Initial Results from the QTc Substudy of the IMerge Phase 3 Trial Demonstrate Clinically Meaningful Efficacy, Manageable Safety, and Absence of Proarrhythmic Risk in Patients with Lower-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes Who Received Prior Therapies Beyond Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents
Komrokji R, Santini V, Platzbecker U, Van Eygen K, Diez-Campelo M, De Paz R, Sanz G, Thépot S, Kaźmierczak M, Oliva E, Sekeres M, Fenaux P, Madanat Y, Savona M, Riggs J, Dougherty S, Lennox A, Xia Q, Sun L, Berry T, Zeidan A. Initial Results from the QTc Substudy of the IMerge Phase 3 Trial Demonstrate Clinically Meaningful Efficacy, Manageable Safety, and Absence of Proarrhythmic Risk in Patients with Lower-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes Who Received Prior Therapies Beyond Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents. Blood 2024, 144: 4590-4590. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-200885.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLower-risk myelodysplastic syndromesErythropoiesis-stimulating agentsHematological improvement-erythroidFood and Drug AdministrationRBC-TIPhase 3 trialPlacebo recipientsHypomethylating agentsInternational Working GroupData cutoffMyelodysplastic syndromeTransfusion reductionRed blood cellsProarrhythmic riskProgression to acute myeloid leukemiaErythropoiesis-stimulating agent useConcentration-QT relationshipEffects of imetelstatRBC transfusion independenceGrade 3/4 neutropeniaMedian treatment durationKaplan-Meier methodologyClinically meaningful efficacyUnited States Food and Drug AdministrationAcute myeloid leukemiaEffect of Prior Treatments on the Clinical Activity of Imetelstat in Transfusion-Dependent Patients with Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agent, Relapsed or Refractory/Ineligible Lower-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Platzbecker U, Santini V, Zeidan A, Sekeres M, Fenaux P, Raza A, Mittelman M, Thépot S, Buckstein R, Germing U, Madanat Y, Diez-Campelo M, Valcarcel D, Jonasova A, Dougherty S, Shah S, Xia Q, Sun L, Navada S, Savona M, Komrokji R. Effect of Prior Treatments on the Clinical Activity of Imetelstat in Transfusion-Dependent Patients with Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agent, Relapsed or Refractory/Ineligible Lower-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes. Blood 2024, 144: 352-352. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-203612.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLower-risk myelodysplastic syndromesHematological improvement-erythroidErythropoiesis-stimulating agentsErythropoiesis-stimulating agent therapyHb riseRBC-TIHypomethylating agentsTransfusion reductionClinical activityMyelodysplastic syndromeQTc studyRed blood cellsPrior treatmentInternational Working GroupRBC transfusion independenceHypomethylating agent treatmentTransfusion-dependent patientsPhase 2/3 trialsLimited treatment optionsUnited States Food and Drug AdministrationStates Food and Drug AdministrationFirst-in-classFood and Drug AdministrationRBC-TDLenalidomide treatmentMDS-167 Multilineage and Safety Results From the COMMANDS Trial in Transfusion-Dependent (TD), Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agent (ESA)-Naive Patients With Very Low-, Low-, or Intermediate-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Garcia-Manero G, Della Porta M, Santini V, Zeidan A, Komrokji R, Li J, Pilot R, Kreitz S, Pozharskaya V, Keeperman K, Lai Y, Valcarcel D, Fenaux P, Platzbecker U. MDS-167 Multilineage and Safety Results From the COMMANDS Trial in Transfusion-Dependent (TD), Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agent (ESA)-Naive Patients With Very Low-, Low-, or Intermediate-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS). Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia 2024, 24: s388. DOI: 10.1016/s2152-2650(24)01347-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEA-treated patientsHematological improvement-erythroidAbsolute neutrophil countTransfusion-dependentLR-MDSMyelodysplastic syndromeRBC transfusionBaseline medianPlatelet lineageIntermediate-risk myelodysplastic syndromesESA-naiveBone marrow blastsLowered riskMarrow blastsPlatelet transfusionsRinged sideroblastsPlatelet countNeutrophil countLuspaterceptSafety resultsEpoetin alfaHI-NTreatment periodTransfusionPatientsEFFICACY AND SAFETY OF LUSPATERCEPT VERSUS EPOETIN ALFA IN ERYTHROPOIESIS-STIMULATING AGENT (ESA)-NAIVE PATIENTS WITH TRANSFUSION-DEPENDENT LOWER-RISK MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES (LR-MDS): FULL ANALYSIS OF THE COMMANDS TRIAL
Garcia-Manero G, Platzbecker U, Santini V, Zeidan A, Fenaux P, Komrokji R, Shortt J, Valcarcel D, Jonasova A, Dimicoli-Salazar S, Tiong I, Lin C, Li J, Zhang J, Giuseppi A, Kreitz S, Pozharskaya V, Keeperman K, Rose S, Prebet T, Degulys A, Paolini S, Cluzeau T, Della Porta M. EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF LUSPATERCEPT VERSUS EPOETIN ALFA IN ERYTHROPOIESIS-STIMULATING AGENT (ESA)-NAIVE PATIENTS WITH TRANSFUSION-DEPENDENT LOWER-RISK MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES (LR-MDS): FULL ANALYSIS OF THE COMMANDS TRIAL. Leukemia Research Reports 2024, 21: 100447. DOI: 10.1016/j.lrr.2024.100447.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLower-risk myelodysplastic syndromesTreatment-emergent adverse eventsEA-treated patientsRBC-TIPrimary endpointHI-ERed blood cell transfusion independenceHematological improvement-erythroidTransfusion independenceErythroid responseMyelodysplastic syndromeSecondary endpointsAdverse eventsFull analysisLuspaterceptAssessed efficacySafety resultsEpoetin alfaTreatment durationPatientsEndpointEfficacyDurationPost-treatmentAML