Testing the Effect of Taking Ruxolitinib and CPX-351 in Combination for the Treatment of Advanced Phase Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

A Phase I/II, Open-Label, Multi-Center Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Ruxolitinib and CPX-351 in Combination for the Treatment of Advanced Phase Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

This phase I/II trial studies the best dose of ruxolitinib when given together with CPX-351 and to see how well they work in treating patients with accelerated phase or blast phase myeloproliferative neoplasm. Ruxolitinib may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. CPX-351 is a mixture of 2 chemotherapy drugs (daunorubicin and cytarabine) given for leukemia in small fat-based particles (liposomes) to improve the drug getting into cancer cells. Giving ruxolitinib and CPX-351 may work better in treating patients with secondary acute myeloid leukemia compared to CPX-351 alone.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Polycythemia Vera; Essential Thrombocythemia; Myelofibrosis; Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia; Myeloproliferative Neoplasm
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Liposome-encapsulated Daunorubicin-Cytarabine; Drug: Ruxolitinib; Procedure: Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To identify the maximum-tolerated dose (MTD) of ruxolitinib in combination with liposome-encapsulated daunorubicin-cytarabine (CPX-351). (Phase I) II. To evaluate the objective response rate in participants with post-myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN)- accelerated phase (AP)/blast phase (BP) following treatment with the combination of ruxolitinib and CPX-351 (per 2012 MPN-BP criteria). (Phase II)

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate the safety and tolerability of ruxolitinib in combination with CPX-351. (Phase I) II. Assess survival outcomes and proportion of patients receiving transplant associated with ruxolitinib in combination with CPX-351. (Phase II)

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate the rate of response among participants with MPN-AP/BP using European Leukemia Net (ELN) criteria.

II. Assess the proportion of treated participants with minimal residual disease. (Phase II)

OUTLINE: This is a phase I, dose-escalation study of ruxolitinib followed by a phase II study.

INDUCTION: Patients receive CPX-351 intravenously (IV) over 90 minutes on days 1, 3, and 5 and ruxolitinib orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 6-28 of cycle 1.

RE-INDUCTION: Patients with significant residual disease may receive CPX-351 IV on days 1 and 3 and ruxolitinib PO BID on days 4-28 of cycle 2 per the discretion of the treating physician. Patients who have persistent disease following 2 cycles of therapy (induction and re-induction) will be offered salvage chemotherapy.

CONSOLIDATION: Patients that have =< 5% blasts in bone marrow receive CPX-351 IV on days 1 and 3 and ruxolitinib PO BID on days 4-28. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 2 cycles provided that counts have partially recovered in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Patients who successfully complete consolidation therapy with a continued =< 5% blasts in bone marrow and have not undergone an allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) receive ruxolitinib PO BID on days 1-28. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 8 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION: Patients may undergo an allogeneic SCT at any time after achieving =< 5% blasts in bone marrow if they have a suitable donor.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days and then every 2 months for up to 1 year.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 12
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Ohio
    • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
      • Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Oregon
    • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239
      • OHSU
  • Texas
    • Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390
      • Simmons Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 to 2

• Participants eligible for this study have either MPN in accelerated phase (AP) or blast phase (BP), defined as:

  • MPN-AP is defined by 10% to 19% blasts in the peripheral blood or bone marrow

  • MPN-BP is defined by >= 20% blasts in the blood or bone marrow

    • Either MPN-AP or MPN-BP requires a previous diagnosis of polycythemia vera (PV), essential thrombocythemia (ET), primary or secondary myelofibrosis (MF), or MDS/MPN overlap with intermediate-2 or high risk disease according to IPSS as well as progression on or failure to respond to at least one line of therapy
    • Participants with ET, PV, or MF that have received prior MPN-associated therapy (e.g., hydroxyurea, hypomethylating agents [azacitidine, decitabine], anti-platelet therapies [e.g., aspirin, anagrelide], as well as JAK2 inhibitor therapy [e.g., ruxolitinib or other investigational JAK2 inhibitor]) are eligible. They must discontinue prior to starting therapy; no wash-out is required
• Female participants of childbearing potential must agree to use adequate contraception (2 forms of contraception or abstinence) from the screening visit until 30 days following the last dose of study treatment. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately
• Male participants of childbearing potential having intercourse with females of childbearing potential must agree to abstain from heterosexual intercourse or have their partner use 2 forms of contraception from the screening visit until 90 days until the last dose of study treatment. They must also refrain from sperm donation from the screening visit until 90 days following the last dose of study treatment
• Left ventricular ejection fraction at >= 50% as measured by echocardiogram (ECHO) or multigated acquisition (MUGA) scan (14 days prior to initiating study treatment)
• Candidate for cytotoxic-intensive induction chemotherapy
• Willing to take oral medication
• Serum creatinine =< 2 x the upper limit of normal (ULN), or glomerular filtration rate > 20 ml/min/1.73m^2 as calculated by Cockcroft-Gault formula
• Serum potassium, magnesium, and calcium (corrected for albumin) within institutional normal limits or can be corrected with supplementation
• Total serum bilirubin =< 2.5 x ULN
• Serum aspartate transaminase (AST) and/or alanine transaminase (ALT) =< 2.5 x ULN

