Clinical trial • Phase III • Oncology|Haematology

LISAFTOCLAX for Acute myeloid leukemia

Phase III trial of LISAFTOCLAX for Acute myeloid leukemia.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology|Haematology
Trial Disease
Acute myeloid leukemia
Trial Stage
Phase III
Drug Modality
Small molecule|Small molecule

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
19-12-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
05-05-2025

Trial design

Randomised, placebo combined with aza: placebo 600 mg, oral, once a day (qd) for 28 consecutive days (d1-d28) plus azacitidine (aza) 75 mg/m2/day by iv infusion or sc on cycle days 1-7 (or on cycle days 1-5 and 8-9) in a 28-day cycle.-controlled Phase III trial in Italy, Spain, Poland.

Randomised
Yes
Comparator
Placebo combined with AZA: placebo 600 mg, oral, once a day (QD) for 28 consecutive days (D1-D28) plus azacitidine (AZA) 75 mg/m2/day by IV infusion or SC on cycle days 1-7 (or on cycle days 1-5 and 8-9) in a 28-day cycle.
Target Sample Size
296

Eligibility

Recruits 296 Vulnerable population not selected. Inclusion requires: 'Patient who is able to understand and voluntarily sign the written informed consent form before any study-specified procedures.' Participants must be able to provide their own informed consent; no assent procedures for minors are specified and minimum age is ≥18 years..

