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Jurcic, Joseph G.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1671-9998

Mayo Clinic

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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Avapritinib achieves deep and durable symptom control with a well-tolerated safety profile in ism: Long-term outcomes from pioneer
Tashi, Tsewang , Elberink, Hanneke Oude , Akın, Cem , Panse, Jens , Radia, Deepti , Broesby‐Olsen, Sigurd , Cerquozzi, Sonia , Dybedal, Ingunn , Jurcic, Joseph G. , Barète, Stéphane , Reiter, Andreas , Pongdee, Thanai , Schafhausen, Philippe, Üstün, Celalettin , Vadas, Peter , Bonadonna, Patrizia , Rein, Lindsay , Vachhani, Pankit , Bidollari, Ilda, Lin, Huimin , Hong, Janet , Lampson, Benjamin L. , Doyle, A. E., Akin, Cem , Castells, Mariana , Siebenhaar, Frank , Livideanu, Cristina Bulai , Hartmann, Karin , George, Tracy I. , Sabato, Vito , Daele, Paul Van , Desai, Ruchi , Bose, Prithviraj , Triggiani, Massimo , DeAngelo, Daniel J. , Doyle, Ashley, Álvarez‐Twöse, Iván , Gotlib, Jason

Blood | December 4, 2025 | Volume: 146 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 2024-2024

10.1182/blood-2025-2024 Get It

Abstract Introduction: Indolent systemic mastocytosis (ISM) is a clonal mast cell disease driven by the KIT D816V mutation in ~95% of cases and is associated with symptoms of mast cell activation and tissue infiltration. It can cause chronic, debilitating symptoms − including life-threatening anaphylaxis and impaired bone health. While historically most patients have relied on symptom-directed best supportive care (BSC) therapies, avapritinib is used as a new standard of care targeting KIT D816V, the primary driver for SM. Avapritinib is an oral, potent, selective KIT D816V inhibitor, and the first and only approved targeted therapy for adult patients with ISM in the USA and the EU. Approval was based on results from the phase 2 PIONEER trial. Here, we present the findings from ~3.5-year long-term follow-up. Methods: Adults with centrally confirmed ISM and uncontrolled moderate-to-severe symptoms who completed the randomized dose-finding (Part 1), or randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled (Part 2) portions of PIONEER (NCT03731260) rolled over to the open-label, long-term extension (Part 3). This cumulative analysis includes patients who initiated avapritinib at the recommended dose of 25 mg once daily (QD) in either Parts 1, 2, or 3. All patients received BSC. Per investigator discretion and based on disease burden, dose titration up to 50 mg QD of avapritinib was permitted in Part 3. Long-term efficacy was assessed by measuring changes in symptoms and QoL, using the ISM-Symptom Assessment Form (ISM-SAF; ©2018 Blueprint Medicines, a Sanofi Company) and the Mastocytosis Quality-of-Life Questionnaire (MC-QoL). Safety was also assessed. Results: Overall, 226 patients initiated avapritinib 25mg QD across Parts 1, 2, and 3. This longer-term analysis is inclusive of 65 patients who dose titrated from 25 mg to 50 mg QD in Part 3. Median (range) treatment duration was 40.0 months (0.7‒67.2) as of February 21, 2025. Longer-term efficacy data with ~3.5 years of follow-up demonstrated sustained disease-related symptom improvements. The mean change (standard deviation [SD]) in total symptom score (TSS, per ISM-SAF), was −19.80 (19.81) at Week 144 (Month 33) and −20.43 (20.57) at Week 168 (Month 39) from a baseline of 48.08 (19.47). Additionally, avapritinib-treated patients demonstrated durable improvement in their most severe symptoms (mean change [SD] from baseline of −3.35 [3.02] at Month 33 and −3.47 [3.19] at Month 39) per ISM-SAF. Sustained responses were observed across all individual symptom domains (0–30) with mean changes (SD) at Month 33 and Month 39 of −3.77 (5.52) and −3.84 (6.05) for the gastrointestinal domain, −8.21 (7.70) and −8.20 (7.85) for the skin domain, and −4.66 (6.24) and −4.87 (6.51) for the neurocognitive domain. The mean percent change (SD) in MC-QoL was −34.67 (40.16) at Month 33 and −40.72 (33.24) at Month 39 from a baseline of 54.24 (18.32). Treatment with avapritinib was well tolerated, and its safety profile was similar to the previously reported placebo-controlled portion. Most treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) were Grades 1–2, and 7% of patients experienced Grade ≥3 TRAEs of which diarrhea, neutrophil count decrease, and weight increase occurred in >1 patient. No Grade ≥3 TRAEs of increase in transaminases were observed. Edema (peripheral and periorbital), the most frequently reported TRAE, was mostly Grade 1 and occurred most frequently during the first 3–4 months of treatment. Three patients (1%) experienced serious adverse events assessed as treatment related. However, none led to treatment discontinuation and no trends were observed. After approximately 3.5 years of follow-up, low rates of treatment discontinuations (n=7, 3%) due to TRAEs were observed. Conclusion: Longer follow-up of patients with ISM treated on the PIONEER trial, including some on avapritinib for up to 5 years, demonstrates that prolonged avapritinib therapy continues to be effective and well tolerated. Additional prospective analyses will be needed to determine effects of selective KIT D816V-inhibition on anaphylaxis. These data support a favorable benefit-risk profile of avapritinib as a chronic treatment for adult patients with ISM.
Elenestinib, an Investigational, Next Generation KIT D816V Inhibitor, Reduces Mast Cell Burden, Improves Symptoms, and Has a Favorable Safety Profile in Patients with Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis: Analysis of the Harbor Trial
Tashi, Tsewang , Panse, Jens , Cabral, Renata , Barète, Stéphane , Hermans, Maud A.W. , Jurcic, Joseph G. , Dybedal, Ingunn , Schafhausen, Philippe, Teh, Tse‐Chieh, Vachhani, Pankit , Labe, Caroline, Venugopal, Saranya, Lampson, Ben, Scherber, Robyn M. , Grattan, Clive , Pongdee, Thanai , Hermine, Olivier , Castells, Mariana , Guilarte, Mar , Sabato, Vito , Maurer, Marcus , Álvarez‐Twöse, Iván , Bird, Robert J , Bouillet, Laurence , Daele, Paul Van , González‐de‐Olano, David , Griffiths, Elizabeth A. , Damaj, Gandhi , Elena, Chiara , Venugopal, Saranya, He, Kevin, Muñoz‐González, Javier I. , Bose, Prithviraj , George, Tracy I. , Livideanu, Cristina Bulai