Exclusion Criteria:

• Ongoing participation in another clinical trial
• Isolated myeloid sarcoma (i.e., participants must have blood or marrow involvement with AML to enter the study)
• Acute promyelocytic leukemia (French-American-British [FAB] M3 classification)
• Active central nervous system (CNS) involvement by AML
• Current treatment or treatment within 2 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to the first dose of study medication with another investigational medication or current enrollment in another investigational drug protocol (unless there is evidence of rapidly progressive disease in which case a shorter interval from last therapy may be acceptable)
• Any unresolved toxicity equal to or greater than grade 2 from previous anticancer therapy, except for stable chronic toxicities not expected to resolve, such as peripheral neurotoxicity
• Incomplete recovery from any prior surgical procedures or had surgery within 4 weeks prior to study entry, excluding the placement of vascular access
• Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy with active bleeding or signs of thrombosis
• Participants with rapidly progressive disease (defined by blast count doubling within 48 hours) or organ dysfunction that would prevent them from receiving these agents

• Participants with uncontrolled infection will not be enrolled until infection is treated and symptoms controlled

  • Participants with an infection receiving treatment (antibiotic, antifungal or antiviral treatment) may be entered into the study but must be afebrile and hemodynamically stable for >= 72 hours (hrs)
• Known hypersensitivity to ruxolitinib, cytarabine, daunorubicin, or liposomal products
• History of Wilson's disease or other copper metabolism disorder
• Uncontrolled intercurrent illness or any concurrent condition that, in the investigator's opinion, would jeopardize the safety of the participant or compliance with the protocol per investigator's discretion. Including, but not limited to, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, serious cardiac arrhythmia, myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to enrollment, New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV heart failure, severe uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias
• Participants with prior cumulative anthracycline exposure of greater than 368 mg/m^2 daunorubicin (or equivalent)
• All participants must discontinue anti-platelet agents or anticoagulants prior to initiation of study drug, including therapeutic doses of aspirin and clopidogrel

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: Treatment (CPX-351, ruxolitinib, allogeneic SCT); See Detailed Description.

Drug: Liposome-encapsulated Daunorubicin-Cytarabine; Given IV; Other Names: CPX-351; Cytarabine-Daunorubicin Liposome for Injection; Daunorubicin and Cytarabine (Liposomal); Liposomal AraC-Daunorubicin CPX-351; Liposomal Cytarabine-Daunorubicin; Liposome-encapsulated Combination of Daunorubicin and Cytarabine; Vyxeos; Drug: Ruxolitinib; Given PO; Other Names: Jakafi; INCB-18424; INCB18424; Oral JAK Inhibitor INCB18424; Procedure: Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; Undergo allogeneic SCT; Other Names: Allogeneic; Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation; Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation; HSC; HSCT; Stem Cell Transplantation, Allogeneic

