 1 followed by IV decitabine 20 mg/m^2 Daily×5 in Cycle 2, or the converse order. After completion of PK studies during the first 2 treatment cycles, participants continued to receive treatment with ASTX727 from Cycle 3 onward (in 28-day cycles) until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or the participants discontinued treatment or withdrew from the study.

Full description

This Phase 3 study established PK equivalence of ASTX727 to IV decitabine in approximately 227 evaluable participants. Eligible participants were randomized to receive both study treatments: oral investigational drug ASTX727, and IV decitabine, as follows: participants were randomly assigned 1:1 to receive ASTX727 or IV decitabine in Cycle 1 and then cross over to the other therapy in Cycle 2.

In the ASTX727 cycle, participants received the ASTX727 tablet Daily×5. Serial PK measurements (blood draws) were done on Days 1, 2, and 5, along with pre-dose PK assessments on Days 1-5 and an assessment at 3 hours post-dose on Day 3. Participants were required to fast from food for 4 hours on days when receiving ASTX727: at least 2 hours before and 2 hours after dosing.

In the IV decitabine cycle, participants received a 1-hour infusion of IV decitabine 20 mg/m^2 Daily×5. Serial PK measurements were done on Days 1 and 5, along with pre-dose and 1-hour post-infusion assessments on Day 3.

In Cycles ≥3, participants received the ASTX727 tablet Daily×5 in 28-day cycles. (No PK assessments were done from Cycle 3 onward.)

Enrollment: 227 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Able to understand and comply with the study procedures, understand the risks involved in the study, and provide written informed consent before the first study-specific procedure; specifically able to comply with the PK assessment schedule during the first 2 treatment cycles.

2. Men or women ≥18 years who are candidates to receive IV decitabine according to FDA or European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved indications:

   1. In North America: Participants with MDS previously treated or untreated with de novo or secondary MDS, including all French-American-British subtypes (refractory anemia, refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts, refractory anemia with excess blasts, refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation, and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia [CMML]), and subjects with MDS International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) int-1, -2, or high-risk MDS.
   2. In Europe: Participants with de novo or secondary AML, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria, who are not candidates for standard induction chemotherapy.

3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1.

4. Adequate organ function defined as follows:

   1. Hepatic: Total or direct bilirubin ≤2 × upper limit of normal (ULN); aspartate transaminase/serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (AST/SGOT) and alanine transaminase/serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (ALT/SGPT) ≤2.5 × ULN.
   2. Renal: serum creatinine ≤1.5 × ULN or calculated creatinine clearance or glomerular filtration rate >50 mL/min/1.73 m2 for subjects with creatinine levels above institutional normal.

5. No major surgery within 30 days of first study treatment.

6. Life expectancy of at least 3 months.

7. Women of child-bearing potential must not be pregnant or breastfeeding and must have a negative pregnancy test at screening. Women of non-childbearing potential are those who have had a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy, or who have completed menopause, defined as no menses for at least 1 year AND either age ≥65 years or follicle-stimulating hormone levels in the menopausal range.

8. Subjects and their partners with reproductive potential must agree to use effective contraceptive measures during the study and for 3 months after the last dose of study treatment. Effective contraception includes methods such as oral contraceptives or double-barrier method (eg, use of a condom AND diaphragm, with spermicide).

