Clinical trial • Phase II • Haematology

ELRITERCEPT for Myelodysplastic syndrome | Anemia

Phase II trial of ELRITERCEPT for Myelodysplastic syndrome | Anemia. open-label, none/not specified-controlled, adaptive. 77 participants.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Haematology
Trial Disease
Myelodysplastic syndrome | Anemia
Trial Stage
Phase II
Drug Modality
Peptide/protein/enzyme

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
13-08-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
16-09-2024

Trial design

open-label, none/not specified-controlled, adaptive Phase II trial across 19 sites in Czechia, Germany, Spain and others.

Open Label
Yes
Comparator
None/Not specified
Adaptive
True, Part 1 is a dose escalation (ascending dose) stage to evaluate safety/tolerability and identify dose(s) for Part 2; Part 2 is dose confirmation; long-term extension follows—adaptive elements relate to dose escalation and selection for dose confirmation.
Biomarker Stratified
True, biomarker: ring sideroblast (RS) status; strata: RS-positive and non-RS
Single Multiple Or Escalation Dose Combined
Yes
Target Sample Size
77

Eligibility

Recruits 77 Vulnerable population selected (isVulnerablePopulationSelected = true). Subject information and informed consent forms (Main ICF, LTE ICF, Participant Study Guide, Patient ID Card) are provided in multiple language versions; the record does not provide explicit details of assent or special consent procedures beyond standard ICF documents..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Pregnant or lactating females.
Vulnerable Population
Vulnerable population selected (isVulnerablePopulationSelected = true). Subject information and informed consent forms (Main ICF, LTE ICF, Participant Study Guide, Patient ID Card) are provided in multiple language versions; the record does not provide explicit details of assent or special consent procedures beyond standard ICF documents.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Diagnosis of MDS (Parts 1 and 2) according to WHO classification that meets International Prognostic Scoring System-Revised (IPSS-R) classification of very low, low, or intermediate risk disease."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- < 5% blasts in bone marrow during the Pretreatment Period."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Peripheral blood white blood cell (WBC) count < 13,000/μL during the Pretreatment Period."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Anemia defined as: A). In non-transfused participants, having received no RBC transfusions within 8 weeks, Hgb concentration ≤ 10.0 g/dL during the Pretreatment Period OR B).a. In LTB participants, having received 1 to 3 units of RBCs for Hgb ≤ 9.0 g/dL within 8 weeks of the Pretreatment Period OR C). In HTB participants, having received ≥ 4 units of RBCs for Hgb ≤ 9.0 g/dL within 8 weeks of the Pretreatment Period."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1, or 2 (if related to anemia)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Females of child-bearing potential and sexually active males must agree to use highly effective methods of contraception."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Active infection requiring parenteral antibiotic therapy within 28 days prior to C1D1 or oral antibiotics within 14 days of C1D1. Prophylactic antibiotics and/or antifungals for neutropenia are allowed."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Treatment history: Prior treatment with azacitidine, decitabine, lenalidomide, luspatercept, or sotatercept."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Treatment history: Treatment with ESA within 8 weeks prior to C1D1 (or C5D1 for the Part 1 Extension)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Treatment history for part 2: Prior treatment with luspatercept (Cohorts A, B, C, D, E, and F only)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Treatment history: Prior or concurrent chronic treatment with granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) orgranulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), for reasons other than the treatment of MDS."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Platelet count > 450 x 10*9/L or < 30 x 10*9/L."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Transferrin saturation < 15%."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Ferritin < 50 μg/L."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Folate < 4.5 nmol/L (< 2.0 ng/mL)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Vitamin B12 < 148 pmol/L (< 200 pg/mL)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) < 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 (as determined by the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration [CKD-EPI]."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Pregnant or lactating females."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- For Cohort G ONLY (for part 2): 1. Any luspatercept related AE Grade ≥ 3 that has not resolved to baseline or Grade ≤1 2. No history of allergy/anaphylaxis/hypersensitivity to luspatercept. 3. No prior treatment with imetelstat."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Medical history: Diagnosis of MDS with deletion of chromosome 5q (Del5q)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Medical history: Presence of uncontrolled heart disease or New York Heart Association Class III or IV heart failure."