Study to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Activity of RP7214 in Combination With Azacitidine in Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia and Acute Myeloid Leukemia

A Phase I/Ib, Open-label Study to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Activity of RP7214, a Dihydro-orotate Dehydrogenase (DHODH) Inhibitor, Administered Orally in Combination With Azacitidine in Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia and Acute Myeloid Leukemia

This is a multi-center, open-label, non-randomized, two-part Phase I/Ib study of RP7214 in combination with azacitidine in patients with AML, MDS and CMML. Part I is a 3+3 dose-escalation study to identify the MTD/RP2D of RP7214 and azacitidine combination in patients with AML, MDS, and CMML. Part II is a dose-expansion study to evaluate the clinical activity and safety of RP7214 and azacitidine combination in AML.

Study Overview

• Status: Withdrawn
• Conditions: Acute Myeloid Leukemia; Myelodysplastic Syndromes; Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: RP7214

• Study Type: Interventional
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 1

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:

1. Patient must sign informed consent.
2. Patient should be ≥ 18 years of age.

3. Patients who are candidates for treatment with azacitidine and present with one of the following:

   a. Part I: Dose Escalation study i. Patient with histologically or cytologically confirmed relapsed/refractory AML as per World Health Organization (WHO) classification, 2016 'OR' ii. Newly diagnosed AML patients who are ineligible for intensive induction chemotherapy due to co-morbidity or other factors 'OR' iii. Intermediate-2 or high-risk MDS according to the International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) 'OR' iv. Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML) b. Part II: Dose Expansion study i. Newly diagnosed AML patients who are ineligible for intensive induction chemotherapy due to co-morbidity or other factors.

4. Patient should have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance score of 0 to 2.
5. Patients must be amenable to serial bone marrow biopsies/aspirates and peripheral blood sampling as required by the protocol.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Any cancer-directed therapy taken (e.g., chemotherapy, immunotherapy, biologic therapy or an investigational drug) within 14 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter, prior to C1D1. For radiation therapy, at least 60 days should elapse from prior Total Body Irradiation (TBI) and at least 14 days from local palliative radiation therapy.
2. Patients with rapidly increasing peripheral blast counts (WBC count > 25,000/μL) while on hydroxyurea prior to C1D1.
3. Patients with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (French American-British Class M3 AML).
4. Patients on immunosuppressive therapy post autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplantation (ASCT or Allo-SCT) at the time of screening, or with clinically significant Graft-Versus-Host Disease (GVHD) in the opinion of the Investigator or has not recovered from transplant-associated toxicities prior to C1D1.
5. Patient who discontinued prior therapy with DHODH inhibitors or azacitidine due to drug-related toxicity.
6. Evidence of uncontrolled/progressing infection.
7. Patients with immediate life-threatening, severe complications of leukemia such as uncontrolled bleeding, pneumonia with hypoxia or shock, and/or Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC).
8. Presence of isolated extramedullary relapse.
9. Pregnant or lactating women

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: SEQUENTIAL
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Part I (dose escalation) RP7214 + Azacitidine; Participants will receive RP7214 orally in combination with Azacitidine in a 28-day cycle. The dose levels will be escalated until MTD/a recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) has been identified.	Drug: RP7214; RP7214 will be administered daily twice a day orally; Azacitidine will be administered from Days 1 to 7 of each 28-day cycle
EXPERIMENTAL: Part II (dose expansion) RP7214 + Azacitidine; Participants will receive RP7214 orally at the MTD/RP2D in combination with Azacitidine in a 28-day cycle.	Drug: RP7214; RP7214 will be administered daily twice a day orally; Azacitidine will be administered from Days 1 to 7 of each 28-day cycle

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)/Recommended Phase 2 Dose (RP2D) of RP7214 in combination with azacitidine	The maximum tolerated dose will be defined as the highest dose tested in which a DLT is experienced by 0 out of 3 or 1 out of 6 patients among the dose levels.	28 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Tmax	Pharmacokinetics: Time to Reach Maximum Concentration (Tmax) of RP7214	35 days
Objective Response Rate (ORR)	Defined as the percentage of patients who achieve Complete Remission (CR), Complete Remission with incomplete bone marrow recovery (CRi) and Partial Remission (PR)	2 years
Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR)	Defined as the percentage of patients achieving a CR, CRi, PR and Stable Disease (SD) lasting for at least 8 weeks.	2 years
Duration of Remission	Defined as the number of days from the date of first remission (CR, CRi, or PR) to the recurrence or Progressive Disease (PD)	2 years
Percentage of patients requiring blood and/or platelet transfusions	Defined as number of patients requiring blood and/or platelet transfusions	2 years
Cmax	Pharmacokinetics: Maximum Concentration (Cmax) of RP7214	35 days
AUC	Pharmacokinetics: Area Under the Concentration Curve (AUC) of RP7214	35 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Rhizen Pharmaceuticals SA

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ANTICIPATED): January 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED): December 1, 2024
• Study Completion (ANTICIPATED): November 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 29, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 8, 2022
• First Posted (ACTUAL): February 18, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): October 31, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 27, 2022
• Last Verified: October 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: RP7214; Dihydro-orotate Dehydrogenase (DHODH)
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Disease; Bone Marrow Diseases; Hematologic Diseases; Precancerous Conditions; Myelodysplastic-Myeloproliferative Diseases; Syndrome; Myelodysplastic Syndromes; Leukemia; Leukemia, Myeloid; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute; Preleukemia; Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute; Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic; Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Juvenile
• Other Study ID Numbers: RP7214-2102

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