RecruitingPhase 2NCT06196203

A Study of AK117 in Combination With Azacitidine in Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndromes

A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Phase 2 Study of AK117/Placebo in Combination With Azacitidine in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Higher-risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes


Sponsor

Akeso

Enrollment

90 participants

Start Date

Feb 7, 2024

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Summary

This is a Phase 2 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study evaluating the efficacy and safety of AK117 or placebo, combined with azacitidine in patients with newly diagnosed higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (HR-MDS).


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Inclusion Criteria9

  • Age ≥ 18 years old at the time of enrolment.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0 to 2.
  • Expected life expectancy ≥ 3 months.
  • Newly diagnosed HR-MDS, according to the 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) classification with the presence of < 20% blasts in bone marrow or peripheral blood; Overall IPSS-R score ≥ 3.5.
  • Ability to undergo the study-required bone marrow sample collection procedures.
  • Suitable venous access for the study-required blood sampling (i.e., including PK and immunogenicity).
  • Female patients of childbearing age must have negative serum pregnancy test results before randomization or per region-specific guidance documented in the informed consent and a negative urine pregnancy test on the day of first dose prior to dosing.
  • Female patients of childbearing potential having sex with an unsterilized male partner must agree to use a highly effective method of contraception from the beginning of screening until 180 days after the last dose of the study treatment.
  • Unsterilized male patients having sex with a female partner of childbearing potential must agree to use an effective method of contraception from the beginning of screening until 180 days after the last dose of study treatment.

Exclusion Criteria10

  • MDS evolving from a pre-existing myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN), myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms (MDS/MPN).
  • Prior treatment with Cluster of Differentiation (CD) 47 or Signal-regulatory protein alpha (SIRPα)-targeting agents.
  • Concurrently participating in another interventional clinical study, unless it is an observational (non-interventional) clinical study or during the follow-up period of an interventional study.
  • Patients who previously diagnosed with another malignancy and have any evidence of residual disease.
  • Known allergy to any component of any study drug; known history of severe hypersensitivity to other monoclonal antibodies.
  • Patients with any psychiatric or social factor which the investigator deems may interfere with the patient's ability to comply with the requirements of the study.
  • Patients with current hypertension with systolic blood pressure ≥ 160 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 100 mmHg after oral antihypertensive therapy.
  • Patients with known cardiopulmonary disease defined as unstable angina, clinically significant arrhythmia, congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association Class III or IV), decompensated cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome, uncontrolled metabolic disorders.
  • Patients who are breastfeeding or plans to breastfeed during the study.
  • Other conditions where the investigator considers the patient inappropriate for enrollment.

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Interventions

DRUGAK117

AK117 IV injection

DRUGPlacebo

Placebo IV injection

DRUGAzacitidine

Azacitidine SC injection


Locations(15)

UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

Los Angeles, California, United States

Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Yale Cancer Center

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Mid Florida Hematology and Oncology Center

Orange City, Florida, United States

American Oncology Partners, PA (The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders-Bethesda)

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Maryland Oncology-Columbia

Columbia, Maryland, United States

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center

The Bronx, New York, United States

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Gabrail Cancer Center

Canton, Ohio, United States

Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Oncology Associates of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon, United States

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas, United States

Institute of hematolongy&blood diseases hospital, chinese academy of medical sciences&peking union medical college

Tianjin, China

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