Asciminib Used in Consolidation With Imatinib vs. Imatinib to Achieve TFR in CP-CML

A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Label, Trial Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Asciminib Used in Consolidation With Imatinib v. Imatinib to Achieve Treatment-free Remission in Chronic Phase-Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Patients

The aim of this study is to establish if consolidation of imatinib-treated patients in stable DMR through the addition of asciminib, can lead to superior rates of TFR1, compared to imatinib alone in Chronic Phase-Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia patients.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Chronic Myeloid Leukemia; Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Remission; Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, BCR/ABL-Positive
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Imatinib; Drug: Asciminib

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 164
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Caroline Lambert, PhD; Phone Number: 23628 514-340-8222; Email: clambert@jgh.mcgill.ca
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Chadi Zakaria, PhD; Phone Number: 28326 514-340-8222; Email: chadi.zakaria.ccomtl@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

Study Locations

• Canada
  • Québec, Canada, G1J 1Z4
    • Recruiting
    • Hôpital Enfant-Jésus - CHUQ
    • Contact: Michèle Tremblay
    • Principal Investigator: Robert Delage, MD
  • Quebec
    • Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3T1E2
      • Recruiting
      • Clinical Research Unit - Jewish General Hospital
      • Principal Investigator: Sarit Assouline, MD
      • Contact: Maria Kluchnyk; Phone Number: 26394 1-514-340-8222; Email: maria.kluchnyk.ccomtl@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
    • Montréal, Quebec, Canada, H1T 2M4
      • Recruiting
      • Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (CIUSSS EMTL)
      • Contact: Michaël Harnois; Email: mharnois.hmr@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
      • Principal Investigator: Lambert Busque, MD
    • Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, J1H 5N4
      • Recruiting
      • Hôpital Fleurimont - CHUS (CIUSSS Estrie)
      • Contact: Anick Champoux
      • Principal Investigator: Vincent Éthier, MD

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

In order to be eligible, candidates must fulfill all the following criteria:

1. Male or female patients aged at least 18 years of age with a confirmed diagnosis of CML-CP.
2. Written informed consent prior to any screening procedures
3. Available and willing to comply with all study assessments.

4. Imatinib treatment ongoing > 4 years, and currently receiving:

   • Standard dose 400 mg PO QD or;
   • 300 mg PO QD for at least 6 months (see below)
5. CML in deep molecular response (DMR, at least MR4 IS) for at least 12 months prior to randomization (documented through at least 3 PCRs test results over the period of 12 months prior to randomization, showing BCR-ABL1 levels ≤ 0.01% IS (International Scale) and no result over >0.01%). For patients receiving 300 mg imatinib QD, minimum of two (2) of those qPCRs evaluations must have been obtained at least 3 months apart while on 300 mg imatinib.
6. ECOG performance status of 0-2.

7. Adequate organ function, defined by:

   • Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 10^9/L
   • Platelets ≥ 75 x 10^9/L (without the requirement for transfusion for 14 days)
   • Hemoglobin ≥ 90 g/L (without the requirement for transfusion for 14 days)
   • Serum creatinine < 132 µmol/L
   • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN (except for patients with Gilbert's syndrome who may only be included with total bilirubin ≤ 3.0 x ULN)
   • Aspartate transaminase (AST) ≤ 3.0 x ULN
   • Alanine transaminase (ALT) ≤ 3.0 x ULN
   • Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 x ULN
   • Serum lipase ≤ 1.5 x ULN

8. Serum levels of potassium, magnesium, total calcium within the normal laboratory range. Correction of electrolytes levels with supplements to fulfil enrolment criteria is allowed.

   • potassium increase of up to 6.0 mmol/L is acceptable if associated with creatinine clearance within normal limits (as estimated by the Cockcroft-Gault formula, appendix 1)
   • calcium increase to 3.1 mmol/L is acceptable if associated with creatinine clearance within normal limits
   • magnesium increase up to 1.23 mmol/L if associated with creatinine clearance within normal limits
9. No previous CML-AP/BP by MDACC criteria nor resistance to TKI by ELN criteria.
10. Never attempted TFR

11. Women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP), defined as all women physiologically capable of becoming pregnant, must have a negative serum pregnancy test before initiation of study treatment, and must also use highly effective methods of contraception to continue for at least 14 days after the last dose of study treatment, or for the duration of a monthly cycle of oral contraception, whichever is longer. Acceptable forms of highly effective contraception methods include:

    1. Total abstinence (when this is in line with the preferred and usual lifestyle of the patient. Periodic abstinence (e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, post-ovulation methods) and withdrawal are not acceptable methods of contraception
    2. Male/female sterilization defined as: 1. Female sterilization (have had surgical bilateral oophorectomy with or without hysterectomy) or tubal ligation at least six weeks before taking study treatment. In case of oophorectomy alone, only when the reproductive status of the woman has been confirmed and documented by follow up hormone level assessment 2. Male sterilization of the sole partner (at least 6 months prior to screening) of a female patient on the study.
    3. A combination of any two of the following (i+ii or i+iii or ii+iii): i) Barrier methods of contraception: condom or occlusive cap (diaphragm or cervical/vault caps) with spermicidal foam/gel/film/cream/ vaginal suppository ii) Use of oral, injected or implanted hormonal methods of contraception or other forms of hormonal contraception that have comparable efficacy (failure rate <1%), for example hormone vaginal ring or transdermal hormone contraception iii) Placement of an intrauterine device (IUD) or intrauterine system (IUS)

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients known to be in second CP-CML after previous progression to AP/BC-CML
2. Previous treatment with a TKI other than imatinib.
3. Prior allogeneic transplant.
4. Tolerance concerns to continue imatinib on study, as determined by the investigator.
5. Treatment with strong inducers/inhibitors of CYP3A4.
6. Known atypical ABL1-BCR transcript that precludes use of IS system for monitoring.

