Clinical trial • Phase II • Immunology | Haematology | Rare Disease
MOMELOTINIB DIHYDROCHLORIDE MONOHYDRATE for VEXAS syndrome | Myelodysplastic syndrome
Phase II trial of MOMELOTINIB DIHYDROCHLORIDE MONOHYDRATE for VEXAS syndrome | Myelodysplastic syndrome. open-label, adaptive. 57 participants.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Immunology | Haematology | Rare Disease
- Trial Disease
- VEXAS syndrome | Myelodysplastic syndrome
- Trial Stage
- Phase II
- Drug Modality
- Small molecule
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 26-06-2025
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 08-10-2025
Trial design
open-label, adaptive Phase II trial across 12 sites in France.
- Open Label
- Yes
- Adaptive
- Yes
- Single Multiple Or Escalation Dose Combined
- Yes
- Target Sample Size
- 57
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 336
Eligibility
Recruits 57 No vulnerable populations selected. Trial enrols adults only (Age ≥ 18 years). Written informed consent from the participant is required; subjects with medical or psychiatric conditions preventing informed consent are excluded. No assent procedures described..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- Women of child-bearing potential (i.e., women who are pre-menopausal or not surgically sterile) must: 1- Have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 24-hours prior to beginning treatment on this study. Lactating patients are excluded. 2- Agree to use, and to be able to comply with, effective contraception without interruption, 4 weeks before starting study drug throughout the entire duration study drug therapy (including doses interruptions) and for 12 weeks after the end of the study drug therapy. 3- Agree to learn about the procedures for preservation of egg before starting treatment.
- Vulnerable Population
- No vulnerable populations selected. Trial enrols adults only (Age ≥ 18 years). Written informed consent from the participant is required; subjects with medical or psychiatric conditions preventing informed consent are excluded. No assent procedures described.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- ECOG performance status 0-2 at the time of screening"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Adequate liver function (serum transaminases ≤ 3N, Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN (isolated bilirubin > 1.5 x ULN is acceptable if bilirubin is fractionated and direct bilirubin < 35%))"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Adequate renal function (creatinine clearance with MDRD formula > 30 ml/min)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Women of child-bearing potential (i.e., women who are pre-menopausal or not surgically sterile) must: 1- Have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 24-hours prior to beginning treatment on this study. Lactating patients are excluded. 2- Agree to use, and to be able to comply with, effective contraception without interruption, 4 weeks before starting study drug throughout the entire duration study drug therapy (including doses interruptions) and for 12 weeks after the end of the study drug therapy. 3- Agree to learn about the procedures for preservation of egg before starting treatment."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Male patients must: 1- Agree the need for the use of a condom if engaged in sexual activity with a woman of childbearing potential during the entire period of treatment, even if disruption of treatment and during 12 weeks after end of treatment. 2- Agree to learn about the procedures for preservation of sperm before starting treatment."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Age ≥ 18 years"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Written informed consent"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Diagnosis of VEXAS syndrome with UBA1 mutation and clinically symptomatic disease requiring immunosuppressive treatment and at least 10 mg/d of glucocorticoids"}
- {"criterion_text":"- With uncontrolled symptoms related to VEXAS with prior treatment line(s) (including steroids)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients refractory/dependent to steroids"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Single concomitant steroids therapy (e.g. prednisone or equivalent) at the time of inclusion is allowed"}
- {"criterion_text":"- For patients treated with other immunosuppressive/immuno-modulatory therapy than glucocorticoids, a wash out period of 28 days is required prior MMB onset"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Erythropoietin/luspatercept used as a growth factor is not allowed 28 days prior enrollment"}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients with MDS currently scheduled for allogeneic stem cell transplant or high risk MDS according to IWG 2023."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Active gastrointestinal conditions that may affect absorption"}
- {"criterion_text":"- No affiliation to a health insurance system."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Known hypersensitivity to the study investigational medicinal product, the metabolites, or formulation excipients."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients who are or have been already treated with JAK inhibitors for VEXAS syndrome or another indication."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients who are unable to receive a starting daily dose of MMB of at least 100 mg."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Subjects with any other active malignancies are not eligible, except for the following: adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, or other cancer from which subject has been disease-free for at least 3 years."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Uncontrolled congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association Classification 3 or 4), angina, myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident, coronary/peripheral artery bypass graft surgery, transient ischemic attack, or pulmonary embolism within 12 weeks prior to initiation of MMB."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Known infection with acute and chronic active HIV, HBV, HCV infections."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Any medical or psychiatric condition not allowing the informed consent of the subject"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Presence of clinically meaningful active bacterial, fungal, parasitic or viral infection which requires therapy"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Previous history of Progressive Multifocal Leuko-encephalopathy (PML)"}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- For Safety run-in : Documentation of dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) and identification of a maximal tolerated dose (MTD). DLTs will be defined during a safety observation period corresponding to the first 4-week cycle of MMB. Because of the addition of a 4-week period to observe recovery of adverse events of interest, the observation window for DLT will be up to 8 weeks.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"DLTs defined during safety observation period corresponding to the first 4-week cycle of MMB; observation window up to 8 weeks. Outcome: documentation of DLTs and identification of MTD."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- For phase II : Overall clinical response rate at 24 weeks after MMB initiation on VEXAS related symptoms (including complete (CR) or partial response (PR))","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Overall clinical response rate assessed at 24 weeks after MMB initiation on VEXAS-related symptoms; responses include complete response (CR) or partial response (PR)."