Exclusion criteria

1. Prior treatment with more than 1 cycle of azacitidine or decitabine. Prior cytotoxic chemotherapy for AML except for hydroxyurea to control high white blood cell (WBC) counts.
2. Hospitalization for more than 2 days for documented febrile neutropenia, pneumonia, sepsis, or systemic infection in the 30 days before screening.
3. Treatment with any investigational drug or therapy within 2 weeks of study treatment, or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, before the first dose of study treatment, or ongoing clinically significant adverse events (AEs) from previous treatment.
4. Cytotoxic chemotherapy or prior azacitidine or decitabine within 4 weeks of first dose of study treatment.
5. Concurrent MDS therapies, including lenalidomide, erythropoietin, cyclosporine/tacrolimus, granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, etc. (Prior treatment with these agents is permitted, provided that completion is at least 1 week before the first dose of study treatment.)
6. Poor medical risk because of other conditions such as uncontrolled systemic diseases, active uncontrolled infections, or comorbidities that may put the patient at risk of not being able to complete at least 2 cycles of treatment.
7. Known significant mental illness or other condition, such as active alcohol or other substance abuse or addiction, that in the opinion of the investigator predisposes the subject to high risk of noncompliance with the protocol.
8. Rapidly progressive or highly proliferative disease (total white blood cell count of >15 × 10^9/L) or other criteria that render the subject at high risk of requiring intensive cytotoxic chemotherapy within the next 3 months.
9. Life-threatening illness or severe organ system dysfunction, such as uncontrolled congestive heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or other reasons including laboratory abnormalities, which, in the investigator's opinion, could compromise the subject's safety, interfere with the absorption or metabolism of ASTX727, or compromise completion of the study or integrity of the study outcomes.
10. Prior malignancy, except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, prostate cancer or breast cancer under control with hormone therapy, or other cancer from which the subject has been disease free for at least 2 years.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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227 participants in 4 patient groups

MDS or CMML: Sequence A: First ASTX727, Then IV Decitabine, Then ASTX727

Experimental group

Description:

Participants with MDS or CMML received ASTX727 tablet, containing the fixed-dose combination of 35 mg decitabine and 100 mg cedazuridine, orally, once daily, on Days 1 to 5 in cycle 1 (each cycle = 28 days), followed by IV infusion of decitabine 20 mg/m\^2, once daily, on Days 1 to 5 in cycle 2. A washout period of 23 days was maintained between the 2 cycles. From cycle 3, all participants enrolled in cycles 1 and 2 received ASTX727 tablet, once daily, on Days 1 to 5 of each 28-day cycle until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, treatment discontinuation for other reasons, or withdrawal from the study.

Treatment:

Drug: Dacogen

Drug: ASTX727

MDS or CMML: Sequence B: First IV Decitabine, Then ASTX727, Then ASTX727

Experimental group

Description:

Participants with MDS or CMML received IV infusion of decitabine 20 mg/m\^2, once daily, on Days 1 to 5 in cycle 1 (each cycle = 28 days) followed by ASTX727 tablet, containing the fixed-dose combination of 35 mg decitabine and 100 mg cedazuridine, orally, once daily, on Days 1 to 5 in cycle 2. A washout period of 23 days was maintained between the 2 cycles. From cycle 3, all participants enrolled in cycles 1 and 2 received ASTX727 tablet, once daily, on Days 1 to 5 of each 28-day cycle until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, treatment discontinuation for other reasons, or withdrawal from the study.

Treatment:

Drug: Dacogen

Drug: ASTX727

AML: Sequence A: First ASTX727, Then IV Decitabine, Then ASTX727

Experimental group

Description:

Participants with AML received ASTX727 tablet, containing the fixed-dose combination of 35 mg decitabine and 100 mg cedazuridine, orally, once daily, on Days 1 to 5 in cycle 1 (each cycle = 28 days), followed by IV infusion of decitabine 20 mg/m\^2, once daily, on Days 1 to 5 in cycle 2. A washout period of 23 days was maintained between the 2 cycles. From cycle 3, all participants enrolled in cycles 1 and 2 received ASTX727 tablet, once daily, on Days 1 to 5 of each 28-day cycle until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, participant discontinued treatment, or was withdrawn from the study.

Treatment:

Drug: Dacogen

Drug: ASTX727

AML: Sequence B: First IV Decitabine, Then ASTX727, Then ASTX727

Experimental group

Description:

Participants with AML received IV infusion of decitabine 20 mg/m\^2, once daily, on Days 1 to 5 in cycle 1 (each cycle = 28 days) followed by ASTX727 tablet, containing the fixed-dose combination of 35 mg decitabine and 100 mg cedazuridine, orally, once daily, on Days 1 to 5 in cycle 2. A washout period of 23 days was maintained between the 2 cycles. From cycle 3, all participants enrolled in cycles 1 and 2 received ASTX727 tablet, once daily, on Days 1 to 5 of each 28-day cycle until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, participant discontinued treatment, or was withdrawn from the study.

Treatment:

Drug: Dacogen

Drug: ASTX727