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NCT Number: NCT05579132

A Clinical Study of MK-1045 (CN201) in People With Precursor B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (MK-1045-002)

Researchers are looking for new ways to treat people with a type of blood cancer called precursor B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL) that is relapsed- the cancer has come back after treatment, or refractory - the current treatment has stopped working to slow or stop cancer growth. This study will have two parts. In the first part (dose escalation phase) the goal is to learn about the safety of a study treatment, MK-1045, and to find the best dose level of MK-1045 that is tolerated and may work to treat B-ALL. In the second part (Phase II) researchers want to learn how well MK-1045 works to treat B-ALL.

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Key information

Age range

2 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1 / Phase 2

Primary location

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Third Military Medical University ( Site 0008), Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, China

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

The main inclusion criteria include but are not limited to:

  • Adult participants must be age 18 or older
  • Pediatric participants must be at least 2 years old and less than 18 years old.
  • Diagnosis of precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) and have more than 5% blasts in the bone marrow by morphological assessment
  • Participants with Ph-negative B-ALL with any of the following refractory/relapse criteria:
  • Failure to achieve complete remission after initial induction therapy;
  • Failure to achieve complete remission after salvage treatment;
  • Relapse with first remission duration ≤12 months
  • Second or later relapse
  • Relapse after allogeneic HSCT
  • Participants with Ph-positive B-ALL who have received 2 (or more) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and meet the refractory/relapse criteria above or, those with the T315I mutation

The main exclusion criteria include but are not limited to:

  • History of Burkitt's leukemia.
  • Received anti-CD19 therapy within 3 months prior to entering the study
  • Received allogeneic HSCT within 12 weeks prior to entering the study
  • Received prior treatment with chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) within 3 months prior to entering the study
  • History or presence of clinically relevant central nervous system (CNS) pathology
  • History of clinically symptomatic metastases to the central nervous system or meninges, or other evidence of uncontrolled metastases to the CNS or meninges
  • History of immunodeficiency, including history of any positive test result for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody.
  • History of serious cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease
  • Has active autoimmune diseases that may relapse

Treatment and study plan

MK-1045

Drug

MK-1045 is administered by IV infusion once a week (QW), 4 weeks per treatment cycle, starting with 2 cycles of induction treatment. After a 2-week treatment-free interval, responders to induction treatment receive 3 cycles of consolidation therapy, and up to 7 cycles of maintenance treatment or until intolerable toxicity, disease progression, withdrawal of informed consent, loss to follow-up, receipt of other antitumor therapy, or death, whichever occurs first.

Other names: CN201

Primary outcomes

  1. Dose Escalation Phase: Number of Participants who Experience at Least One Adverse Event (AE)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 24 months

    An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease (new or exacerbated) temporally associated with the use of a study intervention.

  2. Dose Escalation Phase: Number of Participants who Discontinue Study Treatment Due to an AE

    Time frame: Up to approximately 21 months

    An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease (new or exacerbated) temporally associated with the use of a study intervention.

  3. Dose Escalation Phase: Number of Participants Who Experience a Dose-limiting Toxicity (DLT)

    Time frame: Up to 28 days

    A DLT is defined as any of the following toxicities and judged by the investigator to be related to the study drug:

    Hematologic toxic reactions: If thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, and anemia are caused by primary leukemia, they are not considered as DLTs.

    Non-Hematologic toxic reactions: Grade 4 non-hematologic toxicity that does not recover to ≤ Grade 2 within 14 days of best supportive therapy. Grade 3 rash, fatigue, fever, or infection will not be classified as DLT; other Grade 3 non-hematologic toxicities that do not recover to ≤ Grade 2 within 14 days of best supportive therapy is considered DLTs.

    Others that are considered as DLTs: Other toxicities considered clinically significant by the investigator that result in permanent drug withdrawal.

  4. Dose Escalation Phase: Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) of MK-1045

    Time frame: Up to approximately 21 months

    The MTD will be determined based on the incidence of DLT in each dose level. The dose level for which the DLT rate is closest to the target DLT rate (30%) will be selected as the MTD.