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT) (Phase I)	DLT occurrence after exposure to ruxolitinib and CPX-351.	Day 1 to day 42
Proportion of Participants That Achieve at Least an Acute Leukemia Response-Partial Response (>= ALR-P, Per 2012 Myeloproliferative Neoplasm - Blast Phase [MPN-BP] Criteria) (Phase 2)	Will compute the proportion of efficacy-evaluable participants achieving objective response rate (ORR) and the exact binominal 95% confidence interval. The ORR will be calculated as the proportion of participants that achieve at least an Acute Leukemia Response-Partial response (≥ ALR-P, per 2012 MPN-BP criteria).	Day 1 to end of induction or re-induction cycle (or upon assessment of the bone marrow biopsy performed near the end of these cycles if this occurs later). Cycle length is 28 days.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Participants With Adverse Events as Assessed by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 5.0	The number of participants with treatment-related toxicity and the exact confidence interval will be measured. Each toxicity event will be tabulated and summarized by severity and major organ site according to the CTCAE version (v)5.0.	Up to 30 days after last on-study dose, up to 9 months.
Overall Survival (OS)	Time-to-event analysis (e.g., Kaplan-Meier curves or cumulative incidence curves) will be used to evaluate overall survival.	Up to 4 years.
Event-free Survival (EFS)	Time-to-event analysis (e.g., Kaplan-Meier curves or cumulative incidence curves) will be used to evaluate event-free survival.	Day 1 to treatment failure, progressive disease, relapse, last exam date, or death (whichever is first), up to 2 years
Relapse-free Survival (RFS)	Time-to-event analysis (e.g., Kaplan-Meier curves or cumulative incidence curves) will be used to evaluate relapse-free survival.	Date of first documented response (ALR-C) to date of relapse or death from any cause, up to 2 years.
Remission Duration	Time-to-event analysis (e.g., Kaplan-Meier curves or cumulative incidence curves) will be used to evaluate remission duration.	Date of first documented response (ALR-C) to date of documented relapse, up to 2 years
Proportion of Participants Proceeding to Transplant	A point estimate and 95% confidence interval will be computed for the proportion of participants who undergo an allogeneic (allo)-SCT (stem cell transplant).	Date of enrollment to time of transplant or end of follow-up (if no transplant), up to 2 years

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Proportion of Participants That Achieve at Least a Complete Remission With Incomplete Marrow Recovery (CRi) (Per European Leukemia Net [ELN] Criteria)		Day 1 to end of induction or re-induction cycle (up to 8 weeks after start of study treatment)
Rate of CCR; Which is the Proportion of Participants That Achieve at Least a MLFS (Per ELN Criteria)		Day 1 to end of induction or re-induction cycle (up to 8 weeks after start of study treatment)
Proportion of Participants Who Have an Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) Negative Status	Detection of MRD will be achieved by either multi-color flow cytometry (MFC) or next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology and examined using regression based analysis (e.g., logistic regression and Cox regression).	End of induction, up to 2 months on study
Proportion of Participants Who Have an MRD Negative Status	Detection of MRD will be achieved by either multi-color flow cytometry (MFC) or next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology and examined using regression based analysis (e.g., logistic regression and Cox regression).	End of re-induction, up to 4 months on study
Proportion of Participants Who Have an MRD Negative Status	Detection of MRD will be achieved by either multi-color flow cytometry (MFC) or next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology and examined using regression based analysis (e.g., logistic regression and Cox regression).	Up to 12 months on study
Frequency of Each Mutation (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism [SNP])		End of induction or re-induction, up to 2 months on study

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Collaborators: Incyte Corporation; Jazz Pharmaceuticals
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Uma Borate, MD, The Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• The Jamesline

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 20, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 27, 2025
• Study Completion (Actual): February 27, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 11, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 13, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): March 18, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 24, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 3, 2026
• Last Verified: April 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Hematologic Diseases; Blood Coagulation Disorders; Bone Marrow Diseases; Hemorrhagic Disorders; Blood Platelet Disorders; Bone Marrow Neoplasms; Hematologic Neoplasms; Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases; Thrombocytosis; Myeloproliferative Disorders; Thrombocythemia, Essential; Polycythemia Vera; Primary Myelofibrosis; Organic Chemicals; Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring; Heterocyclic Compounds; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Therapeutics; Dosage Forms; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Drug Administration Routes; Drug Therapy; Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides; Hydrocarbons; Hydrocarbons, Cyclic; Carbohydrates; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; Hydrocarbons, Aromatic; Polycyclic Compounds; Glycosides; Transplantation; Cytidine; Pyrimidine Nucleosides; Pyrimidines; Biomedical and Dental Materials; Manufactured Materials; Technology, Industry, and Agriculture; Nucleosides; Arabinonucleosides; Anthracyclines; Naphthacenes; Aminoglycosides; Cell Transplantation; Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy; Biological Therapy; Membranes, Artificial; Drug Carriers; Biomimetic Materials; Cytarabine; Daunorubicin; Injections; Stem Cell Transplantation; ruxolitinib; CPX-351; Liposomes
• Other Study ID Numbers: OSU-20393; NCI-2019-03712 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program))

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No