A Trial of Fedratinib in Subjects With DIPSS, Intermediate or High-Risk Primary Myelofibrosis, Post-Polycythemia Vera Myelofibrosis, or Post-Essential Thrombocythemia Myelofibrosis and Previously Treated With Ruxolitinib (FREEDOM)
Primary Myelofibrosis, Post-Polycythemia Vera Myelofibrosis, Myelofibrosis
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Primary Myelofibrosis focused on measuring Myelofibrosis (MF), Primary Myelofibrosis (PMF), Post-Polycythemia Vera Myelofibrosis (Post-PV), Post-essential thrombocythemia Myelofibrosis (Post-ET), Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN)
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Main Study Inclusion Criteria
- Subject is at least 18 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent form (ICF)
- Subject has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Score (PS) of 0, 1 or 2
- Subject has diagnosis of primary myelofibrosis (PMF) according to the 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) criteria, or diagnosis of post-ET or post-PV myelofibrosis according to the IWG-MRT 2007 criteria, confirmed by the most recent local pathology report
- Subject has a DIPSS Risk score of Intermediate or High
- Subject has a measurable splenomegaly during the screening period as demonstrated by spleen volume of ≥ 450 cm3 by MRI or CT-scan assessment or by palpable spleen measuring ≥ 5 cm below the left costal margin.
Subject has been previously exposed to ruxolitinib, while diagnosed with MF (PMF, post-ET MF or post-PV MF), and must meet at least one of the following criteria (a or b)
- Treatment with ruxolitinib for ≥ 3 months
Treatment with ruxolitinib for ≥ 28 days complicated by any of the following:
- Development of a red blood cell transfusion requirement (at least 2 units/month for 2 months) or
- Grade ≥ 3 AEs of thrombocytopenia, anemia, hematoma, and/or hemorrhage while on treatment with ruxolitinib
- Subject must have treatment-related toxicities from prior therapy resolved to Grade 1 or pretreatment baseline before start of last therapy prior to fedratinib treatment.
- Subject must understand and voluntarily sign an ICF prior to any study-related assessments/procedures being conducted
- Subject is willing and able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements
- Participants must agree to use effective contraception
Exclusion Criteria:
Main Study Exclusion Criteria
Any of the following laboratory abnormalities:
- Platelets < 50,000/μL
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) < 1.0 x 109/L
- White blood count (WBC) > 100 x 10^9/L
- Myeloblasts > 5 % in peripheral blood
- Estimated glomerular filtration rate < 30 mL/min/1.73 m^2 (as per the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease [MDRD] formula)
- Serum amylase or lipase > 1.5 x ULN (upper limit of normal)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) > 3 x ULN
- Total bilirubin > 1.5 x ULN, subject's total bilirubin between 1.5 - 3.0 x ULN are eligible if the direct bilirubin fraction is < 25% of the total bilirubin
- Subject is pregnant or lactating female
- Subject with previous splenectomy
- Subject with previous or planned hematopoietic cell transplant
- Subject with prior history of encephalopathy, including Wernicke's
- Subject with signs or symptoms of encephalopathy including Wernicke's (eg, severe ataxia, ocular paralysis or cerebellar signs)
- Subject with thiamine deficiency, defined as thiamine levels in whole blood below normal range according to institutional standard and not corrected prior to enrollment on the study
- Subject with concomitant treatment with or use of pharmaceutical, herbal agents or food known to be strong or moderate inducers of Cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4), or dual CYP2C19 and CYP3A4 inhibitors
- Subject on any chemotherapy, immunomodulatory drug therapy (eg, thalidomide, interferon-alpha), anagrelide, immunosuppressive therapy, systemic corticosteroids > 10 mg/day prednisone or equivalent. Subjects who have had prior exposure to hydroxyurea (eg, Hydrea) in the past may be enrolled into the study as long as it has not been administered within 14 days prior to the start of fedratinib treatment
- Subject has received ruxolitinib within 14 days prior to the start of fedratinib
- Subject on treatment with myeloid growth factor (eg, granulocyte-colony stimulating factor [G-CSF]) within 14 days prior to the start of fedratinib treatment
- Subject with previous exposure to Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor(s) for more than 1 cycle other than ruxolitinib treatment
- Subject on treatment with aspirin with doses > 150 mg daily
- Subject with major surgery within 28 days before starting fedratinib treatment
- Subject with diagnosis of chronic liver disease (eg, chronic alcoholic liver disease, autoimmune hepatitis, sclerosing cholangitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, hemochromatosis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis)
Subject with prior malignancy other than the disease under study unless the subject has not required treatment for the malignancy for at least 3 years prior to enrollment.
However, subject with the following history/concurrent conditions provided successfully treated may enroll: non-invasive skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, carcinoma in situ of the breast, incidental histologic finding of prostate cancer (T1a or T1b using the tumor, nodes, metastasis [TNM] clinical staging system), or is free of disease and on hormonal treatment only
- Subject with uncontrolled congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association Classification 3 or 4)
- Subject with known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), known active infectious Hepatitis B (HepB), and/or known active infectious Hepatitis C (HepC)
- Subject with serious active infection
- Subject with presence of any significant gastric or other disorder that would inhibit absorption of oral medication
- Subject is unable to swallow capsule
- Subject has any significant medical condition, laboratory abnormality, or psychiatric illness that would prevent the subject from participating in the study
- Subject has any condition including the presence of laboratory abnormalities, which places the subject at unacceptable risk if he/she were to participate in the study
- Subject has any condition that confounds the ability to interpret data from the study
- Subject with participation in any study of an investigational agent (drug, biologic, device) within 30 days prior to start of fedratinib treatment
- Subject with life expectancy of less than 6 months.
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Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Administration of Fedratinib 400mg/day
Self-administered Investigational Product (IP) (400 mg/day) on an outpatient basis, once daily preferably with food during an evening meal at the same time each day in consecutive 4-week (28-day) cycles.