This research is being done to find out more about the potential risks and benefits of early treatment in participants with high risk Clonal Cytopenia of Unknown Significance (CCUS). This study will give eligible CCUS participants the option of either being observed or taking an oral drug as treatment. The names of the study drug involved in this study is: -Decitabine/cedazuridine (DEC/CED) (a nucleoside metabolic inhibitor and cytidine deaminase inhibitor).
This is an open-label, multicenter pilot study testing the feasibility and safety of early pharmacologic intervention, decitabine/cedazuridine, in participants with higher-risk clonal cytopenia of unknown significance (CCUS). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved DEC/CED for CCUS but it has been approved for other uses. The research study procedures include screening for eligibility, in-clinic treatment visits, electrocardiograms, echocardiograms, bone marrow biopsies, and blood tests. Participants who choose to enroll in the intervention cohort will receive the oral drug for 1 year and will continue in a post-treatment observation period for 2 years after treatment. Participants in both groups will each participate in the study for 3 years total. It is expected that the study will continue to enroll up to 108 participants in total or until there are 30 participants enrolled in the early intervention cohort, whichever occurs first. Astex Oncology is funding this research study by providing the drug Decitabine/cedazuridine.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
108
Combination of a nucleoside metabolic inhibitor and cytidine deaminase inhibitor, 10mg DEC / 100mg CED tablet, taken orally per protocol.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
RECRUITINGFeasibility Failure Rate (FFR)
FFR is defined by the proportion of eligible subjects with higher risk CCUS who enter the study and opt to participate in the early intervention as opposed to observation only cohort.
Time frame: Treatment duration up to 12 cycles (28 days per cycle).
Grade 3-5 Treatment-related Toxicity Rate
All grade 3-5 adverse events (AE) with treatment attribution of possibly, probably or definite based on CTCAEv5 that are not resolved in accordance with treatment guidelines were counted. Rate is the percentage of treated participants experiencing at least one of these adverse events as defined during the time of observation.
Time frame: AE evaluated on treatment at day 1, 8, 15, 22 on cycle 1, then day 1 on cycle 2-12, and EOT. Median treatment duration for this study cohort was 6 months (range T1- T2).
Treatment Tolerability Rate (TTR)
TTR will be measured by the percentage of participants in the early intervention treatment arm that complete ≥3 cycles of oral DEC/CED.
Time frame: Treatment up to 12 cycles, (28 days per cycle).
Hematologic Response Rate (HRR)
HRR defined as proportion of participants achieved hematologic response by 2018 World Health Organization (WHO) International Working Group (IWG) MDS response criteria.
Time frame: Response collected every 3 months on treatment. Treatment duration up to 12 cycles, (28 days per cycle).
Median Overt Myeloid Neoplasia (MN)-Free Survival
MN-free survival based on the Kaplan-Meier method is defined as the duration of time from study entry to overt myeloid neoplasia diagnosed per the 5th edition of the WHO Classification of Haematolymphoid Tumors.
Time frame: Disease evaluated every 3 months on treatment, then every 12 months off treatment, up to 2 years for interventional cohort, up to 3 years for observation cohort.
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Somatic Driver Mutation Variant Allele Frequencies (VAFs) Reduction Rate
Changes in variant allele fraction (VAF) will be assessed as a biomarker for clone size. A clinically significant VAF reduction will be defined as a persistent (evident on 2 sequential measurements 3 or more months apart) VAF reduction of the pathogenic mutation in question of ≥10%, or for initial VAFs \<10%, if the mutation becomes undetectable. Rate defines as proportion of participants achieved the VAFs reduction.
Time frame: Clinical next generation sequencing (NGS) is collected every 3 month on treatment, for up to 12 cycles, (28 days per cycle).
Changes in Serum Inflammatory Markers
Serum Inflammatory Markers measured using established method. Change will be defined as percentage increase/decrease from baseline measurement at screening.
Time frame: High sensitivity CRP will be measured at screening, every 6 months, and at end of study/disease progression, up to 3 years.
Change in Score of the Adult Comorbidity Evaluation 27 (ACE-27)
Adult Comorbidity Evaluation-27 identify the important medical comorbidities and grade severity using the index. Overall Comorbidity Score is defined according to the highest ranked single ailment, except in the case where two or more Grade 2 ailments occur in different organ systems. In this situation, the overall comorbidity score should be designated Grade 3. Overall score range from 0-None to 3-Serve, and noted 9-Unknown.
Time frame: Survey is evaluated at screening, every 6 months, and at end of study/disease progression, up to 3 years.
Change in Score of the 36-item Short Form Survey (SF-36)
The Short Form (SF)-36 is a 36-item participant-reported questionnaire that covers eight health domains. Scores for each domain range from 0 to 100%. To score the SF-36, scales are standardized with a scoring algorithm or by SF-36 scoring software to obtain a score ranging from 0 to 100. Higher scores indicate better health status, and a mean score of 50 has been articulated as a normative value for all scales.
Time frame: Survey is evaluated at screening, every 6 months, and at end of study/disease progression, up to 3 years.