Blood | December 1, 2023 | Volume: 142 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 76-76

10.1182/blood-2023-188904 Get It

Introduction Indolent systemic mastocytosis (ISM) is a rare clonal mast cell disease driven by the KIT D816V mutation in nearly all patients. Patients with ISM can present with debilitating acute and chronic cutaneous, gastrointestinal, neurocognitive, and systemic symptoms caused by the release of inflammatory mediators from abnormal mast cells. In some patients, symptoms are not adequately controlled with best supportive care (BSC) medications. Elenestinib (BLU-263) is a novel, investigational, oral, next-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor that potently and selectively inhibits KIT D816V with limited central nervous system penetration and pharmacokinetics (PK) that support once daily dosing. HARBOR (NCT04910685) is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2/3 study assessing efficacy and safety of elenestinib in patients with ISM. Methods Eligible adult patients with ISM, confirmed following central review of bone marrow (BM) pathology, clinical, and laboratory findings per World Health Organization criteria and a moderate-to-severe symptom score based on minimum mean total symptom score (TSS) of the ISM-Symptom Assessment Form (ISM-SAF©2018), were stratified by baseline serum tryptase (<20 ng/mL vs ≥20 ng/mL) and randomly assigned 3:1 to elenestinib 25 mg, 50 mg, or 100 mg once daily + BSC (“elenestinib”) or placebo + BSC (“placebo”). The primary objective of Part 1 was to determine the recommended dose based on safety, PK, and pharmacodynamics. Secondary endpoints included changes in biomarkers of disease burden (serum tryptase, KIT D816V variant allele fraction [VAF], and BM mast cells) and ISM-SAF TSS. Three additional open-label PK groups enrolled patients at 50 mg, 75 mg, and 100 mg to further characterize PK and safety. Results As of data cutoff on July 3, 2023, a total of 122 patients with ISM have received their assigned treatment in Part 1 of the study; 39 were blinded and randomized to elenestinib or placebo, and 83 were treated with open-label elenestinib in the PK groups (21 patients at 50 mg, 34 patients at 75 mg, and 28 patients at 100 mg). Baseline demographics were similar to those reported for the general ISM population. After 12 weeks of therapy, symptom improvement was observed for all dose cohorts, and symptom reduction by TSS was greater for patients on elenestinib versus placebo in the blinded portion of Part 1. Patients receiving elenestinib at 25 mg, 50 mg, and 100 mg doses showed reduction (mean percent) from baseline for tryptase (-15.4%, -50.9%, and -68.4% vs 3.3%, respectively) and KIT D816VVAF (-37.5%, -70.3%, and -77.0% vs -2.5%, respectively) as compared to placebo. Similar reductions in TSS and disease-related biomarkers were observed in the open-label PK cohorts. After a median treatment duration of 35.3 weeks, elenestinib was well-tolerated at all dose levels. There were no treatment-related serious adverse events and no treatment-related adverse events that led to drug discontinuation. Conclusion Elenestinib at all tested doses demonstrated beneficial effects on disease-related symptoms and biomarkers of mast cell burden in this large and maturing cohort of patients with ISM with a moderate-to-severe symptom burden. Elenestinib was well tolerated across all dose levels with a promising early benefit-risk profile in ISM. These preliminary findings will inform dosing for the planned Part 2 of HARBOR, which will examine elenestinib versus placebo in a randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled setting.
A Phase 2 Study of Actinium-225 (225Ac)-Lintuzumab in Older Patients with Untreated Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) - Interim Analysis of 1.5 µci/Kg/Dose
Orozco, Johnnie J. , Levy, Moshe , Finn, Laura , Khan, Sharif S., Perl, Alexander E. , Park, Jae H. , Tse, William, Begna, Kebede H. , Mawad, Raya, Rizzieri, David A. , Berger, Mark S., Jurcic, Joseph G. , Atallah, Ehab , Craig, Michael , Roboz, Gail J.

