Efficacy and Safety of IV Rigosertib in MDS Patients With Excess Blasts Progressing After Azacitidine or Decitabine

Phase IIIB, Open-label, Multi-Center Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Rigosertib Administered as 72-hour Continuous Intravenous Infusions in Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome With Excess Blasts Progressing On or After Azacitidine or Decitabine

This study will examine the effect intravenously administered rigosertib has on the relationship between bone marrow blasts response and overall survival in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) patients who have 5-30% bone marrow blasts and who progressed on or after treatment with azacitidine or decitabine.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Myelodysplastic Syndromes; Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia; Cytopenia; Refractory Anemia With Excess Blasts
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: rigosertib sodium

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 67
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Australia
  • South Australia
    • Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 5000
      • Royal Adelaide Hospital
  • Victoria
    • Clayton, Victoria, Australia, 3168
      • Monash Health, Monash Medical Centre
    • East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3002
      • Peter MacCallum Cancer Center
    • Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 3050
      • Royal Melbourne Hospital
• Denmark
  • Hovedstaden
    • Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark, DK-2100
      • Rigshospitalet, Department of Hematology
  • Jylland
    • Aarhus, Jylland, Denmark, DK-8000
      • Aarhus University Hospital
• France
  • Marseille, France, 13009
    • Institute Paoli Calmettes
  • IDF
    • Paris, IDF, France, 75475
      • Hôpital Saint-Louis, Service d'Hématologie
• Germany
  • Dresden, Germany, 01062
    • University Hospital Carl Guslav Carus
  • Düsseldorf, Germany, 40479
    • Marien Hospital, Onkologie
  • Göttingen, Germany, 37075
    • Universitätsmedizin Göttingen
  • Köln, Germany, 50973
    • Universitätsklinikum Köln Klinik I für Innere Medizin
  • München, Germany, 81675
    • Technische Universität München, III. Medizinische Klinik
  • Hessen
    • Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, 60590
      • Universitatsklinikum Frankfurt, Goethe Universitat
• Italy
  • Firenze, Italy, 50134
    • Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi
  • Novara, Italy, 28100
    • AOU Maggiore della Carità, SCUD Ematologia
  • Rome, Italy, 00161
    • Policlinico Umberto 1, Universita "Sapienza"
• Spain
  • Salamanca, Spain, 37007
    • Hospital Universitario de Salamanca
• Sweden
  • Stockholm, Sweden, SE-141 86
    • Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge
  • Skåne
    • Lund, Skåne, Sweden, SE-221 85
      • Skåne University Hospital,
  • Västra Götalandsregionen
    • Gothenberg, Västra Götalandsregionen, Sweden, 41345
      • Sahlgrenska University Hospital
• United States
  • California
    • Stanford, California, United States, 94305
      • Stanford University Cancer Center
  • Illinois
    • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612
      • Rush University Medical Center
    • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637
      • University of Chicago Medicine
  • Kansas
    • Westwood, Kansas, United States, 66205
      • University of Kansas Cancer Center and Medical Pavilion
  • Maryland
    • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201
      • Greenbaum Cancer Center University of Maryland
  • Massachusetts
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
      • Dana Farber Cancer Institute
  • Minnesota
    • Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
      • Mayo Clinic
  • New York
    • Bronx, New York, United States, 10461
      • Montefiore Medical Center
    • New York, New York, United States, 10032
      • Columbia University Medical Center
    • New York, New York, United States, 10029
      • Mount Sinai Medical Center
    • New York, New York, United States, 10065
      • New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical College
  • Texas
    • Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390
      • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    • Dallas, Texas, United States, 75235
      • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Parkland Hospital
    • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
      • 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:

• Diagnosis of MDS confirmed within 6 weeks prior to Screening according to WHO criteria or French-American-British (FAB) classification.

• MDS classified as follows, according to WHO criteria and FAB classification:

  • RAEB-1 (5% to 9% BM blasts)
  • RAEB-2 (10% to 19% BM blasts)
  • CMML (10% to 20% BM blasts) and white blood cells (WBC) < 13,000/μL
  • RAEB-t (20% to 30% BM blasts), meeting the following criteria: WBC < 25,000/μL at study entry; or, Stable White Blood Cell (WBC) at least 4 weeks prior to Screening and not requiring intervention for WBC control with hydroxyurea, chemotherapy, or leukopheresis.
• At least one cytopenia (Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) < 1800/μL or Platelet (PLT) count < 100,000/μL or hemoglobin (Hgb) < 10 g/dL).