7. Current or prior history of another malignancy within the past 2 years, unless it is a solid tumor with a life expectancy of at least 3 years and its treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen (for example, patients who have undergone complete resection of an in situ carcinoma, or who have a low risk indolent prostate cancer are eligible). History or current diagnosis of cardiac disease indicating significant risk or safety for subjects participating in the study such as:

   1. History of myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, coronary artery bypass graft within 6 months prior to randomization
   2. Concomitant clinically significant arrhythmias
   3. Resting QTcF ≥ 450 msec (male) or ≥ 460 msec (female) prior to randomization
   4. Long QT syndrome, family history of idiopathic sudden death or congenital long QT syndrome, or any of the following:

   i. Risk factors for Torsades de Pointes ii. Concomitant medications with a "known" risk of Torsades de Pointes iii. inability to accurately determine the QTcF interval, unless this is due to the presence of a pacemaker.

8. History of acute pancreatitis within 1 year prior to randomization or medical history of chronic pancreatitis; on-going acute liver disease or history of chronic liver disease
9. Patients who have undergone major surgery ≤2 weeks prior to starting study drug or who have not recovered from side effects of such therapy
10. Subjects with other severe or uncontrolled medical conditions that in the opinion of the investigator may compromise their compliance with the protocol or may represent an unacceptable risk to their safety (e.g. uncontrolled diabetes, active or uncontrolled infection, uncontrolled clinically significant hyperlipidemia and high serum amylase).
11. Treatment with other investigational agents (defined as not used in accordance with the approved indication) within 4 weeks of Day 1.
12. Known allergy or hypersensitivity to asciminib or any of its excipients.
13. Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding or WOCBP not employing an effective method of birth control.
14. Known infection with Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV), chronic Hepatitis B (HBV) or chronic hepatitis C infection (HCV). Hepatitis B and C testing will be performed at screening.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Imatinib; Standard of care imatinib at 300 or 400 mg PO daily for 52 weeks	Drug: Imatinib; Tyrosine kinase inhibitor; Other Names: Imatinib mesylate
Experimental: Imatinib and Asciminib; Asciminib (60 mg PO daily for 52 weeks) will be added to standard of care imatinib (300 or 400 mg PO daily for 52 weeks)	Drug: Imatinib; Tyrosine kinase inhibitor; Other Names: Imatinib mesylate; Drug: Asciminib; Tyrosine kinase inhibitor; Other Names: ABL-001

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Event-free survival rate	Occurrence of death or loss of deep molecular response (DMR, MR4 (4-log reduction in BCR-ABL1 or better)) or loss of major molecular response (MMR, MR3 (3-log reduction in BCR-ABL1)) at any time.	randomization until 12 months after discontinuation of all TKI among randomized patients

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Molecular relapse free rate	Sustained MR3 status at 12 months among patients who attempt TFR	TKI discontinuation until loss of MR3 (up to 1 year)
Event-free survival rate	Occurrence of death or "molecular relapse" as defined as any loss of MR4 status during the Consolidation period OR any loss of MR3 by qPCR at any time	randomization to 6 months after discontinuation of TKI among all randomized patients
Time to molecular relapse	Time in months to loss of MR3 among subjects who attempt treatment-free remission (TFR)	Tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) discontinuation until loss of MR3 (up to 1 year)
Cumulative incidence of adverse events grade ≥ 3 in each arm, using CTCAE 5.0	Safety and tolerability of asciminib when used with imatinib	from first dose/randomization until 30 days post last dose
Association between duration of prior imatinib exposure and TFR (Treatment Free Remission) as assessed by Hazard Ratio		from randomization until up to 12 months post consolidation
Association between duration of deep molecular response (DMR) and TFR (Treatment Free Remission) as assessed by Hazard Ratio		from randomization until up to 12 months post consolidation

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Sarit Assouline
• Collaborators: Novartis
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Sarit E Assouline, MD, MSc, SMBD Jewish General Hospital CIUSSS West Central Montreal

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 19, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 31, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 7, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): June 10, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 23, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 20, 2023
• Last Verified: October 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: DMR
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Disease Attributes; Bone Marrow Diseases; Hematologic Diseases; Myeloproliferative Disorders; Chronic Disease; Leukemia; Leukemia, Myeloid; Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Enzyme Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents; Protein Kinase Inhibitors; Imatinib Mesylate
• Other Study ID Numbers: QC-TFR1-ABL001

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

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