Blood | October 14, 2019 | Volume: 132 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 1457-1457

10.1182/blood-2018-99-111951 Get It

Abstract Background: Older patients (pts) with AML unfit for intense induction chemotherapy have a poor prognosis with a 5 year survival of <10%. 225Ac-lintuzumab is composed of 225Ac linked to a humanized anti-CD33 monoclonal antibody. Data were previously presented on the initial 13 pts who received 2.0 µCi/kg/dose on Days 1 and 8 (ASH, 2017, Abstract 616). Although that dose resulted in a high response rate of 69%, there were 6 pts with Grade 4 thrombocytopenia lasting >6 weeks and 5 CRi patients did not reach an ANC of ≥ 500/µL. Therefore, the activity level was reduced to 1.5 µCi/kg/dose for further evaluation. Methods: This study enrolled older pts with untreated AML who were considered to be unfit for standard induction chemotherapy. Pts aged 60 to 74 years were required to have significant co-morbidities, while all pts ≥ 75 years were eligible. Other eligibility criteria included ECOG PS 0-2, CD33 expression on > 25% of blasts, and a peripheral blast count <200/µL within 10 days of the first dose to optimize targeting of bone marrow (BM) blasts. Hydroxyurea was used to lower peripheral blast counts. 1.5 µCi/kg of 225Ac-lin were administered IV on Days 1 and 8. G-CSF was given starting 10 days after the 2nd dose and spironolactone was given for up to 1 year to minimize the risk of radiation-induced nephrotoxicity. Pts were evaluated for the CD33 splicing polymorphism SNP rs12459419. Results: 18 pts were included in this prespecified Interim Analysis. An additional 9 pts were treated at this dose and will be included in an updated analysis at the ASH meeting. The median age of the 18 pts was 73.5 years (range 60-87) and median ECOG Performance Status was 1 (0 in 3 pts, 1 in 9 pts, & 6 in 2 pts). 11 pts had prior AHDs (6 MDS, 2 CMML, 2 NHL, 1 myelofibrosis), and 9 had prior treatment for AHDs. Of the pts with known cytogenetic and molecular genetic results, 1 had favorable-risk, 3 had intermediate-risk, and 5 had adverse-risk AML using NCCN guidelines. The median baseline BM blast % was 40.5% (range, 22-66%) with a median CD33 expression of 62% (range, 26-100%) of AML cells. Objective responses were seen in 4 pts (22%): 3 complete remissions with incomplete platelet count recovery (CRp) and 1 complete remission with incomplete hematologic recovery (CRi). Among the responders with known cytogenetics, 1 pt had adverse genetics and 1 had Intermediate-risk genetics.Of the pts with remission, 3 had CT genotype for the CD33 splicing polymorphism SNP rs12459419 (including 2 CRp) and 1 had CC genotype. 3 of the responders are in follow up at Days 59, 169 and 266 without further treatment. Myelosuppression was seen in all pts including Grade 4 thrombocytopenia with marrow aplasia for > 6 weeks after the first dose in 4 pts. 1 pt with prior MDS had pancytopenia for > 4 months. The 3 pts with CRp achieved an ANC ≥ 1000/µL at Days 28, 38, and 40 from the first dose of 225Ac-lin. The pt with CRi did not reach an ANC of 500/µL. Non hematologic Grade ≥3 Treatment-Emergent adverse events (AEs) that were at least possibly related were 4 patients with febrile neutropenia, as well as 1 patient each with fungal pneumonia, acute respiratory failure, pulmonary edema, chest pain, sepsis, gastric hemorrhage, generalized muscle weakness, atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response and typhilitis. No pts had an infusion-related reaction requiring dose interruption. Veno-occlusive disease did not occur. The 30-day mortality rate was 16.7% (1 cardiac arrest and 2 with multi organ failure). Conclusions: Preliminary data from this Interim Analysis of 225Ac-lin monotherapy in older AML pts unfit for intensive therapy indicate a lower rate of myelosuppression at 1.5 µCi/kg/dose but also a lower response rate than was seen at 2.0 µCi/kg/dose. Although the study met the prespecified response criteria for continuing enrollment, it will be closed to further accrual in recognition that targeted radiation, like other therapies, will likely have the best outcomes when used in combination with other therapies in pts with active AML. An extensive development program in AML, MDS, and multiple myeloma is planned. One study will utilize 225Ac-lin in combination with salvage chemotherapy and another with venetoclax. 