• Progression (according to 2006 IWG criteria) at any time after initiation of subcutaneous or intravenous azacitidine or decitabine treatment per labeling during the past 2 years, defined as follows:

  • For patients with ˂ 5% BMBL, ≥ 50% increase in BMBL to ˃ 5% BMBL
  • For patients with 5-10% BMBL, ≥ 50% increase in BMBL to ˃ 10% BMBL
  • For patients with 10-20% BMBL, ≥ 50% increase in BMBL to ˃ 20% BMBL
  • For patients with 20-30% BMBL, ≥ 50% increase in BMBL to ˃ 30% BMBL
  • Any of the following: ≥ 50% decrease from maximum remission/response levels in granulocytes or PLT; Decrease in Hgb concentration by ≥ 2 g/dL; or, Transfusion dependence, defined as administration of at least 4 RBC units in the past 8 weeks before Screening (patients must have Hgb values ˂ 9 g/dL prior to transfusion to be considered), in the absence of another explanation.
• Has failed to respond to, relapsed following, not eligible, or opted not to participate in bone marrow transplantation.
• Off all other treatments for MDS for at least 4 weeks, except for azacitidine or decitabine. Filgrastim (G-CSF) and erythropoietin are allowed before and during the study as clinically indicated.
• No medical need for induction chemotherapy.
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1 or 2.
• Willing to adhere to the prohibitions and restrictions specified in this protocol.
• Patient must signed an informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous participation in a clinical study of IV or oral rigosertib.
• Anemia due to factors other than MDS (including hemolysis or gastrointestinal [GI] bleeding) unless stabilized for 1 week after RBC transfusion.
• Any active malignancy within the past year, except basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix or breast.
• Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including.
• Active infection not adequately responding to appropriate therapy.
• Total bilirubin ≥ 1.5 mg/dL not related to hemolysis or Gilbert's disease.
• ALT/AST ≥ 2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN).
• Serum creatinine ≥ 2.0 mg/dL.
• Ascites requiring active medical management including paracentesis, or hyponatremia (defined as serum sodium value of <130 mEq/L).
• Female patients who are pregnant or lactating.
• Patients who are unwilling to follow strict contraception requirements.
• Female patients with reproductive potential who do not have a negative urine beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (βHCG) pregnancy test at Screening.
• Major surgery without full recovery or major surgery within 3 weeks of Baseline/Cycle 1 Day 1 visit.
• Uncontrolled hypertension (defined as a systolic pressure ≥160 mmHg and/or a diastolic pressure ≥ 110 mmHg).
• New onset seizures (within 3 months prior to Baseline) or poorly controlled seizures.
• Any other concurrent investigational agent or chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or immunotherapy.
• Prior treatment with low-dose cytarabine during the past 2 years.
• Investigational therapy within 4 weeks of Baseline/Day 1 visit.
• Psychiatric illness or social situation that would limit the patient's ability to tolerate and/or comply with study requirements.

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: rigosertib sodium; Rigosertib sodium will be administered as a 72-hr continuous intravenous infusion consisting of 3 consecutive doses of 1800 mg over 24 hours on Days 1, 2, and 3 of a 14-day cycle for the first 8 cycles and then on Days 1, 2, and 3 of a 28-day cycle for the following cycles.	Drug: rigosertib sodium; Other Names: ON 01910.Na; SyB L-1101