  5. Phase II: Complete Remission (CR) Rate

    Time frame: Up to approximately 10 weeks

    Complete remission is defined as follows:

    < 5% blasts in the bone marrow, no circulating lymphoblasts or extramedullary disease, and full recovery of peripheral blood counts: Platelets ≥100×10^9/L, and absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.0×10^9/L. The number of participants with CR will be presented.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Dose Escalation Phase: Area Under the Concentration-Time Curve from Time 0 to Last (AUC0-Last) of MK-1045

    Time frame: At designated time points up to approximately 24 weeks

    Blood samples will be collected to determine the AUC from time 0 to the last concentration that can be accurately measured of MK-1045

  2. Dose Escalation Phase: Area Under the Concentration-time Curve From Time 0 to Infinity (AUC0-inf) of MK-1045

    Time frame: At designated time points up to approximately 24 weeks

    Blood samples will be collected to determine the AUC0-inf of MK-1045.

  3. Dose Escalation Phase: Area Under the Concentration-time Curve From Time 0 to 168 hours (AUC0-168)

    Time frame: At designated time points up to approximately 24 weeks

    Blood samples will be collected to determine the AUC from time to 168 hours after the start of infusion of MK-1045

  4. Dose Escalation Phase: AUC From Time 0 to 168 Hours at Steady State (AUC0-tau)

    Time frame: At designated time points up to 24 weeks

    Blood samples will be collected to determine the AUC0 -tau

  5. Dose Escalation Phase: Maximum Serum Drug Concentration (Cmax) of MK-1045

    Time frame: At designated time points up to approximately 32 weeks

    Blood samples will be collected to determine the maximum serum drug concentration, obtained directly from the measured value of the plasma concentration-time curve

  6. Dose Escalation Phase: Time to Maximum Serum Drug Concentration of MK-1045

    Time frame: At designated time points up to approximately 24 weeks

    Blood samples will be collected to determine the Tmax of MK-1045

  7. Dose Escalation Phase: Concentration at End of Dosing Interval (Ctrough) of MK-1045

    Time frame: At designated time points up to approximately 12 months

    Blood samples will be collected to determine the Ctrough of MK-1045

  8. Dose Escalation Phase: Apparent Terminal Half Life (t1/2)

    Time frame: At designated time points up to approximately 24 weeks

    Blood samples will be collected to determine the t1/2 of MK-1045

  9. Dose Escalation Phase: Apparent Clearance (CL) of MK-1045

    Time frame: At designated time points up to approximately 24 weeks

    Blood samples will be collected to determine the CL of MK-1045

  10. Dose Escalation Phase: Apparent Volume of Distribution (Vz) of MK-1045

    Time frame: At designated time points up to approximately 24 weeks

    Blood samples will be collected to determine the Vz of MK-1045

  11. Dose Escalation Phase: Apparent Volume of Distribution at Theoretical Steady State (Vss) of MK-1045

    Time frame: At designated time points up to approximately 24 weeks

    Blood samples will be collected to determine the Vss of MK-1045

  12. Dose Escalation Phase: Mean Residence Time (MRT) of MK-1045

    Time frame: At designated time points up to approximately 24 weeks

    Blood samples will be collected to determine the MRT of MK-1045

  13. Dose Escalation Phase: Peripheral B Cell Depletion of MK-1045

    Time frame: Baseline and at designated time points up to approximately 12 months

    B cell depletion will be determined at each timepoint by comparing absolute B cell numbers (as determined by flow cytometry) with those at baseline

  14. Dose Escalation Phase: Peripheral Circulating T Cell Activation of of MK-1045

    Time frame: Baseline and at designated time points up to approximately 12 months

    Peripheral circulating T cell activation will be determined at each timepoint by comparing absolute T cell numbers and T cell activation markers with those at baseline

  15. Dose Escalation Phase: Percentage of Participants with Antidrug Antibodies (ADA) to MK-1045

    Time frame: At designated time points up to approximately 12 months

    Blood samples collected at designated timepoints will be used to determine the percentage of participants who develop detectable ADAs to MK-1045

  16. Dose Escalation Phase: Rate of Complete Remission (CR) and Complete Remission with Partial Hematologic Recovery (CRh)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 10 weeks

    Complete remission is defined as follows:

    < 5% blasts in the bone marrow, no circulating lymphoblasts or extramedullary disease, and full recovery of peripheral blood counts: Platelets ≥100×10^9/L, and absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.0×10^9/L.