225Ac-lin will be used as a single agent for AML postremission therapy. In addition, 225Ac-lin will be used as targeted conditioning prior to hematopoietic stem cell transplant in pts with MDS with a complex karyotype and as a conditioning agent prior to autologous transplant in MM. Table. Table. Disclosures Atallah: Jazz: Consultancy; Novartis: Consultancy; Pfizer: Consultancy; Abbvie: Consultancy; BMS: Consultancy. Orozco:Actinium Pharmaceuticals: Research Funding. Craig:Novartis: Research Funding; Actinium Pharmaceuticals: Research Funding; Celgene: Research Funding. Levy:Takeda (Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.): Consultancy. Finn:Ochsner Clinic Foundation: Employment. Perl:NewLink Genetics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Actinium Pharmaceuticals: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; AbbVie: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Arog: Consultancy; Astellas: Consultancy; Novartis: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Daiichi Sankyo: Consultancy; Pfizer: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Park:Amgen: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Juno Therapeutics: Consultancy, Research Funding; Shire: Consultancy; AstraZeneca: Consultancy; Adaptive Biotechnologies: Consultancy; Kite Pharma: Consultancy; Pfizer: Consultancy; Novartis: Consultancy. Roboz:Astex Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy; Bayer: Consultancy; Aphivena Therapeutics: Consultancy; Celltrion: Consultancy; Celgene Corporation: Consultancy; Novartis: Consultancy; Celgene Corporation: Consultancy; Pfizer: Consultancy; Argenx: Consultancy; Roche/Genentech: Consultancy; AbbVie: Consultancy; Cellectis: Research Funding; Aphivena Therapeutics: Consultancy; Roche/Genentech: Consultancy; Sandoz: Consultancy; Bayer: Consultancy; Sandoz: Consultancy; Jazz Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy; Otsuka: Consultancy; Astex Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy; Daiichi Sankyo: Consultancy; Orsenix: Consultancy; Janssen Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy; AbbVie: Consultancy; Jazz Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy; Argenx: Consultancy; Janssen Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy; Eisai: Consultancy; Otsuka: Consultancy; Pfizer: Consultancy; Eisai: Consultancy; Orsenix: Consultancy; Cellectis: Research Funding; Daiichi Sankyo: Consultancy; Novartis: Consultancy; Celltrion: Consultancy. Tse:Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine: Employment; Jazz: Consultancy; Amgen: Consultancy; Amgen: Honoraria; Amgen: Honoraria. Mawad:Swedish Cancer Institute: Employment. Rizzieri:Novartis: Consultancy; Pfizer: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Amgen: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Jazz: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Incyte: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Teva: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Arog: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Gilead: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau. Berger:Actinium Pharmaceuticals: Employment, Equity Ownership. Jurcic:Astellas: Research Funding; Daiichi-Sankyo: Research Funding; Incyte: Consultancy; Celgene: Research Funding; AbbVie: Consultancy, Research Funding; Novartis: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Forma Therapeutics: Research Funding; Syros Pharmaceuticals: Research Funding; Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc: Research Funding; Genetech: Research Funding; Kura Oncology: Research Funding.
Final Results of the Chrysalis Trial: A First-in-Human Phase 1/2 Dose-Escalation, Dose-Expansion Study of Gilteritinib (ASP2215) in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia (R/R AML)
Perl, Alexander E. , Altman, Jessica K. , Cortes, Jörge E. , Litzow, Mark R. , Baer, Maria R. , Gill, Stanley C. , Goldberg, Stuart L. , Jurcic, Joseph G. , Liu, Charles , Ritchie, Ellen K. , Schiller, Gary J. , Üstün, Celalettin , Neubauer, Andreas , Bahceci, Erkut, Cortes, Jorge , Smith, Catherine C. , Claxton, David F. , Erba, Harry Paul , Goldberg, Stuart L. , Larson, Richard A. , Spira, Alexander I. , Strickland, Stephen Anthony , Tibes, Raoul , Wang, Eunice S. , Stuart, Robert K. , Röllig, Christoph , Martinelli, Giovanni , Levis, Mark J.

