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Magrolimab in Combination With Azacitidine in Patients With Higher-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Final Results of a Phase Ib Study

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Sallman, David A., Al Malki, Monzr M., Asch, Adam S., Wang, Eunice S., Jurcic, Joseph G., Bradley, Terrence J., Flinn, Ian W., Pollyea, Daniel A. +17 more·2023·Journal of Clinical Oncology

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PURPOSE: Magrolimab is a monoclonal antibody that blocks cluster of differentiation 47, a don't-eat-me signal overexpressed on cancer cells. Cluster of differentiation 47 blockade by magrolimab promotes macrophage-mediated phagocytosis of tumor cells and is synergistic with azacitidine, which increases expression of eat-me signals. We report final phase Ib data in patients with untreated higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) treated with magrolimab and azacitidine (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03248479 ). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients with previously untreated Revised International Prognostic Scoring System intermediate-/high-/very high-risk MDS received magrolimab intravenously as a priming dose (1 mg/kg) followed by ramp-up to a 30 mg/kg once‐weekly or once‐every-2-week maintenance dose. Azacitidine 75 mg/m 2 was administered intravenously/subcutaneously once daily on days 1-7 of each 28-day cycle. Primary end points were safety/tolerability and complete remission (CR) rate. RESULTS: Ninety-five patients were treated. Revised International Prognostic Scoring System risk was intermediate/high/very high in 27%, 52%, and 21%, respectively. Fifty-nine (62%) had poor-risk cytogenetics and 25 (26%) had TP53 mutation. The most common treatment-emergent adverse effects included constipation (68%), thrombocytopenia (55%), and anemia (52%). Median hemoglobin change from baseline to first postdose assessment was −0.7 g/dL (range, −3.1 to +2.4). CR rate and overall response rate were 33% and 75%, respectively. Median time to response, duration of CR, duration of overall response, and progression-free survival were 1.9, 11.1, 9.8, and 11.6 months, respectively. Median overall survival (OS) was not reached with 17.1-month follow-up. In TP53-mutant patients, 40% achieved CR with median OS of 16.3 months. Thirty-four patients (36%) had allogeneic stem-cell transplant with 77% 2-year OS. CONCLUSION: Magrolimab + azacitidine was well tolerated with promising efficacy in patients with untreated higher-risk MDS, including those with TP53 mutations. A phase III trial of magrolimab/placebo + azacitidine is ongoing (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT04313881 [ENHANCE]).

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  • MRD is a good surrogate marker for OS in a prospective frontline HR-MDS study.

    “MRD is a good surrogate marker for OS as recently shown in a prospective frontline HR‐MDS study.”

    From Long‐term follow‐up and combined Phase 2 results of eprenetapopt and azacitidine in patients with <i>TP53</i> mutant MDS/AML (2025) · cites this paper as [39]

    The Results (Efficacy; page not available) report that survival curves favored MRD-negative patients in this study of untreated higher-risk MDS. However, median OS was not reached in either MRD group, and the paper does not establish MRD as a good surrogate marker for OS; that characterization is stronger than its finding. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Early results of AZA and magrolimab showed high response rates (CR 33%, ORR 75%) with outcomes favorable to historical outcomes in HR-MDS.

    “Recently, early results of an initial study of AZA and magrolimab had shown high response rates (CR 33%, ORR 75%) with outcomes favorable to historical outcomes in HR‐MDS.”
  • Phase 3 ENHANCE and ENHANCE-2 studies were closed for futility with lower OS in combination cohorts.

    “However, Phase 3 ENHANCE (HR‐MDS) and ENHANCE‐2 studies (mTP53 AML) were closed for futility with lower OS observed in the combination cohorts.”

    From Long‐term follow‐up and combined Phase 2 results of eprenetapopt and azacitidine in patients with <i>TP53</i> mutant MDS/AML (2025) · cites this paper as [40]

    The Discussion (page unavailable) says the phase 3 ENHANCE trial was recruiting as of this report. Searches for ENHANCE-2, futility, and lower overall survival found no passage reporting that either trial closed or comparing survival between its treatment cohorts. Recruiting at the time of this report does not rule out a later closure. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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Sallman, D. A., Al Malki, M. M., Asch, A. S., Wang, E. S., Jurcic, J. G., Bradley, T. J., Flinn, I. W., Pollyea, D. A., Kambhampati, S., Tanaka, T. N., Zeidner, J. F., Garcia-Manero, G., Jeyakumar, D., Komrokji, R., Lancet, J., Kantarjian, H. M., Gu, L., Zhang, Y., Tan, A., Chao, M., O'Hear, C., Ramsingh, G., Lal, I., Vyas, P., & Daver, N. G.
Affiliations
  • Moffitt Cancer Center (US)
  • City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA
  • OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center (US)
  • Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (US)
  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
  • University of Miami (US)
  • Tennessee Oncology (US)
  • University of Colorado Anschutz (US)
  • Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute, Kansas City, MO
  • Moores Cancer Center (US)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
  • University of California, Irvine (US)
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
  • Gilead Sciences (United States) (US)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
Corresponding author
Sallman, David A.
Venue
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Published
2023-05-20
Volume
41
Issue
15
Pages
2815-2826
ISSN
  • 0732-183X (ISSN-L)
  • 1527-7755
OpenAlex
W4323539126
Cited by
188
References
48
Citations by year
2026: 50 · 2025: 64 · 2024: 44 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 1
FWCI
38.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
cc-by-nc-nd
Locations
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  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Digital Commons-TMC (Texas Medical Center) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Amgen
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Eli Lilly and Company
  • Pfizer
  • AstraZeneca
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Gilead Sciences
  • Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
  • Celgene
  • Karyopharm Therapeutics
  • Taiho Pharmaceutical
  • Jazz Pharmaceuticals
  • TG Therapeutics
  • PTC Therapeutics
  • Astex Pharmaceuticals
  • Acceleron
  • MEI Pharma
  • Foghorn Therapeutics
  • Agios Pharmaceuticals
  • CareDx
  • Constellation Pharmaceuticals
  • bluebird bio
  • Unum Therapeutics
  • BeiGene
  • CTI Biopharma
  • Incyte
  • Syndax Pharmaceuticals
  • Ascentage Pharma
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research (NF-SI-0617-10056)
  • Kiadis Pharma
  • Astellas Pharma
  • Servier
  • MorphoSys
  • Ipsen
  • Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Oncology
  • Genentech
  • Pharmacyclics
  • Juno Therapeutics
  • Medical Research Council (MC_PC_19049, MC_UU_00029/8, MC_UU_00016/11, MR/L008963/1)
  • National Cancer Institute (UM1CA186712)
  • Daiichi Sankyo Europe
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
Keywords
ab, azacitidine, myelodysplastic syndrome, CD47 blockade, macrophage phagocytosis, complete remission, TP53 mutation, allogeneic stem cell transplantation, progression-free survival, safety and tolerability, combination immunotherapy, poor-risk cytogenetics
MeSH terms
Progression-Free Survival, Azacitidine, Humans, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, Treatment Outcome, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized

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