    CRh is defined as meeting all of the following criteria:

    Satisfaction of all criteria for CR except partial recovery of peripheral blood counts (platelets ≥ 50 ×10^9/L and ANC ≥ 0.5×10^9/L). The percentage of participants with CR or CRh will be presented.

  17. Dose Escalation Phase: Rate of CR, CRh, and Complete Response with Incomplete Hematologic Recovery (CRi)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 10 weeks

    Complete remission is defined as follows:

    < 5% blasts in the bone marrow, no circulating lymphoblasts or extramedullary disease, and full recovery of peripheral blood counts: Platelets ≥100×10^9/L, and absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.0×10^9/L.

    CRh is defined as meeting all of the following criteria:

    Satisfaction of all criteria for CR except partial recovery of peripheral blood counts (platelets ≥ 50 ×10^9/L and ANC ≥ 0.5×10^9/L).

    CRi is defined as follows:

    <5% blasts in the bone marrow, No circulating lymphoblasts or extramedullary disease, and platelets <100×10^9/L and neutrophils ≥1.0×109/L or platelets ≥100 ×109/L and neutrophils <1.0×10^9/L. The percentage of participants with CR, CRh or CRi will be presented.

  18. Dose Escalation Phase: Rate of Minimum Residual Disease (MRD)-negative Complete Remission

    Time frame: Up to approximately 12 months

    MRD-negative is defined as less than 0.01% of leukemic cells were detected in bone marrow with a detection sensitivity no less than 10^-4.

  19. Dose Escalation Phase: Rate of Red Blood Cell and Platelet Transfusion Independence (TI)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 24 months

    TI is defined as no transfusion for a period of at least 1 week (7 days). The percentage of participants having TI will be presented.

  20. Phase II: Number of Participants Who Experience at Least 1 AE

    Time frame: Up to approximately 24 months

    An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease (new or exacerbated) temporally associated with the use of a study intervention.

  21. Phase II: Number of Participants who Discontinue Study Treatment Due to an AE

    Time frame: Up to approximately 24 months

    An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease (new or exacerbated) temporally associated with the use of a study intervention.

  22. Phase II: Maximum Serum Drug Concentration (Cmax) of MK-1045

    Time frame: At designated time points up to 4 weeks

    Blood samples will be collected to determine the maximum serum drug concentration, obtained directly from the measured value of the plasma concentration-time curve

  23. Phase II: Concentration at End of Dosing Interval (Ctrough) of MK-1045

    Time frame: At designated time points up to 4 weeks

    Blood samples will be collected to determine the Ctrough of MK-1045

  24. Phase II: Peripheral B Cell Depletion of MK-1045

    Time frame: Baseline and at designated time points up to 4 weeks

    B cell depletion will be determined at each timepoint by comparing absolute B cell numbers (as determined by flow cytometry) with those at baseline

  25. Phase II: Peripheral Circulating T Cell Activation of of MK-1045

    Time frame: Baseline and at designated time points up to 4 weeks

    Peripheral circulating T cell activation will be determined at each timepoint by comparing absolute T cell numbers and T cell activation markers with those at baseline

  26. Phase II: Concentration of Peripheral Cytokines

    Time frame: Baseline and at designated time points up to 4 weeks

    Blood samples will be collected to compare peripheral blood cytokine levels at various time points with those at baseline

  27. Phase II: Percentage of participants with Antidrug Antibodies (ADA) to MK-1045

    Time frame: At designated time points up to 4 weeks

    Blood samples collected at designated timepoints will be used to determine the percentage of participants who develop detectable ADAs to MK-1045

  28. Phase II: Rate of CR and CRh

    Time frame: Up to approximately 10 weeks

    Complete remission is defined as follows:

    < 5% blasts in the bone marrow, no circulating lymphoblasts or extramedullary disease, and full recovery of peripheral blood counts: Platelets ≥100×10^9/L, and absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.0×10^9/L.

    CRh is defined as meeting all of the following criteria:

    Satisfaction of all criteria for CR except partial recovery of peripheral blood counts (platelets ≥ 50 ×10^9/L and ANC ≥ 0.5×10^9/L). The percentage of participants with CR or CRh will be presented.

