2024
Sustained benefits of imetelstat on patient-reported fatigue in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes ineligible for, or relapsed/refractory to, erythropoiesis-stimulating agents and high transfusion burden in the phase 3 IMerge study
Sekeres M, Santini V, Díez-Campelo M, Komrokji R, Fenaux P, Savona M, Madanat Y, Valcárcel-Ferreiras D, Oliva E, Regnault A, Creel K, Sengupta N, Dougherty S, Shah S, Sun L, Wan Y, Navada S, Zeidan A, Platzbecker U. Sustained benefits of imetelstat on patient-reported fatigue in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes ineligible for, or relapsed/refractory to, erythropoiesis-stimulating agents and high transfusion burden in the phase 3 IMerge study. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2024, ahead-of-print: 1-6. PMID: 39535901, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2024.2426057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA Phase 2B, Open-Label Multicenter Study of Tebapivat (AG-946), a Potent Pyruvate Kinase Activator, in Patients with Anemia Due to Lower-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Zeidan A, Sekeres M, Al-Samkari H, Carraway H, DeZern A, Mittelman M, Little M, Beynon V, Dai X, Sommakia S, Despotovic J, Patel P, Dibacco M, Fattizzo B, Stein E, Sallman D, Kulasekararaj A, Platzbecker U, Fenaux P. A Phase 2B, Open-Label Multicenter Study of Tebapivat (AG-946), a Potent Pyruvate Kinase Activator, in Patients with Anemia Due to Lower-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes. Blood 2024, 144: 6708-6708. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-203073.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLower-risk MDSErythropoiesis-stimulating agentsLower-risk myelodysplastic syndromesRed blood cell unitsMyelodysplastic syndromeProportion of patientsDose levelsRed blood cellsIPSS-RTransfusion burdenOpen-labelFirst doseRevised International Prognostic Scoring SystemHistory of acute myeloid leukemiaMDS mouse modelsMedian duration of responsePhase 2bInternational Prognostic Scoring SystemOpen-label multicenter studyAssociated with increased morbidityBone marrow neoplasmsHigh transfusion burdenIPSS-R scoreLow transfusion burdenDose level 1
2023
Improvement of Patient-Reported Outcomes Among Heavily Pretreated Patients with Lower-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes and High Transfusion Burden Treated with Imetelstat on the IMerge Phase 3 Trial
Sekeres M, Diez-Campelo M, Zeidan A, Platzbecker U, Regnault A, Creel K, Sengupta N, Wan Y, Sun L, Xia Q, Berry T, Dougherty S, Shah S, Navada S, Santini V, Valcárcel D. Improvement of Patient-Reported Outcomes Among Heavily Pretreated Patients with Lower-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes and High Transfusion Burden Treated with Imetelstat on the IMerge Phase 3 Trial. Blood 2023, 142: 6479. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-181103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLower-risk myelodysplastic syndromesPatient-reported outcomesHigh transfusion burdenTransfusion burdenPlacebo groupMyelodysplastic syndromeTreatment groupsFunctional assessmentCancer Therapy-AnemiaPatient-reported fatigueTransfusion independence rateChronic Illness TherapyPhase 3 trialInferior overall survivalTransfusion-dependent anemiaLeast square meansImprovement of patientsPRO end pointsComposite scorePositive mean changesQuality of lifeFACT-AnTreat populationDyspnea scoreOverall survival
2020
MDS-179: Clinical Benefit of Luspatercept in Patients with Lower-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (LR-MDS) and High Transfusion Burden (HTB) in the Phase 3 MEDALIST Study
Zeidan A, Garcia-Manero G, DeZern A, Fenaux P, Greenberg P, Savona M, Jurcic J, Verma A, Mufti G, Buckstein R, Santini V, Laadem A, Zhang J, Rampersad A, Sinsimer D, Louis C, Linde P, Platzbecker U, Sekeres M. MDS-179: Clinical Benefit of Luspatercept in Patients with Lower-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (LR-MDS) and High Transfusion Burden (HTB) in the Phase 3 MEDALIST Study. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia 2020, 20: s318-s319. DOI: 10.1016/s2152-2650(20)30973-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLower-risk myelodysplastic syndromesTreatment-emergent adverse eventsHigh transfusion burdenRBC transfusion independenceRing sideroblastsTransfusion burdenTransfusion eventsClinical benefitWeek 1Serious treatment-emergent adverse eventsSignificant clinical unmet needPlacebo-treated patientsRBC transfusion burdenRegular RBC transfusionsClinical unmet needErythropoiesis-stimulating agentsOverall study populationEligible patientsPlacebo patientsAdverse eventsMedian durationPlacebo armRBC transfusionMedian timeTreatment armsClinical benefit of luspatercept in patients (pts) with lower-risk MDS (LR-MDS) and high transfusion burden in the phase III MEDALIST study.
Zeidan A, Garcia-Manero G, Dezern A, Fenaux P, Greenberg P, Savona M, Jurcic J, Verma A, Mufti G, Buckstein R, Santini V, Laadem A, Zhang J, Rampersad A, Sinsimer D, Louis C, Linde P, List A, Sekeres M. Clinical benefit of luspatercept in patients (pts) with lower-risk MDS (LR-MDS) and high transfusion burden in the phase III MEDALIST study. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2020, 38: 7554-7554. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.7554.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTreatment-emergent adverse eventsLow-risk MDSRBC transfusion burdenTransfusion burdenRing sideroblastsRBC-TITransfusion eventsClinical benefitWeek 1Significant clinical unmet needPT populationHigh transfusion burdenRBC transfusion independenceRegular RBC transfusionsAcceptable safety profilePhase 3 studyClinical unmet needErythropoiesis-stimulating agentsSerious AEsMedian durationAdverse eventsMedian timeRBC transfusionSafety profileTreatment options