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- For safety run-in: Adverse events (AE), serious AE (SAE) and toxicity as measured by NCI CTCAE v5.0","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Safety assessed by recording AEs and SAEs and grading per NCI CTCAE v5.0 during safety run-in."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- For safety run-in phase : Plasma MMB/M21 pharmacokinetic parameters (i.e. AUC, Cmax) as data permits","definition_or_measurement_approach":"PK parameters of MMB/M21 in plasma (AUC, Cmax) measured during safety run-in."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Overall clinical response rates (including CR or PR) and biological response rates (complete or partial) at 4, 12, 24 and 48 weeks after MMB initiation","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Clinical and biological response rates assessed at weeks 4, 12, 24 and 48 post-initiation; includes CR/PR."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Erythroid hematological improvement (HI-E) evaluated at 16 weeks according to IWG 2018","definition_or_measurement_approach":"HI-E evaluated at 16 weeks according to IWG 2018 criteria."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Steroids dose reduction compared to baseline and/or steroids withdrawal rates at 24 weeks","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Comparison of steroid dose to baseline and measurement of steroid withdrawal rates at 24 weeks."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Overall survival at 12 months","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Overall survival assessed at 12 months."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Changes in the underlying MDS from baseline, at 12 and 24 weeks, including MDS progression based on hematological, cytogenetic and molecular analysis","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Assessment of MDS changes/progression at 12 and 24 weeks using hematological, cytogenetic and molecular analyses."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Responses: 1-Duration of Response (DoR) on VEXAS symptoms defined as the time from the date of initial documentation of a clinical response (CR or PR) to the date of first documented evidence of relapse or death ; 2-Time to first and best clinical response ; 3-Duration of RBC independency in patients with RBC dependency at time of inclusion, according to IWG 2018 criteria","definition_or_measurement_approach":"DoR measured from initial documented CR/PR to relapse or death; time to first/best response measured; duration of RBC independence per IWG 2018 in RBC-dependent patients."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Evolution of UBA1 VAF on MMB","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measurement of UBA1 variant allele fraction (VAF) changes during treatment with MMB."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Adverse events (AE), serious AE (SAE) and toxicity as measured by NCI CTCAE v5.0","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Safety assessed by AE/SAE reporting and NCI CTCAE v5.0 grading (secondary endpoint duplicate of safety)."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- For ancillary study (biological end point): Evolution of UBA1 VAF from baseline to W4, W12 and W24","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Ancillary biological endpoint: UBA1 VAF measured at baseline, week 4, week 12 and week 24."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- For ancillary study (Clinical end point): Evolution of VPSS from baseline to W4, W12 and W24","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Ancillary clinical endpoint: VPSS (VEXAS personal scoring system) measured at baseline, week 4, week 12 and week 24."}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 57
- Recruitment Window Months
- 48
- Consent Approach
- Written informed consent required from participants (adults ≥18 years). Subject information and informed consent form (L1_SIS and ICF adults) are provided; adult ICFs available (French translations present). No assent procedures described.
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 12
- Total Number Of Participants
- 57
France
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 01-09-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 08-10-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 37
- Number Of Sites
- 12
- Number Of Participants
- 57
Sites
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Bordeaux
- Department Name
- Service des Maladies du sang
- Contact Person Name
- Sophie DIMICOLI-SALAZAR
- Contact Person Email
- sophie.dimicoli-salazar@chu-bordeaux.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Nantes
- Department Name
- Service d'Hématologie Clinique
- Contact Person Name
- Alice GARNIER
- Contact Person Email
- alice.garnier@chu-nantes.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Rennes
- Department Name
- Service d’hématologie clinique
- Contact Person Name
- Stanislas NIMUBONA
- Contact Person Email
- stanislas.nimubona@chu-rennes.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Rennes
- Department Name
- service de médecine interne
- Contact Person Name
- Samuel ARDOIS
- Contact Person Email
- samuel.ardois@chu-rennes.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire De Tours
- Department Name
- Service de Médecine Interne
- Contact Person Name
- Alexandra AUDEMARD
- Contact Person Email
- alexandra.audemardverger@univ-tours.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire D'Angers
- Department Name
- Service des Maladies du sang
- Contact Person Name
- Sylvain THEPOT
- Contact Person Email
- Sylvain.Thepot@chu-angers.fr
- Site Name
- Hopital Saint Louis
- Department Name
- Service d’Hématologie Séniors
- Contact Person Name
- Lin-Pierre ZHAO
- Contact Person Email
- linpierre.zhao@aphp.fr
- Site Name
- Hospices Civils De Lyon
- Department Name
- Service d’Hématologie Clinique
- Contact Person Name
- Maël HEIBLIG
- Contact Person Email
- mael.heiblig@chu-lyon.fr
- Site Name
- Oncopole Claudius Regaud
- Department Name
- Département d’hématologie / Unité de médecine interne
- Contact Person Name
- Thibault COMONT
- Contact Person Email
- Comont.Thibault@iuct-oncopole.fr
- Site Name
- CHU Gabriel-Montpied
- Department Name
- Service d’Hématologie Clinique - CHU Estaing
- Contact Person Name
- Benoît DE RENZIS
- Contact Person Email
- bderenzis@chu-clermontferrand.fr
- Site Name
- Hopital Saint Antoine
- Department Name
- Service de Médecine Interne
- Contact Person Name
- Arsène MEKINIAN
- Contact Person Email
- arsene.mekinian@aphp.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Lille
- Department Name
- Service de Médecine Interne
- Contact Person Name
- Emmanuel LEDOULT
- Contact Person Email
- emmanuel.ledoult2@chru-lille.fr
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Groupe Francophone Des Myelodysplasies
- Organisation Type
- Patient organisation/association
- Country Of Registered Address
- France
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- MOMELOTINIB DIHYDROCHLORIDE MONOHYDRATE
- Active Substance
- MOMELOTINIB DIHYDROCHLORIDE MONOHYDRATE
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL USE
- Route
- ORAL USE
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised
- Maximum Dose
- 300 mg
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