Blood | October 10, 2019 | Volume: 128 | Issue: 22 | Pages: 1069-1069

10.1182/blood.v128.22.1069.1069 Get It

Abstract Background: Gilteritinib (ASP2215) is a novel, highly selective, potent oral FLT3/AXL inhibitor with preclinical activity against FLT3-ITD activating and FLT3-D835 resistance mutations. The objectives of this phase 1/2 study were to assess gilteritinib safety/tolerability, pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) profiles after single- and multiple-day dosing, and antileukemic effects in patients with R/R AML. Methods: This open-label study (NCT02014558) enrolled patients (≥18 yr) into 1 of 7 dose-escalation cohorts (20-450 mg once daily [QD]) or concomitant dose-expansion cohorts. While confirmed FLT3 mutation was not an inclusion criterion, each expanded dose level enrolled ≥10 patients with FLT3 mutations (FLT3mut+); 120 and 200 mg dose levels were further expanded with ≥40 FLT3mut+ patients. The choice to expand these dose cohorts was based upon FLT3 inhibition in correlative assays and clinical activity seen during dose escalation. Safety and tolerability were primary endpoints; blood samples were drawn from patients in the dose-escalation cohorts to evaluate gilteritinib PK parameters and PD effects. Antileukemic response rates (eg, complete remission [CR], CR with incomplete platelet recovery [CRp], CR with incomplete hematological recovery [CRi], overall response rate [ORR]) were secondary endpoints. Results: Patients (N=252; 129M:123F, median age 62 yr [range: 21-90]) enrolled between October 2013 and August 2015 received ≥1 dose of gilteritinib. The study population was heavily pretreated: 70% (n=177) had ≥2 prior AML therapies, 29% (n=73) had a prior stem cell transplant, and 25% (n=63) had prior TKI treatment with sorafenib most commonly used. Across the study, 194 patients had a locally confirmed FLT3 mutation (ITD, n=159; D835, n=13; ITD-D835, n=16; other, n=6). For all enrolled patients, progressive disease (n=75), lack of efficacy (n=44), adverse events (n=34), and death (n=29) were the most common reasons for treatment discontinuation. Seven deaths were considered possibly/probably related to treatment: pulmonary embolism, respiratory failure, hemoptysis, intracranial bleed, ventricular fibrillation, septic shock, and neutropenia (all n=1). Maximum tolerated dose was determined to be 300 mg when 2 of 3 patients in the 450 mg cohort experienced diarrhea and/or hepatic transaminase elevation as dose-limiting toxicities. Diarrhea (16%) and fatigue (15%) were the most commonly reported treatment-related adverse events of any grade. Less than 5% of patients (11/252) had a maximum post-baseline QTcF interval >500 msec. Gilteritinib concentrations were generally dose proportional and showed both a long-elimination half-life (45-159 h) and substantial accumulation (3.2-10 fold) by day 15. An exposure-related increase in the inhibition of FLT3 phosphorylation with increasing doses of gilteritinib was also observed. Gilteritinib showed strong antileukemic activity in FLT3mut+ patients (ORR=49%); response was observed less frequently in patients with wild-type FLT3 (ORR=12%). While CR, CRi, and CRp occurred at all doses, responses were enriched among FLT3mut+ patients with gilteritinib steady-state trough concentrations ≥100 ng/mL, which correlated with potent FLT3 inhibition in PD assays and corresponded to doses ≥80 mg. The ORR in 169 FLT3mut+ patients receiving ≥80 mg was 52% (Table); median overall survival in this patient population was ~31 wk (range: 1.7-61; Figure) and median duration of response was 20 wk (range: 1.1-55). Clinical responses occurred in FLT3mut+ patients with -ITD, -D835, and both mutations (ORR: 55%, 17%, and 62%, respectively) as well as in FLT3mut+ patients with or without prior TKI treatment (ORR: 42% vs 56%, respectively). Conclusions: This PD-driven, first-in-human study shows that gilteritinib was well tolerated and generated frequent, prolonged, clinically important responses in FLT3mut+ patients with R/R AML. Antileukemic responses were enriched in FLT3mut+ patients treated at doses that consistently and potently inhibited FLT3 phosphorylation. The survival of these patients appears better than expected for this patient population when treated with standard therapy. Our data suggest that FLT3 inhibition may improve survival in patients with FLT3mut+R/R AML; as such, phase 3 testing of oral gilteritinib 120 mg QD in patients with FLT3mut+R/R AML after first-line therapy is underway (NCT02421939). Disclosures Perl: Astellas US Pharma Inc.: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Daichi Sankyo: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Asana Biosciences: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Arog Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Actinium Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Altman:Janssen: Other: advisory board; BMS: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Spectrum: Other: advisory board; Ariad: Other: advisory board; Seattle Genetics: Other: advisory board; Syros: Other: advisory board. Cortes:ARIAD: Consultancy, Research Funding; BMS: Consultancy, Research Funding; Novartis: Consultancy, Research Funding; Pfizer: Consultancy, Research Funding; Teva: Research Funding. Smith:Astellas: Research Funding. Erba:Jannsen: Consultancy, Research Funding; Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Research Funding; Agios: Research Funding; Juno: Research Funding; Incyte: Consultancy, DSMB, Speakers Bureau; Daiichi Sankyo: Consultancy; Ariad: Consultancy; Amgen: Consultancy, Research Funding; Astellas: Research Funding; Gylcomimetics: Other: DSMB; Seattle Genetics: Consultancy, Research Funding; Sunesis: Consultancy; Novartis: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Celator: Research Funding; Celgene: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Pfizer: Consultancy. Gill:Astellas: Employment. Goldberg:Bristol Myers Squibb, Novartis: Speakers Bureau; Novartis: Consultancy; COTA Inc: Employment; Pfizer: Honoraria; Neostem: Equity Ownership. Jurcic:Astellas: Research Funding. Larson:Astellas: Consultancy, Research Funding; Bristol-Myers Squibb: Consultancy. Liu:Astellas: Employment. Ritchie:Celgene: Consultancy, Other: Travel, Accomodations, Expenses, Speakers Bureau; Incyte: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Novartis: Consultancy, Other: Travel, Accommodations, Expenses, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Ariad: Speakers Bureau; Pfizer: Consultancy, Research Funding; Astellas Pharma: Research Funding; Bristol-Meyers Squibb: Research Funding; NS Pharma: Research Funding. Schiller:Incyte Corporation: Research Funding. Strickland:Celator: Research Funding; Cyclacel: Research Funding; Karyopharm Therapeutica: Research Funding; GlaxoSmithKline: Research Funding; Baxalta: Consultancy; Boehringer Ingelheim: Consultancy, Research Funding; Ambit: Consultancy; Alexion Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy; Astellas Pharma: Research Funding; CTI Biopharma: Consultancy; Daiichi Sankyo: Consultancy; Sunesis Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy, Research Funding; Abbvie: Research Funding; Sanofi: Research Funding. Wang:Incyte: Speakers Bureau; Immunogen: Research Funding. Stuart:Sunesis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: Travel, Accomodations, Expenses, Research Funding; Agios: Research Funding; Incyte: Research Funding; Bayer: Research Funding; Celator: Research Funding; Astellas: Research Funding. Martinelli:Ariad: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Pfizer: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; BMS: Speakers Bureau; Roche: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; MSD: Consultancy; Genentech: Consultancy; Novartis: Speakers Bureau; Celgene: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Amgen: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau. Bahceci:Astellas: Employment. Levis:Millennium: Consultancy, Research Funding; Astellas: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Daiichi-Sankyo: Consultancy, Honoraria; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding.
Antileukemic Activity and Tolerability of ASP2215 80mg and Greater in FLT3 Mutation-Positive Subjects with Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Results from a Phase 1/2, Open-Label, Dose-Escalation/Dose-Response Study
Altman, Jessica K. , Perl, Alexander E. , Cortes, Jörge E. , Litzow, Mark R. , Baer, Maria R. , Gill, Stanley C. , Goldberg, Stuart L. , Jurcic, Joseph G. , Lui, Charles Y. , Ritchie, Ellen K. , Sargent, Briana, Schiller, Gary J. , Üstün, Celalettin , Baldus, Claudia D. , Neubauer, Andreas , Bahceci, Erkut, Cortes, Jorge , Levis, Mark J. , Smith, Catherine C. , Claxton, David F. , Erba, Harry Paul , Goldberg, Stuart L. , Larson, Richard A. , Lui, Charles, Spira, Alexander I. , Strickland, Stephen Anthony , Tibes, Raoul , Wang, Eunice S. , Stuart, Robert K. , Röllig, Christoph , Martinelli, Giovanni

