This is an open-label, Phase II Clinical Trial of Aplidin® (plitidepsin) in Patients with Primary Myelofibrosis and post polycythemia vera/essential thrombocythemia (Post-PV/ET) Myelofibrosis.
This trial tries to assess response rate (ORR) of plitidepsin in patients with: primary myelofibrosis (PMF), post-polycythemia vera myelofibrosis (post-PV MF), or post-essential thrombocythemia myelofibrosis (post-ET MF). Besides, the study results will allow to evaluate the effect of plitidepsin on bone marrow (BM) or peripheral blood histology and to determine the quality of life (QoL) and symptoms or participant patients.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
12
Aplidin® (plitidepsin) lyophilized powder and solvent for concentrate for solution for infusion. (2 mg plitidepsin vial and 4 ml ampoule). Plitidepsin will be administered at 5 mg/m2 intravenously diluted to a total volume of 250 ml in 0.9% saline or 5% dextrose solution on Day 1 and 15 every four weeks for a maximum period of 6 cycles.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi di Firenze
Florence, Italy
Objective Response Rate (ORR)
Objective response rate (ORR) of plitidepsin in patients with: primary myelofibrosis (PMF), post-polycythemia vera myelofibrosis or post-essential thrombocythemia myelofibrosis. ORR according to the International Working Group for Myelofibrosis Research and Treatment (IWG-MRT) response criteria (Tefferi et al., 2006) in the evaluable population: defined as a confirmed disease response, on two consecutive evaluations performed at least eight weeks apart. Overall response (OR) = Complete Response (CR) + Partial response (PR) + Clinical improvement (CI).
Time frame: All patients were followed up to progressive disease, start of a new anti-cancer therapy, death or one year after the last treatment visit of the last patient, whichever occured first
Quality of Life (QoL)
Quality of life (QoL) and symptoms assessment according to the Myelofibrosis Symptom Assessment Form (MFSAF), after treatment with plitidepsin. For full details please refer to Mesa RA, Schwager S, Radia D, Cheville A, Hussein K, Niblack J, et al. The Myelofibrosis Symptom Assessment Form (MFSAF): an evidence-based brief inventory to measure quality of life and symptomatic response to treatment in myelofibrosis. Leuk Res 2009;33(9):1199-203. Scale measures: 0 to 10 (0 if absent) ranking being 1 the most favorable and 10 least favorable.
Time frame: All patients were followed up to progressive disease, start of a new anti-cancer therapy, death or one year after the last treatment visit of the last patient, whichever occured first
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