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Medical history: Presence of uncontrolled hypertension (Grade >/= 2 high blood pressure)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Diagnosis of secondary MDS (ie, MDS that is known to have arisen as the result of chemical injury or treatment with chemotherapy and/or radiation for other diseases)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Medical history: Any malignancy other than MDS that has not been in remission and/or has required systemictherapy 1 year prior to C1D1 (or C5D1 for the Part 1 Extension)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Medical history: History of solid organ or hematological transplantation"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Medical history: Body mass index >/= 40 kg/m2 during the pretreatment period."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Part 1 and Part 2: • Safety and tolerability as determined by the incidence of treatment emergent adverse events(TEAEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Determined by the incidence of treatment emergent adverse events (TEAEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Long-term Extension: •Safety and tolerability as determined by the incidence of TEAEs and SAEs over time","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Determined by the incidence of TEAEs and SAEs over time."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Incidence of progression to higher risk MDS or AML per World Health Organization (WHO) 2016 criteria.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Per World Health Organization (WHO) 2016 criteria."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of low transfusion burden (LTB) and high transfusion burden (HTB) participants who achieve red blood cell (RBC) transfusion independence (TI) ≥ 8 weeks, overall and by RS status.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion achieving RBC transfusion independence (TI) ≥ 8 weeks, evaluated overall and by ring sideroblast (RS) status."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of participants who achieve modified 2006 International Working Group (IWG) Hematologic Improvement-Erythroid (HI E) response overall and by RS status (See Table 3 in Protocol KER050-MD-201 v 7.0).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion achieving modified 2006 IWG Hematologic Improvement-Erythroid (HI-E) response, overall and by RS status (per protocol Table 3)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Efficacy Endpoint: Proportion of participants who achieve overall erythroid response, defined as either HI-E or TI over any 8-week period, overall and by RS status","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion achieving either HI-E or transfusion independence (TI) over any 8-week period, overall and by RS status."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Efficacy Endpoint: Proportion of participants who achieve erythropoietic improvement overall and by RS status (See Table 3 in Protocol KER050-MD-201 v 7.0).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion achieving erythropoietic improvement as defined in protocol Table 3, overall and by RS status."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Efficacy Endpoint: Mean change from Baseline in Hgb by visit","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Mean change from baseline in hemoglobin (Hgb) measured at each visit."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Efficacy Endpoint: Time to HI-E response.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from baseline to attainment of HI-E response."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Efficacy Endpoint: Duration of HI-E response.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Duration (time) of HI-E response from onset to loss of response per protocol definitions."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Efficacy Endpoint: Time to TI response.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from baseline to transfusion independence (TI) response."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Efficacy Endpoint: Time to TI response.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from baseline to transfusion independence (TI) response."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Efficacy Endpoint: Proportion of LTB and HTB participants who achieve TI ≥ 12 weeks, 16 weeks, 24 weeks, 48 weeks.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of participants in LTB and HTB groups achieving TI at specified durations (≥12, 16, 24, 48 weeks)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of LTB and HTB participants who achieve TI ≥ 12 weeks, 16 weeks, 24 weeks, 48 weeks.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion achieving transfusion independence at specified durations (≥12, 16, 24, 48 weeks)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Pharmacodynamic Endpoint: Change from baseline of red cell parameters, including reticulocyte count, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, and reticulocyte cell Hgb by visit.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in specified red cell parameters measured by laboratory assays at visits."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
77
Recruitment Window Months
90
Consent Approach
Informed consent obtained using Main ICF and related subject information materials. Multiple language ICF versions are available (including English, German, French, Spanish, Czech). LTE and optional future research consent forms are provided. The record does not detail special assent procedures; consent is obtained from participants via the provided ICF documents.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
19
Total Number Of Participants
56

Czechia

Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
17-09-2024
Number Of Sites
1
Number Of Participants
2

Sites

Site Name
Fakultni Nemocnice Kralovske Vinohrady
Department Name
Hematologická klinika
Contact Person Name
Olga Černá
Contact Person Email
olga.cerna@fnkv.cz

Germany

Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
20-09-2024
Number Of Sites
8
Number Of Participants
18