Blood | October 10, 2019 | Volume: 126 | Issue: 23 | Pages: 321-321

10.1182/blood.v126.23.321.321 Get It

Abstract Introduction: ASP2215 is a highly selective inhibitor of AXL and FMS-like tyrosine kinase-3 (FLT3) receptors. ASP2215 is active against both FLT3 internal tandem duplication [ITD] and D835 mutations. Prior analyses of an open-label, dose-escalation/dose-expansion study in subjects with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (R/R AML) show ASP2215 was well tolerated from 20-300 mg and associated with antileukemic activity in FLT3 mutation-positive (FLT3+) patients at ≥80 mg with minimal activity observed in wild-type FLT3 subjects. Here we describe the tolerability and potent activity of ASP2215 in a large cohort of FLT3+ patients. Methods: Patients (≥18 years) with R/R AML were assigned to treatment in dose-escalation cohorts or were randomized to an open dose level in the dose-expansion cohorts. Although FLT3 mutation was not an inclusion criterion, each expanded dose level enrolled ≥10 FLT3+ subjects; 120 mg and 200 mg dose levels were further expanded with ≥40 FLT3+ subjects. Tolerability was assessed by adverse event (AE) monitoring. Response assessment was based on modified Cheson criteria and duration of response and overall survival were calculated using Kaplan-Meier estimates. Results: As of June 19, 2015,215 patients with a median age of 61 yr (range: 21-90) had received ≥1 dose of ASP2215 (safety population). Across the safety population, 65% of subjects received ≥2 prior lines of AML therapy, 29% had a hematopoietic stem cell transplant prior to ASP2215 treatment, and 23% had prior tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) treatment. Approximately 73% of patients were FLT3+, of which 137 had FLT3-ITD mutation, 7 were FLT3-D835+, and 9 had both FLT3-ITD and D835. Treatment-related AEs of all Grades, reported in ≥10% of the safety population were diarrhea (16%), fatigue (13%), and increased AST (11%); <2% of subjects reported a Grade ≥3 QTc prolongation. Activity was assessed in the 133 FLT3+ patients treated with ASP2215 ≥80 mg. Overall response rate (ORR; composite complete [CRc] plus partial remission [PR]) for all FLT3+ subjects was 55% (Table). Median overall survival for FLT3+ patients receiving ASP2215 ≥80 mg was ~29 weeks (95% CI: 22-32) and was similar for patients who achieved CRc or PR (Figure). Treatment with ≥80 mg ASP2215 was associated with an ORR of 60% in FLT3-ITD subjects; ORR for the other FLT3 populations was 29% (Table). No difference was observed in median ORR of ASP2215 (≥80 mg) in TKI-naïve patients (55%) and patients with prior TKI treatment (55%). Conclusions: ASP2215, a novel AXL/FLT3 TKI, was well tolerated in subjects with R/R AML and demonstrated a strong antileukemic activity in FLT3+ subjects. Importantly, the ASP2215 response rate in these FLT3+ patients was independent of prior TKI treatment. Even in this heavily pretreated population, the survival of R/R FLT3+ AML patients who received ≥80 mg ASP2215 was longer than prior reports of cytotoxic chemotherapy or other FLT3 inhibitors. Table. ASP2215 Response Assessment 80 mg 120 mg 200 mg 300 mg 450 mg Total All FLT3+ Subjects Population, n 12 52 57 10 2 133 CRc, n (%) 5 (42) 25 (48) 28 (49) 3 (30) 0 61 (46) PR, n (%) 3 (25) 3 (6) 3 (5) 3 (30) 0 12 (9) ORR, n (%) 8 (67) 28 (54) 31 (54) 6 (60) 0 73 (55) Subjects with FLT3-ITD Only Population, n 10 46 50 8 0 114 CRc, n (%) 4 (40) 23 (50) 26 (52) 3 (38) 0 56 (49) PR, n (%) 3 (30) 3 (7) 3 (6) 3 (38) 0 12 (11) ORR, n (%) 7 (70) 26 (57) 29 (58) 6 (75) 0 68 (60) Subjects with FLT3-D835 and Subjects with FLT3-ITD and FLT3-D835 Population, n 2 5 5 1 1 14 CRc, n (%) 1 (50) 1 (20) 2 (40) 0 0 4 (29) PR, n (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 ORR, n (%) 1 (50) 1 (20) 2 (40) 0 0 4 (29) CRc, composite complete remission (complete remission + complete remission with incomplete platelet recovery + complete remission with incomplete hematologic recovery); ORR, overall response rate; PR, partial response. NR, no