This is a two strata Phase 1b study to assess the safety and efficacy of bisantrene (RC110) in combination with a) cytarabine arabinoside (Ara-C) treatment for patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) with extramedullary disease and able to tolerate intensive chemotherapy; b) in combination with decitabine/cedazuridune (ASTX727) new or relapsed or refractory AML or high risk MDS or CMML with extramedullary disease and unable or not willing to have intensive chemotherapy.
The study is a multicenter, open label in patients with haematological malignancy / myeloproliferative disease (AML, MDS and CMML) and extramedullary disease (EMD) investigating 2 treatment regimens: 1. Stratum 1 will investigate use of high dose intravenous (IV) bisantrene (RC110) in combination with IV Ara-C for R/R AML with EMD able to tolerate intensive chemotherapy. This includes a run-in stage to confirm the dose of bisantrene (RC110) for induction and in combination with Ara-C for consolidation cycles and an expansion and an expansion stage that will treat additional patients at the confirmed bisantrene dose for induction and in combination with Ara-C consolidation cycles; 2. Stratum 2 will investigate use lower doses intravenous (IV) bisantrene (RC-110) in combination with fixed-dose oral decitabine/cedazuridine (ASTX727) to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) for new or R/R AML and HR-MDS/CMML unable to tolerate intensive chemotherapy. Pre-screening will be conducted to identify patients with EMD diagnosed by standard clinical practice including histology and by fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F FDG-PET/CT) imaging.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Induction monotherapy cycle: IV bisantrene daily on Days 1 to 7, starting at 250 mg/m2 then adjusted to either 275 mg/m2 or 225 mg/m2 based on confirmed dose (Run-in) Consolidation combination cycle/s: IV bisantrene daily on Days 1 to 2
IV bisantrene at escalating doses for 3 dose levels of 50, 65, 85 mg/m2 on Days 3 and 5 until Maximum tolerated dose (MTD) reached.
Consolidation cycles: continuous IV cytarabine (100mg/m2) on Days 1 to 5
Calvary Mater
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Stratum 1, Stage 1: Dose confirmation
Maximum tolerated dose (MTD) based on occurence dose limiting toxicity (DLT) graded according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria (NCI CTCAE) for Adverse Events v5.0 after completion of 2 cycles of treatment
Time frame: 8 weeks
Stratum 1 Stage 2: Overall response
Morphological overall response, defined as complete remission (CR), CR with incomplete hematologic recovery or morphologic leukemia free state (MLFS), after completion of first treatment cycle 1
Time frame: 4 weeks
Stratum 2: Safety and tolerabillity
Assessed based on the occurence of non-hematological Dose limiting toxicity (DLT) as graded according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria (NCI CTCAE) for Adverse Events v5.0 at the completion of cycle 1.
Time frame: 4 weeks
Stratum 1: Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) response
Response is defined as MRD negativity with and without morphological complete remission (CR), at low level molcular MRD with CR and MRD relapse (coversion MRD negativity to positivity) at the completion of cycle 1
Time frame: 4 weeks
Stratum 1: Radiologic response
Response evaluation by 18F-FDG-PET/CT is based on the 5-point scale Deauville criteria for complete metabolic response (defined as Deauville Score (DS) 1, 2, or 3) or for partial metabolic response (defined DS of 4 or 5 with decrease in number or activity in bone marrow/EMD disease at the completion of cycles 1,2 and 4..
Time frame: 4, 8 and 16 weeks
Stratum 1: Dermal clinical response
Dermal response based on improvement on the static investigator global assessment (IGA) 5-point disease severity scores, where higher score indicate more disease, defined as decrease of at least two points relative to baseline at the completion of cycles 1,2 3 and 4.
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PO fixed-dose decitabine/cedazuridine 35/100 mg tablet daily for 5 days (Days 1 to 5), 1 hour prior bisantrene infusion
Time frame: 4, 8, 12, and 16 weeks
Stratum 1: Dermal therapeutic response
Dermal therapeutic improvement based on the static investigator global assessment (IGA) 5-point disease severity scores, where higher score indicate more disease, defined as decrease of at least two points relative to baseline at the completion of cycles 1,2 3 and 4.
Time frame: 4, 8, 12, and 16 weeks
Stratum 1: Safety and tolerability
Safety and tolerability based on the incidence and severity of adverse events assessed using National Cancer Institute-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events \[NCI-CTCAE\] v5.0, grade per event, patient, and cycle of treatment.
Time frame: 4, 8, 12 and 16 weeks
Stratum 1: Number of participants that recieve subsequent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant
Proportion of patients who receive subsequent allogeneic HSCT
Time frame: 5 years
Stratum 1:Event free survival (EFS)
EFS assessed between treatment start until the date of the earliest of these events: death, progression or off protocol-treatment for any reason using the Kaplan-Meier method
Time frame: Day 1 (treatment start) to 5 years
Stratum 1: Overall Survival (OS)
OS assessed between treatment start until death due to any cause using the Kaplan-Meier method
Time frame: Day 1 (treatment start) to 5 years
Stratum 2: Overall response
Morphological overall response, defined as either CR or CR as complete remission (CR), CR with incomplete hematologic recovery, CR with incomplete count recovery or MLFS. For patients with MDS/CMML, overall response, defined as either CR or modified CR mCR with haematological improvement (HI) at the end of cycle 1
Time frame: 4 weeks
Stratum 2: Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) response
Response is defined as MRD negativity with and without morphological complete remission (CR), at low level molecular MRD with CR and MRD relapse (coversion MRD negativity to positivity) at the completion of cycle 4.
Time frame: 16 weeks
Stratum 2: Radiologic response
Response evaluation by 18F-FDG-PET/CT, based on the 5-point scale Deauville criteria for complete metabolic response (defined as as Deauville Score (DS) 1, 2, or 3) or for partial metabolic response (defined as DS of 4 or 5 with decrease in number or activity in bone marrow/EMD disease) at the the completion of cycles 4, 6, 9 and 12
Time frame: 16, 36 and 48 weeks
Stratum 2: Dermal clinical response
Dermal clinical improvement based on the static investigator global assessment (IGA) 5-point disease severity scores, where higher score indicate more disease, defined as as disease severity score of 1 (almost clear) or 0 (clear) and at least a two grade/point decrease in severity score relative to baseline the completion of cycles 4, 6, 9 and 12
Time frame: 4, 24, 36 and 48 weeks
Stratum 2: Dermal therapeutic response
Dermal therapeutic improvement based on the static investigator global assessment (IGA) 5-point disease severity scores, where higher score indicate more disease, defined as decrease of at least two points relative to baseline the completion of cycles 4, 6, 9 and 12.
Time frame: 4, 24, 36 and 48 weeks
Stratum 2: Event free survival (EFS)
EFS assessed between treatment start until the date of the earliest of these events: death, progression or off protocol-treatment for any reason assessed
Time frame: Day 1 (treatment start) up to 5 years
Stratum 2: Overall survival (OS)
OS assessed between treatment start until death due to any cause using the Kaplan-Meier method
Time frame: Day 1 (treatment start) to 5 years