  29. Phase II: Rate of CR/CRh/CRi

    Time frame: Up to approximately 10 weeks

    CR is defined as follows:

    < 5% blasts in the bone marrow, no circulating lymphoblasts or extramedullary disease, and full recovery of peripheral blood counts: Platelets ≥100×10^9/L, and absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.0×10^9/L.

    CRh is defined as meeting all of the following criteria:

    Satisfaction of all criteria for CR except partial recovery of peripheral blood counts (platelets ≥ 50 ×10^9/L and ANC ≥ 0.5×10^9/L).

    CRi is defined as follows:

    <5% blasts in the bone marrow, No circulating lymphoblasts or extramedullary disease, and platelets <100×10^9/L and neutrophils ≥1.0×109/L or platelets ≥100 ×109/L and neutrophils <1.0×10^9/L. The percentage of participants with CR, CRh or CRi will be presented.

  30. Phase II: Rate of Minimum Residual Disease (MRD)-negative Complete Remission

    Time frame: Up to approximately 24 months

    MRD-negative is defined as less than 0.01% of leukemic cells were detected in bone marrow with a detection sensitivity no less than 10^-4.

  31. Phase II: Rate of Red Blood Cell and Platelet TI

    Time frame: Up to approximately 24 months

    Red Blood Cell and Platelet TI is defined as no transfusion for a period of at least 1 week (7 days). The percentage of participants having TI will be presented.

  32. Phase II: Proportion of Participants Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 24 months

    The number of participants who undergo a HSCT during study participation will be presented.

  33. Phase II: Duration of CR

    Time frame: Up to approximately 24 months

    For participants who demonstrate a CR (defined as < 5% blasts in the bone marrow, no circulating lymphoblasts or extramedullary disease, and full recovery of peripheral blood counts: Platelets ≥100×10^9/L, and absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.0×10^9/L) , duration of CR is defined as the time from the first documentation of a disease response of CR to the date of the first documented relapse event, or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first

  34. Phase II: Duration of CR/CRh

    Time frame: Up to approximately 24 months

    Duration of CR/CRh is defined as the time from the first documentation of a disease response of CR/CRh to the date of the first documented relapse event, or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first. Only participants who demonstrate a CR (defined as < 5% blasts in the bone marrow, no circulating lymphoblasts or extramedullary disease, and full recovery of peripheral blood counts: Platelets ≥100×10^9/L, and absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.0×10^9/L), or CRh [satisfaction of all criteria for CR except partial recovery of peripheral blood counts (platelets ≥ 50 ×10^9/L and ANC ≥ 0.5×10^9/L)] will be analyzed.

  35. Phase II: Duration of CR/CRh/CRi

    Time frame: Up to approximately 24 months

    Duration of CR/CRh/CRi is defined as the time from the first documentation of a disease response of CR/CRh/CRi to the date of the first documented relapse event, or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first. Only participants who demonstrate a CR (defined as < 5% blasts in the bone marrow, no circulating lymphoblasts or extramedullary disease, and full recovery of peripheral blood counts: Platelets ≥100×10^9/L, and absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.0×10^9/L), or CRh [satisfaction of all criteria for CR except partial recovery of peripheral blood counts (platelets ≥ 50 ×10^9/L and ANC ≥ 0.5×10^9/L)], or CRi (<5% blasts in the bone marrow, No circulating lymphoblasts or extramedullary disease, and platelets <100×10^9/L and neutrophils ≥1.0×109/L or platelets ≥100 ×109/L and neutrophils <1.0×10^9/L) will be analyzed.

  36. Phase II: Relapse-Free Survival (RFS)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 24 months

    RFS is defined as the time from the first dose of MK-1045 to the first documented relapse, or death due to any cause (whichever occurs first). In participants who achieve CR, CRh or CRi, relapse is defined as either hematological or extramedullary relapse . Hematological relapse is defined as recurrence of blasts in the blood, or >5% blasts in bone marrow. Extramedullary relapse is defined as recurrence of extramedullary disease after a CR.

  37. Phase II: Overall Survival (OS)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 24 months

    OS is the time from date of first study treatment to the date of death due to any reason.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

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CONTACT

[email protected]

1-888-577-8839

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

MSD R&D (China) Co., Ltd.

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

An Open-label, Multi-center Phase Ib/II Study of MK-1045 (CN201) in Subjects With Precursor B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2028
First posted
Oct 13, 2022
Registry last updated
Jul 13, 2026

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