response. Subjects with non-evaluable data (N=8) were not included in this curve. Figure 1. Overall Survival by Best Overall Response Achieved with ASP2215 ≥80 mg Across All FLT3+ Subjects Figure 1. Overall Survival by Best Overall Response Achieved with ASP2215 ≥80 mg Across All FLT3+ Subjects Disclosures Altman: BMS: Other: Advisory board; Novartis: Other: Advisory board; Spectrum: Other: Advisory board; Ariad: Other: Advisory board; Seattle Genetics: Other: Advisory board; Astellas: Other: Participation in an advisory board December 2013. Off Label Use: ASP2215 is currently under investigation for the treatment of AML and is not yet approved.. Perl:Arog Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy; Asana Biosciences: Consultancy; Actinium Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy; Ambit/Daichi Sankyo: Consultancy; Astellas US Pharma Inc.: Consultancy. Cortes:Pfizer: Consultancy, Research Funding; BerGenBio AS: Research Funding; Novartis: Consultancy, Research Funding; Teva: Research Funding; BMS: Consultancy, Research Funding; Ariad: Consultancy, Research Funding; Astellas: Consultancy, Research Funding; Ambit: Consultancy, Research Funding; Arog: Research Funding; Celator: Research Funding; Jenssen: Consultancy. Levis:Arog: Research Funding; Ambit: Research Funding; Takeda: Research Funding; Astellas: Consultancy. Smith:Plexxikon: Research Funding; Astellas: Research Funding. Claxton:NCI: Research Funding; Medimmune, Inc: Research Funding; Ambit Biosciences Corp: Research Funding; Incyte Corporation: Research Funding; Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp: Research Funding; Astellas Pharma: Research Funding. Erba:Seattle Genetics: Consultancy, Research Funding; Amgen: Consultancy, Research Funding; Ariad: Consultancy; Celgene: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Celgene: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Incyte: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Incyte: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Novartis: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Novartis: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; GlycoMimetics: Other: Data Safety and Monitoring Committees ; Jannsen (J&J): Other: Data Safety and Monitoring Committees ; Seattle Genetics: Consultancy, Research Funding; Millennium/Takeda: Research Funding; Amgen: Consultancy, Research Funding; Celator: Research Funding; Millennium/Takeda: Research Funding; Astellas: Research Funding; Sunesis: Consultancy; Celator: Research Funding; Pfizer: Consultancy; Astellas: Research Funding; Daiichi Sankyo: Consultancy; Sunesis: Consultancy; Ariad: Consultancy; Pfizer: Consultancy; GlycoMimetics: Other: Data Safety and Monitoring Committees ; Jannsen (J&J): Other: Data Safety and Monitoring Committees ; Daiichi Sankyo: Consultancy. Gill:Astellas Pharma US, Inc: Employment. Goldberg:Cyclacel: Research Funding; Celetor: Research Funding; Pfizer: Research Funding; Ambit: Research Funding; Astellas: Research Funding. Jurcic:Astellas Pharma: Research Funding. Larson:Astellas: Consultancy, Research Funding. Lui:Astellas Pharma US, Inc: Employment. Ritchie:Incyte: Speakers Bureau; Novartis: Speakers Bureau; Ariad: Other: Advisory Board; Celgene: Speakers Bureau; Onyx: Speakers Bureau. Sargent:Astellas Pharma US, Inc: Employment. Schiller:Sunesis: Honoraria, Research Funding. Strickland:Sunesis Pharmaceuticals: Other: Steering Committee and Advisory Board Participation; Alexion Pharmaceuticals: Other: Advisory Board Particpation; Amgen: Other: Advisory Board Particpation; Daiichi-Sankyo: Other: Advisory Board Particpation; Boehringer-Ingelheim: Other: Advisory Board Particpation. Wang:Immunogen: Research Funding. Stuart:Sunesis: Honoraria, Other: Advisory Board, Research Funding; Astellas Pharma, Inc: Research Funding. Baldus:Novartis: Research Funding. Martinelli:MSD: Consultancy; ARIAD: Consultancy; BMS: Speakers Bureau; Pfizer: Consultancy; Novartis: Speakers Bureau; Roche: Consultancy. Bahceci:Astellas Pharma Global Development: Employment.