VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 ubiqutin-activating enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic syndrome) is a recently described disorder with severe hematologic and rheumatologic manifestations caused by somatic variants in the ubiquitin- activating enzyme gene, UBA1, that is acquired in hematopoietic progenitor cells. Patients are often debilitated by autoinflammatory symptoms and there is currently no standard of care available. There is a clinically unmet need for better therapies in VEXAS Syndrome. There have been no prospective clinical trials of JAK-I in VEXAS syndrome. The investigators hypothesize that pacritinib, as a JAK2/IRAK1 inhibitor with a manageable safety profile in myelofibrosis patients with thrombocytopenia, will improve the autoinflammatory and hematologic manifestations of VEXAS syndrome with a tolerable toxicity profile. The investigators propose a single arm, pilot Phase 1 study evaluating the safety and tolerability of pacritinib in patients with VEXAS syndrome with an initial safety run-in phase of 6 patients treated with pacritinib 200mg twice daily (BID) on days 1-28 of a continuous 28 day cycle. If no more than 1 patient experiences a dose-limiting toxicity (DLT), the investigators will enroll an expansion cohort to gain additional toxicity and efficacy data, for a total enrollment of 15 patients. If more than 1 patient experiences a DLT during the safety run-in phase, the investigators will decrease the dose to 100 mg BID, and if no more than 1 of 6 patients experiences a DLT, the investigators will complete the expansion cohort as above for up to a total enrollment of 15 patients. If more than 1 patient experiences a DLT at 100 mg BID, the investigators will discontinue the study. Patients will be treated for up to 12 cycles.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
15
Starting dose is 200 mg twice per day by mouth. Dose level -1 is 100 mg twice per day by mouth.
Washington University School of Medicine
St Louis, Missouri, United States
RECRUITINGNumber of participants with dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs)
Dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) are adverse events defined by the protocol that occur during the DLT observation period (Cycle 1) of the study, unless clearly attributable to underlying disease or another cause unrelated to the study.
Time frame: Through completion of cycle 1 (estimated to be 28 days)
Recommended phase II dose (RP2D)
The maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is defined as the dose level immediately below the dose level at which 2 patients of a cohort (of 2 to 6 patients) experience dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) during the first cycle. The recommended phase II dose (RP2D) will be less than or equal to the MTD. If the MTD is not reached, and in the opinion of the investigators, the toxicity profile is acceptable, Dose Level 1 will be the RP2D.
Time frame: Through completion of cycle 1 (each cycle is 28 days) for all treated participants
Change in white blood cell count
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months
Change in absolute neutrophil count
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months
Change in absolute lymphocyte count
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months
Change in hemoglobin
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months
Change in platelets
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months
Number of participants with hematologic improvement as measured with neutrophils
Using IWG 2018 criteria
Time frame: Through completion of treatment (estimated to be 12 months)
Number of participants with hematologic improvement as measured with hemoglobin
Using IWG 2018 criteria
Time frame: Through completion of treatment (estimated to be 12 months)
Number of participants with hematologic improvement as measured with platelets
Using IWG 2018 criteria
Time frame: Through completion of treatment (estimated to be 12 months)
UBA1 variant allele frequency
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months
Change in C reactive protein (CRP)
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months
Change in ferritin
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months
Change in ESR
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months
Change in inflammatory and rheumatologic symptoms as measured by the VEXAS Disease Activity Index
Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months
Time to next treatment
Time frame: Through completion of follow-up (estimated to be 24 months)
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