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Pracinostat plus azacitidine in older patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia: results of a phase 2 study

Garcia-Manero, Guillermo, Abaza, Yasmin, Takahashi, Koichi, Medeiros, Bruno C., Arellano, Martha, Khaled, Samer K., Patnaik, Mrinal, Odenike, Olatoyosi, Sayar, Hamid, Tummala, Mohan, Patel, Prapti, Maness-Harris, Lori, Stuart, Robert, Traer, Elie, Karamlou, Kasra, Yacoub, Abdulraheem, Ghalie, Richard, Giorgino, Ruben, Atallah, Ehab·2019·Blood Advances
DOI 10.1182/bloodadvances.2018027409
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Pracinostat, a potent oral pan-histone deacetylase inhibitor with modest single-agent activity in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), has shown synergistic antitumor activity when combined with azacitidine. This single-group, multicenter phase 2 study assessed the safety and efficacy of pracinostat combined with azacitidine in patients who were at least 65 years old with newly diagnosed AML and who were ineligible for standard induction chemotherapy. Patients received pracinostat 60 mg/d, 3 d/wk, for 3 consecutive weeks, plus azacitidine 75 mg/m2 daily for 7 days in a 28-day cycle. Primary endpoints were complete remission (CR), CR with incomplete count recovery (CRi), and morphologic leukemia-free state (MLFS) rates of the combination. Secondary endpoints included safety, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS) of the regimen. Fifty patients (33 de novo, 12 secondary, and 5 therapy-related AML) were enrolled. Twenty-six patients (52%) achieved the primary endpoint of CR (42%), CRi (4%), and MLFS (6%). Median OS and PFS were 19.1 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 10-26.5 months) and 12.6 months (95% CI, 10-17.7 months), respectively, with a 1-year OS rate of 62%. Forty-three patients (86%) experienced at least 1 grade 3 or worse treatment-emergent adverse event with the combination, with infections (52%), thrombocytopenia (46%), and febrile neutropenia (44%) reported as the most common toxicities. The 30- and 60-day all-cause mortality rates were 2% and 10%, respectively. DNA sequencing revealed somatic mutations at baseline, and clearance rates correlated with response to treatment. Pracinostat plus azacitidine is a well-tolerated and active regimen in the frontline treatment of older patients with AML unfit for intensive therapy. A larger controlled trial is ongoing. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT01912274.

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Figure 1 Landscape of high-confidence somatic mutations detected in pretreatment BM samples. (A) Number of mutations in each patient by cytogenetic risk group and type of AML. (B) Frequency of each type of mutation by patient. Each column represents 1 patient and each row represents 1 specific mutation.
Figure 1 Landscape of high-confidence somatic mutations detected in pretreatment BM samples. (A) Number of mutations in each patient by cytogenetic risk group and type of AML. (B) Frequency of each type of mutation by patient. Each column represents 1 patient and each row represents 1 specific mutation.CC-BY-NC-ND · From the PDF
Figure 2 Outcomes of patients treated with pracinostat plus azacitidine. (A) OS for the whole cohort. (B) PFS for the whole population. (C) OS stratified by response. The plot shows how the effect of analyzing CR (as a baseline covariate) produces artificial difference; the difference between the overall curve and the curve obtained by censoring at time of CR gives a more realistic view. (D) OS stratified by cytogenetic risk group.
Figure 2 Outcomes of patients treated with pracinostat plus azacitidine. (A) OS for the whole cohort. (B) PFS for the whole population. (C) OS stratified by response. The plot shows how the effect of analyzing CR (as a baseline covariate) produces artificial difference; the difference between the overall curve and the curve obtained by censoring at time of CR gives a more realistic view. (D) OS stratified by cytogenetic risk group.CC-BY-NC-ND · From the PDF
Figure 3 Outcomes of patients treated with pracinostat plus azacitidine based on age, AML subtype, and ECOG status. (A) OS stratified by age. (B) OS stratified by AML subtype. (C) OS stratified by ECOG status.
Figure 3 Outcomes of patients treated with pracinostat plus azacitidine based on age, AML subtype, and ECOG status. (A) OS stratified by age. (B) OS stratified by AML subtype. (C) OS stratified by ECOG status.CC-BY-NC-ND · From the PDF
Figure 4 Representative cases of longitudinal sequencing analyses. Each panel shows data for 1 patient. (A) Prolonged exposure to pracinostat plus azacitidine continued to lower mutants ' VAF. (B) Reexpansion of the original mutations on relapse after achieving CR. (C) Acquisition of a new mutation ( RAD21 ) at the time of relapse with increase of original mutants ' VAF at the time of cycle 6 before frank relapse.
Figure 4 Representative cases of longitudinal sequencing analyses. Each panel shows data for 1 patient. (A) Prolonged exposure to pracinostat plus azacitidine continued to lower mutants ' VAF. (B) Reexpansion of the original mutations on relapse after achieving CR. (C) Acquisition of a new mutation ( RAD21 ) at the time of relapse with increase of original mutants ' VAF at the time of cycle 6 before frank relapse.CC-BY-NC-ND · From the PDF

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Garcia-Manero, G., Abaza, Y., Takahashi, K., Medeiros, B. C., Arellano, M., Khaled, S. K., Patnaik, M., Odenike, O., Sayar, H., Tummala, M., Patel, P., Maness-Harris, L., Stuart, R., Traer, E., Karamlou, K., Yacoub, A., Ghalie, R., Giorgino, R., & Atallah, E.
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Blood Advances
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American Society of Hematology
Published
2019-02-13
Volume
3
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4
Pages
508-518
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  • 2473-9529
  • 2473-9537
DOI
10.1182/bloodadvances.2018027409
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Garcia-Manero, G., Abaza, Y., Takahashi, K., Medeiros, B. C., Arellano, M., Khaled, S. K., Patnaik, M., Odenike, O., Sayar, H., Tummala, M., Patel, P., Maness-Harris, L., Stuart, R., Traer, E., Karamlou, K., Yacoub, A., Ghalie, R., Giorgino, R., & Atallah, E. (2019). Pracinostat plus azacitidine in older patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia: results of a phase 2 study. Blood Advances. https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2018027409