Ropeginterferon Alfa 2b for Early Myelofibrosis

Efficacy and Safety of Ropeginterferon Alfa-2b for Pre-fibrotic Primary Myelofibrosis and DIPSS Low/Intermediate-1 Risk Myelofibrosis

This is a multi-centre phase 2 open-label prospective study designed to assess the efficacy and safety of ropeg patients with pre-fibrotic primary myelofibrosis or DIPSS low/intermediate-1 risk myelofibrosis after 24 months of treatment.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Myelofibrosis; Primary Myelofibrosis, Prefibrotic Stage
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Ropeginterferon alfa-2b

Detailed Description

This is a multi-centre phase 2 open-label prospective study designed to assess the efficacy and safety of ropeg patients with pre-fibrotic primary myelofibrosis or DIPSS low/intermediate-1 risk myelofibrosis after 24 months of treatment. . In patients achieving any molecular response at 24 months, treatment with ropeg will be continued until disease progression.

After obtaining a written informed consent, screening evaluations will be performed. Eligibility will be determined based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria in section 6 of this protocol. Subject visits will be scheduled regularly after recruitment for efficacy evaluations and safety assessments. A safety follow-up will be scheduled 28 days after end-of-treatment visit. Efficacy evaluations, safety assessments and sample collection will be performed according to the schedule laid in section 2 in this protocol.

Efficacy will be evaluated using laboratory assessment of haematological parameters, physical examination for liver and spleen size assessment, quantitative assessment of JAK2V617F, CALR, MPL and other driver mutations, bone marrow examination, and symptom burden assessment by MPN-SAF-TSS. Quantitative assessment of JAK2V617F, CALR, MPL and other driver mutations will be performed using real-time quantitative PCR or ddPCR at the laboratory at the Department of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, National Taiwan University Hospital and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Chiayi.

Safety evaluations will be performed using symptoms, physical examination, laboratory studies, Chest X-rays, ophthalmic assessment, ECOG performance status and CTCAE version 5.0.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 50
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Harinder Gill; Phone Number: +852 22554542; Email: gillhsh@hku.hk

Study Locations

• Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Recruiting
    • Department of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital
    • Contact: Harinder Singh Harry Gill; Phone Number: +852 22554542; Email: gillhsh@hku.hk

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:

• Adults ≥ 18 years (or based on the legal age of the territory)
• Diagnosed of primary myelofibrosis, post-PV and post-ET myelofibrosis according to the WHO 2016 classification
• Bone marrow reticulin fibrosis grade of 0-1 or low/intermediate-1 risk according to DIPSS
• Compensated liver function defined as: bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit normal (ULN); alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2 x ULNor aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2 x ULN; prothrombin time versus control <3 seconds at screening
• Glomerular filtration rate ≥ 50 mL/min (by MDRD equation or Cockcroft-Gault formula)
• Men and women of childbearing potential must agree to perform contraception until 28 days after the last dose of ropeg.
• Women must avoid breast-feeding during the study.
• Able to give a written informed consent and fully comply to the requirements of the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior or current use of IFNα preparations for PMF or secondary MF. Prior use of IFNα for antecedent PV or ET is allowed provided that the time from the last dose of IFNα to recruitment is > 4 weeks.
• Patients currently on other investigational therapy (ies)
• Contraindications or hypersensitivity to IFNα preparations
• History of organ transplantation
• Pregnant or lactating women
• Documented autoimmune disease at screening
• Infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
• Active and uncontrolled infections with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV). Please note that patients on antiviral therapy with undetectable HBV DNA and HCV RNA may be recruited.
• Evidence of severe retinopathy including but not limited to macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and hypertensive retinopathy.
• History of clinically significant neuropsychiatric conditions including but not limited to depression and epilepsy.
• Clinically significant neuropsychiatric conditions including but not limited to depression and epilepsy.
• Presence of other active malignancies within three years prior to the time of recruitment. History of malignant disease, including solid tumours and haematological malignancies (except basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin and carcinoma in situ of the cervix that have been completely excised and are considered cured) within the last 3 years.
• Evidence of alcohol or drug abuse within 6 months

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: Ropeginterferon alfa-2b; Eligible subjects will receive ropeg subcutaneously (SC) every 2 weeks at the starting dose of 250µg at week 0, 350 µg at week 2, then 500µg at a fixed dose from week 4 onwards until week 104. In patients achieving a clinical or molecular response at 24 months (week 104), treatment with ropeg will be continued until disease progression.	Drug: Ropeginterferon alfa-2b; Eligible subjects will receive Ropeginterferon alfa-2b subcutaneously (SC) every 2 weeks at the starting dose of 250µg at week 0, 350 µg at week 2, then 500µg at a fixed dose from week 4 onwards

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Clinicohematological responses at 24 weeks	Overall haematological response rate at 6, 12 and 24 months, based on the IWG-MRT and ELN consensus report	24 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Adverse events	Adverse events according to the CTCAE version 5.0.	24 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): July 31, 2025
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 31, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 25, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 25, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): August 4, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 6, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 3, 2022
• Last Verified: October 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Pre-fibrotic PMF; Early myelofibrosis; Ropeginterferon alfa-2b
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Bone Marrow Diseases; Hematologic Diseases; Myeloproliferative Disorders; Primary Myelofibrosis
• Other Study ID Numbers: P1101MF

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