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Relationship of bone marrow blast response and overall survival.	Bone marrow blast response is defined as bone marrow (BM) complete response, ≥ 50% BM blast decrease from pretreatment value, or stable BM response (no progression) according to the International Working Group (IWG) 2006 criteria and overall survival. Overall survival is defined as the time from first study treatment to death from any cause. All patients will be followed until death and/or progression, even if they have discontinued treatment for whatever cause. Survival time of patients lost to follow-up will be censored at the time they were last known to be alive.	Up to 2 years.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of patients with overall hematologic response.	Overall hematologic response (complete remission [CR], partial remission [PR], bone marrow complete response [BMCR], and stable disease [SD]) is defined according to 2006 International Working Group (IWG) response criteria.	Up to 2 years after study enrollment.
Number of patients with hematological improvement.	Hematological improvement (erythroid response, platelet response and neutrophil response) is defined according to 2006 International Working Group (IWG) response criteria.	Up to 2 years after study enrollment.
Number of patients with cytogenetic response.	Cytogenetic response is defined according to 2006 International Working Group (IWG) response criteria.	Up to 2 years after study enrollment.
Progression-free survival.	Progression-free survival is defined as time from date of first dose until date when progression is documented. Progression is defined according to 2006 International Working Group (IWG) response criteria.	Up to 2 years after study enrollment.
Number of patients who transition to Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)	Participants who progress to Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) during the study. AML is defined as an increase of at least 50% bone marrow blasts, and more than 20% bone marrow blasts for Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts types 1 and 2 (RAEB-1 and RAEB-2) and Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML) patients and as an increase of at least 50% bone marrow blasts for Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts in Transformation (RAEB-t) patients.	Up to 2 years after study enrollment.
Quality of Life Questionnaire	Change from baseline in responses in the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer [EORTC] Quality of Life Questionnaire [QLQ]-C30 version 3. Questionnaire will be administered at baseline and at 4 week intervals.	Up to 2 years after study enrollment.
Infections.	Incidence of infections requiring treatment with intravenous antimicrobials and of bleeding episodes.	Up to 2 years after study enrollment.
Concentration of rigosertib in plasma.	Concentration of rigosertib in plasma will be measured by a validated High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) method.	Week 1 and week 3.
Safety.	Counts of patients who have adverse events (AEs). Adverse events will be grouped by system organ class (SOC) and preferred term (PT) using the most recent version of the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (MedDRA), and will be summarized by worst grade according to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) version 4.0.	Study enrollment until 30 days after patient's last dose of rigosertib up to 2 years.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Onconova Therapeutics, Inc.

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Garcia-Manero G, Fenaux P. Comprehensive Analysis of Safety: Rigosertib in 557 Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) and Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Blood Dec 2016, 128 (22) 2011; ASH 2016.
• Seetharam M, Fan AC, Tran M, Xu L, Renschler JP, Felsher DW, Sridhar K, Wilhelm F, Greenberg PL. Treatment of higher risk myelodysplastic syndrome patients unresponsive to hypomethylating agents with ON 01910.Na. Leuk Res. 2012 Jan;36(1):98-103. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2011.08.022. Epub 2011 Sep 14.
• Al-Kali A. Relationship of bone marrow blast (BMBL) response to overall survival (OS) in a multicenter study of rigosertib (Rigo) in patients (pts) with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with excess blasts progressing on or after treatment with a hypomethylating agent (HMA). Journal of Clinical Oncology 2017 35:15_suppl, 7056-7056 ASCO 2017
• Olnes MJ, Shenoy A, Weinstein B, Pfannes L, Loeliger K, Tucker Z, Tian X, Kwak M, Wilhelm F, Yong AS, Maric I, Maniar M, Scheinberg P, Groopman J, Young NS, Sloand EM. Directed therapy for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) by suppression of cyclin D1 with ON 01910.Na. Leuk Res. 2012 Aug;36(8):982-9. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2012.04.002. Epub 2012 Apr 21.
• Silverman LR, Greenberg P, Raza A, Olnes MJ, Holland JF, Reddy P, Maniar M, Wilhelm F. Clinical activity and safety of the dual pathway inhibitor rigosertib for higher risk myelodysplastic syndromes following DNA methyltransferase inhibitor therapy. Hematol Oncol. 2015 Jun;33(2):57-66. doi: 10.1002/hon.2137. Epub 2014 Apr 29.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: August 1, 2013
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): June 29, 2017
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): June 29, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 21, 2013
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 21, 2013
• First Posted (ESTIMATE): August 26, 2013

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): June 30, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 29, 2020
• Last Verified: July 1, 2018

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Terms related to this study

• Keywords: decitabine; azacitidine; International Working Group
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Bone Marrow Diseases; Hematologic Diseases; Anemia; Precancerous Conditions; Myelodysplastic-Myeloproliferative Diseases; Leukemia; Leukemia, Myeloid; Myelodysplastic Syndromes; Preleukemia; Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic; Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Juvenile; Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts; Anemia, Refractory; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Enzyme Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents; Protein Kinase Inhibitors; ON 01910
• Other Study ID Numbers: Onconova 04-24; 2013-001124-19 (EUDRACT_NUMBER)