Sites

Site Name
Universitaetsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz KöR
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Daniel Sasca
Site Name
Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin KöR
Department Name
Medizinische Klinik m. S. Haematologie, Onkologie und Tumorimmunoloige CVK
Contact Person Name
Kathrin Rieger
Contact Person Email
kathrin.rieger@charite.de
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Bonn AöR
Department Name
Medizinische Klinik III Onkologie, Haematologie
Contact Person Name
Karin Mayer
Contact Person Email
karin.mayer@ukbonn.de
Site Name
Praxis am Volkspark
Department Name
Praxis am Volkspark
Contact Person Name
Jan-Piet Habbel
Site Name
Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg
Department Name
Internal Medicine IV - Hematology and Oncology
Contact Person Name
Haifa Al-Ali
Contact Person Email
haifa.al-ali@uk-halle.de
Site Name
Marien Hospital Duesseldorf GmbH
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Aristoteles Giagounidis
Site Name
Klinikum Esslingen GmbH
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Swen Wessendorf
Site Name
Klinikum Bayreuth GmbH
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Alexander Kiani

Spain

Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
16-09-2024
Number Of Sites
5
Number Of Participants
27

Sites

Site Name
Institut Catala D'oncologia
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Montserrat Arnan Sangerman
Contact Person Email
marnan@iconcologia.net
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Central De Asturias
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Teresa Bernal del Castillo
Contact Person Email
bernalmaria@uniovi.es
Site Name
Hospital Universitario De Salamanca
Department Name
Medical Oncology
Contact Person Name
María Diez Campelo
Contact Person Email
mdiezcampelo@usal.es
Site Name
Hospital Universitari Vall D Hebron
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
David Valcarcel Ferreiras
Contact Person Email
dvalcarcelct@vhio.net
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Y Politecnico La Fe
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Elvira Mora Castera
Contact Person Email
mora_elv@gva.es

France

Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
20-09-2024
Number Of Sites
5
Number Of Participants
9

Sites

Site Name
Hopital Saint Louis
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Lionel ADES
Contact Person Email
lionel.ades@aphp.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Nice
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Thomas CLUZEAU
Contact Person Email
cluzeau.t@chu-nice.fr
Site Name
Hopital NOVO
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Riad BENRAMDANE
Contact Person Email
riad.benramdane@ght-novo.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Nantes
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Alice GARNIER
Contact Person Email
alice.garnier@chu-nantes.fr
Site Name
Hôpital Haut‐Lévêque
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Sophie DIMICOLI-SALAZAR

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Takeda Development Center Americas Inc.
Organisation Type
Pharmaceutical company
Country Of Registered Address
United States

Contract research organisations

Name
4g Clinical LLC
Responsibilities
code: 3
Name
IQVIA Limited
Responsibilities
codes: 1,12,2,6,8
Name
Q Squared Solutions Limited
Responsibilities
Routine clinical pathology testing, clinical chemistry, clinical haematology, histopathology, serology/endocrinology, analytical chemistry, PK/ADA sample analysis and antidrug antibody
Name
Q Squared Solutions LLC
Responsibilities
OPG and RANKL
Name
Almac Clinical Services LLC
Responsibilities
code: 14
Name
Pharmaron (US) Clinical Services Inc.
Responsibilities
code: 10

Third parties

  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"4g Clinical LLC","duties_or_roles":"code: 3","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Almac Clinical Services LLC","duties_or_roles":"code: 14","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Universitaet Leipzig","duties_or_roles":"Analysis of peripheral blood/bone marrow","organisation_type":"Educational Institution"}
  • {"country":"Australia","full_name":"360 Biolabs Pty Limited","duties_or_roles":"PK, ADA and Hepcidin","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"Q Squared Solutions Limited","duties_or_roles":"Routine clinical pathology testing, clinical chemistry, clinical haematology, histopathology, serology/endocrinology, analytical chemistry, PK/ADA sample analysis and antidrug antibody","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Q Squared Solutions LLC","duties_or_roles":"OPG and RANKL","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
  • {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"IQVIA Limited","duties_or_roles":"codes: 1,12,2,6,8","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Azenta US Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Long term sample storage","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Switzerland","full_name":"Labcorp Central Laboratory Services SARL","duties_or_roles":"Cardiac biomarkers","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Sweden","full_name":"Viedoc Technologies AB","duties_or_roles":"code: 7","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Almac Clinical Services LLC (Durham address)","duties_or_roles":"code: 14","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Pharmaron (US) Clinical Services Inc.","duties_or_roles":"code: 10","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
elritercept
Active Substance
ELRITERCEPT
Modality
Peptide/protein/enzyme
Routes Of Administration
SUBCUTANEOUS USE
Route
Subcutaneous
Maximum Dose
5 mg/kg

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