This phase II MyeloMATCH treatment trial tests luspatercep with or without epoetin alfa or emavusertib for the treatment of low risk myelodysplasia and anemia. Biological therapies, such as luspatercep, use substances made from living organisms that may attack specific cancer cells and stop them from growing or kill them. Epoetin alfa is a substance that is made in the laboratory and stimulates the bone marrow to make red blood cells. Emavusertib may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving luspatercep with or without epoetin alfa or emavusertib may be effective for treating patients with low risk myelodysplasia and anemia.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To assess the erythroid response rate at 24 weeks (Hematologic Improvement - Erythroid) using revised international working group 2018 criteria (Platzbecker 2019b), in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with previously untreated lower risk disease and symptomatic anemia, when treated with luspatercept based combination or mono-therapy, according to the presence or absence of specific spliceosome mutations. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. Transfusion-free survival. II. Duration of the erythroid response. III. Depth of the erythroid response. IV. Bi- or tri-lineage responses. V. Safety and tolerability. VI. Overall and leukemia-free survival. VII. Minimal residual disease (MRD) with next generation sequencing and flow cytometry VIII. Comparison of Hematologic Improvement - Erythroid and safety between arms 2 and 3 (if both arms are positive). IX. Comparison of Hematologic Improvement - Erythroid and safety between ring sideroblast + and - populations. OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of luspatercept in combination, dependent upon arms assignments, with fixed dose epoetin alfa or emavusertib. Patients are randomized to 1 of 3 arms. ARM 1: Patients receive luspatercept subcutaneously (SC) on day 1 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo bone marrow aspiration and blood sample collection throughout the study. ARM 2: Patients receive luspatercept SC on day 1 and epoetin alfa SC once weekly (QW) for each cycle. Cycles repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo bone marrow aspiration and blood sample collection throughout the study. ARM 3: Patients receive luspatercept SC on day 1 and emavusertib orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-21 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo bone marrow aspiration and blood sample collection throughout the study. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 4 weeks and every 3 months until loss of response and/or the development of transfusion dependence then every 6 months thereafter or every 6 months for patients not in HI-E and are transfusion dependent or who have progressed/relapsed.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
270
Undergo blood sample collection
Undergo bone marrow aspiration
Given PO
Given SC
Given SC
Erythroid response rate
Defined by the total number of patients with hematologic improvement-erythroid (HI-E) response divided by the total number of randomized patients in each arm. The comparison of the HI-E rate will be done using a Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test stratified for the stratification factors at randomization based on the intent-to-treat population. The difference in the response rates and the corresponding one-sided 90% confidence limit will be calculated.
Time frame: At 24 weeks
Transfusion free survival
Defined as from achieving transfusion independence to the first day of transfusions after becoming transfusion dependent as defined by International Working Group (IWG) 2018 criteria for those who are transfusion dependent at enrollment or time to first day of transfusions as defined by IWG 2018 criteria for those nor transfusion dependent at enrollment.
Time frame: Up to 2 years
Duration of erythroid response
Time frame: From meeting criteria for HI-E response to progression or relapse as defined by IWG 2018 criteria, up to 2 years
Tri-lineage response
Tri-lineage response involves erythroid, neutrophil, and platelet response per IWG 2018 criteria.
Time frame: Up to 2 years
Bi-lineage response
Any two of the responses for erythroid, neutrophil, and platelet response per IWG 2018 criteria.
Time frame: Up to 2 years
Incidence of adverse events
Time frame: From the time of first treatment, up to 2 years
Overall survival
Time frame: From enrollment to death from any cause, up to 2 years
Overall leukemia free survival
Time frame: From enrollment to initial diagnosis of acute leukemia or death from any cause, up to 2 years
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