Vulnerable Population
Vulnerable population not selected. Inclusion requires: 'Patient who is able to understand and voluntarily sign the written informed consent form before any study-specified procedures.' Participants must be able to provide their own informed consent; no assent procedures for minors are specified and minimum age is ≥18 years.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Age ≥18 years."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient must be newly diagnosed with de novo AML based on WHO 2022 Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) criteria, and be ineligible for standard chemotherapy (cytarabine and anthracyclines) due to the age or concomitant illness. Elderly AML patient/AML patient intolerant to standard chemotherapy are defined as follows: (1) Age ≥ 70 years or (2) Age ≥ 18 years and < 70 years, and they must meet at least one of the following criteria: • ECOG Performance Status score of 2-3; • Cardiac history of congestive heart failure (CHF) requiring clinical treatment, ejection fraction ≤ 50% or chronic stable angina; • Diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLCO) ≤ 65% or forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) ≤ 65%; (See Section 8.2.5) • 30 mL/min ≤ creatinine clearance < 45 mL/min • 1.5 × ULN < total bilirubin ≤ 3.0 × ULN • Other concomitant illnesses that prevent subjects from receiving standard chemotherapy, at the discretion of the investigator, must be reviewed and approved by the sponsor before study enrollment."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Life expectancy of ≥ 3 months."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient who is able to receive oral administration."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient aged ≥ 70 years with ECOG score of 0-2, or those aged ≥ 18 years and < 70 years with ECOG score of 0-3."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Creatinine clearance (CCr) must be ≥ 30 mL/min (calculated using Cockcroft–Gault formula)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- White blood cell (WBC) count ≤ 30 × 109/L (hydroxycarbamide is allowed to be used to reach this criterion)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Liver function: Both ALT and AST ≤ 2.5 × ULN, and total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × ULN (total bilirubin ≤ 3 × ULN for patients aged ≥ 18 years and < 70 years)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Males and females with childbearing potential (only postmenopausal women who have not menstruated for at least 12 months can be considered infertile) who agree to take effective contraceptive measures as confirmed by the investigator throughout the treatment period and at least 6 months after the last dose of the study drug."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient who is able to understand and voluntarily sign the written informed consent form before any study-specified procedures."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient must be willing and able to complete study procedures and follow-up examinations."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia (FAB classification of AML-M3 or WHO classification of APL with PML-RAR α or t (9; 22) (q34.1; q11.2); BCR-ABL1-positive AML patients)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Active leukemic infiltration of the central nervous system."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Active fungal/bacterial/viral infection requiring systemic treatment, including but not limited to HIV antibody positive, HCV antibody or RNA positive, HBsAg positive and HBV-DNA ≥ 2,000 copies/mL (or ≥ 500 IU/mL); those who are suffering from COVID-19 with serious clinical symptoms (subjects who receive injections with COVID-19 vaccine or other live-attenuated vaccines over 28 days before the first dose of the study drug can be enrolled)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Use of moderate and/or strong CYP3A4 inducers and/or inhibitors within 7 days prior to the first dose of the study drug."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient who has been previously treated (including chemotherapy, targeted drugs, monoclonal antibodies and investigational drugs, excluding supportive treatments and hydroxycarbamide) for hematologic disorders, such as AML or MDS."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient who has a cardiovascular disability status of New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class > 2. Class 2 is defined as cardiac disease in which patients are comfortable at rest, but ordinary physical activity results in fatigue, palpitation, dyspnea or angina pectoris."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Subjects who have malabsorption syndrome or other conditions, making them unable to receive enteral administration or resulting in an impact on drug absorption."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Subjects who have a history of other malignancies before the start of the study, with the exception of: • Cervical carcinoma in situ or breast cancer in situ after adequate treatment; • Basal cell carcinoma of the skin or localized squamous cell carcinoma of the skin; • Previous malignancies that are not spread, surgically resected (or treated by other means) and clinically cured."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Any other condition or circumstance that would, at the discretion of the investigator, make the subject unsuitable for the study."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Overall survival (OS): Interval between the date of randomization to the date of death of any cause. Survival time will be censored at the latest known survival date of the subject if death cannot be confirmed.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Interval between the date of randomization to the date of death of any cause. Survival time will be censored at the latest known survival date of the subject if death cannot be confirmed."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Event-free survival (EFS): The interval from the date of randomization to the time point when any of the following “events” occur (whichever occurs first): • Progressive disease; • Disease recurrence after CR/CRi/CRh/MLFS; • Death of any cause (including but not limited to death caused by leukemia or therapeutic drugs); • CR/CRi/CRh/MLFS is not achieved after at least 6 treatment cycles.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Interval from randomization to first event: progressive disease, disease recurrence after CR/CRi/CRh/MLFS, death from any cause, or failure to achieve CR/CRi/CRh/MLFS after ≥6 cycles."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Complete response (CR) rate: The proportion of patients with complete response in the total analysis population.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of patients achieving a complete response (CR) in the total analysis population."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Overall response rate (ORR): The proportion of patients who have achieved CR, CRi, CRh, MLFS and PR in total analysis population.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of patients achieving CR, CRi, CRh, MLFS or PR in total analysis population."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Composite complete response (CRc) rate: The proportion of patients who have achieved CR, CRi and CRh in total analysis population.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of patients achieving CR, CRi or CRh in the total analysis population."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Time to response (TTR): The interval from the date of randomization to the date of the first CR, CRi, or CRh.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Interval from randomization to date of first CR, CRi, or CRh."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Duration of response (DOR): The interval from the date of confirming response (CR/CRi/CRh) to the date of disease recurrence or death of any cause (whichever occurs first). DOR will be calculated for patients with the best response of CR, CRh and CRi separately.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Interval from confirmation of response to disease recurrence or death; calculated separately for CR, CRh and CRi responders."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Safety and tolerability of subjects: Treatment emergent adverse events (TEAEs) and treatment related adverse events (TRAEs) will be evaluated.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Evaluation of TEAEs and TRAEs (treatment-emergent and treatment-related adverse events)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Population pharmacokinetic (Pop PK) parameters of APG-2575.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Assessment of population pharmacokinetic parameters following APG-2575 administration."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Results of EORTC QLQ C30 (V3) and EuroQol 5-Dimension (EQ-5D) questionnaire.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Patient-reported quality of life assessed by EORTC QLQ-C30 (v3) and EQ-5D questionnaires."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
296
Recruitment Window Months
51
Consent Approach
Informed consent must be provided by the patient: 'Patient who is able to understand and voluntarily sign the written informed consent form before any study-specified procedures.' Subject information and consent/ICF documents are available in multiple languages (EN, ES, FR, IT, PL, CZ) as indicated in the application documents.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
10
Total Number Of Participants
58

Italy

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
20-03-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
23-03-2026
Processing Time Days
368
Number Of Sites
6
Number Of Participants
16

Sites

Site Name
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana
Department Name
Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale
Contact Person Name
Sara Galimberti
Contact Person Email
sara.galimberti@unipi.it
Site Name
Humanitas Mirasole S.p.A.
Department Name
Oncology and Hematology
Contact Person Name
Matteo Giovanni Della Porta
Contact Person Email
matteo.della_porta@hunimed.eu
Site Name
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Massimo Breccia
Contact Person Email
breccia@bce.uniroma1.it
Site Name
Istituto Romagnolo Per Lo Studio Dei Tumori Dino Amadori IRST S.r.l.
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Gerardo Musuraca
Contact Person Email
gerardo.musuraca@irst.emr.it
Site Name
Ospedale Vito Fazzi Lecce
Department Name
Oncology and Hematology
Contact Person Name
Nicola Di Renzo
Contact Person Email
direnzo.ematolecce@gmail.com
Site Name
Azienda Ospedaliera Ordine Mauriziano Di Torino
Department Name
SCDU Hematology
Contact Person Name
Daniela Cilloni
Contact Person Email
daniela.cilloni@unito.it

