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 leukemiaBeyond HMAs: Novel targets and therapeutic approaches
Getz T, Bewersdorf J, Kewan T, Stempel J, Bidikian A, Shallis R, Stahl M, Zeidan A. Beyond HMAs: Novel targets and therapeutic approaches. Seminars In Hematology 2024 PMID: 39389839, DOI: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2024.08.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute myeloid leukemiaDelays progression to acute myeloid leukemiaHeterogeneous group of clonal hematopoietic disordersGroup of clonal hematopoietic disordersMolecular International Prognostic Scoring SystemRandomized phase 3 clinical trialProgression to acute myeloid leukemiaInternational Prognostic Scoring SystemLower-risk MDS patientsRisk stratification of patientsPhase 3 clinical trialsCombination of azacitidineHypomethylating agent combinationsCurrent treatment landscapeFirst line therapyPrognostic Scoring SystemBiomarker-directed therapiesClonal hematopoietic disordersLack of therapeutic agentsStratification of patientsEarly phase trialsErythropoiesis stimulating agentsTreated with therapiesVariable clinical featuresStandard of care