Study of Venetoclax and Azacitidine in Advanced BCR-ABL Negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Azacitidine, Venetoclax.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Myeloproliferative Neoplasm. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Canada
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Venetoclax and Azacitidine Combination Therapy for Patients With Accelerated or Blast Phase BCR-ABL Negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasm (VAAMP)
Overview
The purpose of this research study is to look at how safe and useful a drug called azacitidine in combination with a drug called venetoclax, is in people with accelerated or blast phase BRC-ABL negative myeloproliferative neoplasms.
Detailed description
All participants in this study will receive azacitidine and venetoclax.
This study will be done in multiple stages:
Safety Run-In Period - 7 participants will receive the study drugs to ensure that the combination is safe and tolerable.
Stage 1 - About 15 participants will receive the study drugs and will be evaluated to see whether they respond to the study drugs.
Stage 2 - If enough participants in Stage 1 respond to the study drugs, then Stage 2 will begin. During this stage, an additional 25 participants will take part in the study to further see if participants respond to the study drugs.
Interventions
- Drug Azacitidine
Azacitidine is a hypomethylating agent that works by activating certain genes in the body to help cells mature and to kill abnormal bone marrow cells. - Drug Venetoclax
Venetoclax is a drug that blocks a protein called B-cell lymphoma (BCL2) protein from working. BCL2 is a protein that helps control whether a cell lives or dies and is thought to help cancer cells to live. Blocking BCL2 is believed to help kill cancer cells.
Primary outcome measures
- Proportion of participants achieving complete remission (CR). [Time frame: 3 years]
- Proportion of participants achieving complete remission with incomplete hematologic recovery (CRi). [Time frame: 3 years]
- Proportion of participants achieving reversion to chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm (CMPN). [Time frame: 3 years]
Secondary outcome measures (5)
- Average number of days from the first dose of azacytidine and venetoclax to the date of death. [Time frame: 3 years]
- Average number of days from CR until relapse. [Time frame: 3 years]
- Average number of days from CRi until relapse. [Time frame: 3 years]
- Average number of days from CMPN until relapse. [Time frame: 3 years]
- The proportion of patients proceeding to allogeneic stem cell transplantation in those eligible for transplantation. [Time frame: 3 years]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Ability to voluntarily provide written informed consent.
- Documented diagnosis per World Health Organization (WHO) 2016 criteria of BCR-ABL negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN).
- Documented MPN transformation to accelerated phase (AP) or blast phase (BP) without prior blast reduction therapy for their AP/BP disease.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2.
- Adequate organ function.
- Must practice at least one reliable method of birth-control starting at least on cycle 1 day 1 until at least 90 days after the last dose of study drug.
- Female participants of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 14 days prior to cycle 1 day 1.
Exclusion criteria
- History of allogeneic stem cell transplant for MPN.
- Previous treatment with venetoclax, navitoclax, azacytidine or other hypomethylating agents (HMA).
- White blood cell count >25 x 10\^9/L.
- Current enrollment in another interventional study.
- Presence of any active uncontrolled infection such as bacterial or fungal infections progressing despite adequate antimicrobial treatment.
- Myocardial infarction in the preceding 3 months.
- Active human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) infection.
- History of active malignancy in the previous 2 years.
- Any psychiatric illness or social circumstances or significant co-morbid conditions that may compromise study participation.
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
- Patients with known central nervous system (CNS) involvement with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or CNS extramedullary hematopoiesis.
- Patients with t (15;17)
- Patients who have received strong and/or moderate CYP3A inducers within 7 days prior to the initiation of study treatment.
- Active COVID-19 infection.
- History of prior blast-reduction therapy for AP/BP-MPN.
- Preceding history MDS, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML), and other myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)/MPN overlap syndromes.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Canada · 1 center
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre — Toronto
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05074355 · VAAMP · 21-5928