Spain

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
09-10-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
24-03-2026
Processing Time Days
166
Number Of Sites
2
Number Of Participants
24

Sites

Site Name
University Hospital Son Espases
Department Name
Hematology
Contact Person Name
Lucía García Mañó
Contact Person Email
lucia.garcia@ssib.es
Site Name
Institut Catala D'oncologia
Department Name
Clinical Hematology
Contact Person Name
Susana Vives Polo
Contact Person Email
svives@iconcologia.net

Poland

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
14-10-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
23-03-2026
Processing Time Days
160
Number Of Sites
2
Number Of Participants
18

Sites

Site Name
Instytut Hematologii I Transfuzjologii
Department Name
Klinika Transplantacji Komórek Krwiotwórczych
Contact Person Name
Elżbieta Patkowska
Contact Person Email
onkocwbk@ihit.waw.pl
Site Name
Specjalistyczny Szpital Im. Dra Alfreda Sokolowskiego
Department Name
Oddział Hematologiczny
Contact Person Name
Aleksandra Butrym
Contact Person Email
onkocwbk@zdrowie.walbrzych.pl

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Ascentage Pharma Group Inc.
Organisation Type
Pharmaceutical company
Country Of Registered Address
United States

Contract research organisations

Name
Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting Co. Ltd.
Responsibilities
sponsorDuties code: 6
Name
Iqvia Biotech Limited
Responsibilities
sponsorDuties codes: 1,12,2,5,8
Name
Almac Clinical Services Limited
Responsibilities
IP vendor (labeling, QP release and distribution)

Third parties

  • {"country":"China","full_name":"Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting Co. Ltd.","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 6","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Canada","full_name":"Geneseeq Technology Inc","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 4","organisation_type":"Industry"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Perceptive Informatics, LLC","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 3","organisation_type":"Health care"}
  • {"country":"Switzerland","full_name":"Labcorp Central Laboratory Services SARL","duties_or_roles":"Sample storage","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"China","full_name":"Dmed Biopharmaceutical Co. Ltd.","duties_or_roles":"Providing materials for IDMC","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"China","full_name":"Medidata","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 7","organisation_type":"Industry"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Resolian Bioanalytics","duties_or_roles":"PK Analysis","organisation_type":"Industry"}
  • {"country":"France","full_name":"Novasco","duties_or_roles":"Patient reimbursement","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"Iqvia Biotech Limited","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: 1, 12, 2, 5, 8","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Spain","full_name":"Taxi Travel Ticket S.L.","duties_or_roles":"Patient reimbursement","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)","full_name":"Almac Clinical Services Limited","duties_or_roles":"IP vendor (labeling, QP release and distribution)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"China","full_name":"Nanjing Geneseeq Technology Inc.","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 4","organisation_type":"Industry"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
Lisaftoclax
Active Substance
LISAFTOCLAX
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
oral
Starting Dose
APG-2575 600 mg, oral, once a day (QD) for 28 consecutive days (D1-D28).
Dose Levels
600 mg
Frequency
once a day (QD)
Maximum Dose
600 mg
Investigational Product Name
AZACITIDINE
Active Substance
AZACITIDINE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
Intravenous infusion or Subcutaneous
Route
IV or SC
Starting Dose
Azacitidine 75 mg/m2/day by IV infusion or SC, administered on cycle days 1-7, or on cycle days 1-5 and 8-9 in a 28-day cycle.
Dose Levels
75 mg/m2/day
Frequency
daily on dosing days (as specified per cycle)
Maximum Dose
75 mg/m2
Investigational Product Name
Dummy APG-2575 oral tablets, matching APG-2575 oral tablets. strength: 200 mg/tablet.
Modality
Other
Route
oral (placebo)
Starting Dose
Placebo 600 mg oral once a day (QD) for 28 consecutive days (D1-D28) (matching tablets, strength 200 mg/tablet as described).
Frequency
once a day (QD)
Combination Treatment
Yes

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