Study for the Treatment of Transfusional Iron Overload in Myelodysplastic Patients

An Open Label, Safety and Tolerability Study of Deferasirox for Treatment of Transfusional Iron Overload in Low-Risk and INT-1 Myelodysplastic Patients

Thirty patients were to be enrolled and 24 patients were actually enrolled into this open-label, single-arm trial designed to assess the safety and tolerability of oral deferasirox in adult transfusion dependent myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) patients with iron overload. Patients enrolled in this study had low or intermediate (INT-1) risk MDS per International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) criteria. All patients initiated treatment with 20mg/kg/day deferasirox.

Deferasirox were administered orally once per day for 12 months.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Myelodysplastic Syndromes; Iron Overload
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Deferasirox

Detailed Description

Patients were screened for eligibility to determine if they meet all inclusion/exclusion criteria. The screening period were up to 4 weeks. Patient's baseline LIC will be determined non-invasively by means of MRI R2 analysis. In addition, blood and urine samples will be taken for the determination of baseline safety data.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 24
• Phase: Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • Stanford, California, United States, 94305-5821
      • Stanford University Medical Center
  • Michigan
    • Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201
      • Karmanos Cancer Center
  • Texas
    • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030-4009
      • MD Anderson Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male or female patients with low or intermediate (INT-1) risk MDS, determined via IPSS criteria, with transfusional iron overload. NOTE: Bone marrow morphology and cytogenetic studies completed within 3 months prior to screening can be used if the patient has been hematologically stable. Every attempt to obtain cytogenetics studies should be made; however, if there is culture failure, repeat marrow aspiration will not be mandated. In this case, RAEB with less than 11% marrow blasts will be accepted.
• Patients on chelation therapy at the time of screening required a 1-day wash out prior to the first dose of study drug.
• Age: greater than or equal to 18 years

• Serum ferritin:

  • For entry into the screening period: serum ferritin greater than or equal to 1000 µg/mL on at least two occasions, at least two weeks apart, during the prior year. Samples must be obtained in the absence of concomitant infection;
  • For enrollment into the study: serum ferritin greater than or equal to 1000 µg/mL at screening (via the central lab) obtained in the absence of concomitant infection
• A lifetime minimum of 20 previous packed red cell transfusions
• Life expectancy greater than or equal to 6 months
• Women must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test and use an effective method of contraception, or must have undergone clinically documented total hysterectomy and/or oophorectomy, or tubal ligation or be postmenopausal (defined by amenorrhea for at least 12 months).
• Able to provide written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Serum creatinine greater than 2 × upper limit of normal (ULN)
• ALT or AST greater than 5 × ULN.
• Clinical or laboratory evidence of active hepatitis B or hepatitis C (HBsAg in the absence of HBsAb -OR- HCV Ab positive with HCV RNA positive and ALT above the normal range)
• Significant proteinuria as indicated by a urinary protein/creatinine ratio greater than 0.5 mg/mg in a non-first void urine sample during screening (or alternatively in two of three samples obtained for screening)
• History of HIV positive test result (ELISA or Western blot)
• ECOG performance status greater than 2
• Uncontrolled systemic hypertension
• Unstable cardiac disease not controlled by standard medical therapy
• Third degree atrioventricular (AV) block or QT interval prolongation above the normal range
• History of clinically relevant ocular toxicity related to iron chelation
• Pregnancy or breast feeding
• Treatment with a systemic investigational drug within the past 4 weeks or a topical investigational drug within the past 7 days.

• Other surgical or medical condition which might significantly alter the absorption, distribution, metabolism or excretion of any drug. The investigator should be guided by evidence of any of the following:

  • inflammatory bowel syndrome, gastritis, ulcers, gastrointestinal or rectal bleeding;
  • major gastrointestinal tract surgery, such as gastrectomy, gastroenterostomy, or bowel resection;
  • pancreatic injury or pancreatitis or indications of impaired pancreatic function/injury, as indicated by abnormal lipase or amylase;
  • urinary obstruction or difficulty in voiding.
• History of non-compliance to medical regimens or patients who are considered potentially unreliable and/or not cooperative

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: NA
• Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Deferasirox; Participants received deferasirox 20mg/kg/day OD for 12 months. Deferasirox was taken every morning 30 minutes before breakfast, if possible consistently around the same time between 7:00 and 9:00 AM. The tablets was dropped into water or orange juice and gently stirred for 1 to 3 minutes until completely dispersed.	Drug: Deferasirox; Other Names: Chelator; Iron chelator

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Participants With Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events	An adverse event (AE) is any untoward medical occurrence (e.g. any unfavorable and unintended sign [including abnormal laboratory findings], symptom or disease) in a subject or clinical investigation subject after providing written informed consent for participation in the study. Any sign or symptom that occured from first dose of study treatment until end of study treatment.	Up To Week 52

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Absolute Change in Serum Ferritin From Baseline to Week 52	Absolute change in serum ferritin after start of treatment with Deferasirox (ICL670).	Baseline to Week 52
Absolute Change in Liver Iron Concentration (LIC) From Baseline to End of Study	LIC was assessed using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) mean liver proton transverse relaxation rates (R2).	Baseline to Week 52
To Evaluate Change in Transfusion Requirements	Change in transfusion requirements from baseline.	Baseline to Week 52
Absolute Change in Serum Erythropoietin	Absolute Change in Serum Erythropoietin from baseline.	Baseline to Week 52
Absolute Change in Urinary Hepcidin	Absolute Change in Urinary Hepcidin from baseline	Baseline to Week 52
Absolute Change in Transferrin Saturation	Transferrin Saturation was assessed using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) mean liver proton transverse relaxation rates (R2)	Baseline to Week 52
Labile Plasma Iron (LPI)	LPI represents the component of non-transferrin bound iron and is an indicator of iron overload. The outcome was reported as LPI Unit, where, 1 LPI unit = the quantity of reactive oxygen species produced by approximately 1.5 μM Fe.	Baseline to Week 52

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Greenberg PL, Koller CA, Cabantchik ZI, Warsi G, Glynos T, Paley C, Schiffer C. Prospective assessment of effects on iron-overload parameters of deferasirox therapy in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes. Leuk Res. 2010 Dec;34(12):1560-5. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2010.06.013. Epub 2010 Jul 8.

Helpful Links

• Results for CICL670AUS02 from the Novartis Clinical Trials website

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: September 1, 2005
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): January 1, 2008
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): January 1, 2008

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 30, 2005
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 30, 2005
• First Posted (ESTIMATE): July 7, 2005

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): June 24, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 1, 2021
• Last Verified: June 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: MDS; Myelodysplastic Syndrome; ICL-670; ICL-670 and Myelodysplastic Syndrome
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Metabolic Diseases; Neoplasms; Disease; Bone Marrow Diseases; Hematologic Diseases; Iron Metabolism Disorders; Precancerous Conditions; Syndrome; Myelodysplastic Syndromes; Iron Overload; Preleukemia; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Sequestering Agents; Iron Chelating Agents; Deferasirox; Chelating Agents
• Other Study ID Numbers: CICL670AUS02