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NCT Number: NCT02752035

A Study of ASP2215 (Gilteritinib) by Itself, ASP2215 Combined With Azacitidine or Azacitidine by Itself to Treat Adult Patients Who Have Recently Been Diagnosed With Acute Myeloid Leukemia With a FLT3 Gene Mutation and Who Cannot Receive Standard Chemotherapy

This was a clinical study for adult participants who were recently diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia or AML. AML is a type of cancer. It is when bone marrow makes white blood cells that are not normal. These are called leukemia cells. Some participants with AML have a mutation, or change, in the FLT3 gene. This gene helps leukemia cells make a protein called FLT3. This protein causes the leukemia cells to grow faster.

For participants with AML who could not receive standard chemotherapy, azacitidine (also known as Vidaza®) was a current standard of care treatment option in the United States. This clinical study tested an experimental medicine called ASP2215, also known as gilteritinib. Gilteritinib worked by stopping the leukemia cells from making the FLT3 protein. This helped stop the leukemia cells from growing faster.

This study compared two different treatments. Participants were assigned to one of these two groups by chance: a medicine called azacitidine, also known as Vidaza®, or an experimental medicine gilteritinib in combination with azacitidine. There was a twice as much chance to receive both medicines combined than azacitidine alone. The clinical study may help show which treatment helps patients live longer.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Site AU61004, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia

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About this study

Participants considered an adult according to local regulation at the time of obtaining informed consent participated in the study.

Safety Cohort Prior to initiation of the randomized trial, 15 participants were enrolled to evaluate the safety and tolerability of ASP2215 given with azacitidine therapy in the study population.

Randomized Trial Approximately 250 participants were randomized in a 2:1 ratio to receive ASP2215 plus azacitidine (Arm AC) or azacitidine only (Arm C). Participants entered the screening period up to 14 days prior to the start of treatment. Participants administered treatment over 28-day cycles.

Earlier protocol versions included a 1:1:1 randomization ratio to receive Arm A: ASP2215, Arm AC: ASP2215 + azacitidine or Arm C: azacitidine. Participants previously randomized to Arm A continued following treatment and assessments as outlined in the protocol.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Subject is considered an adult according to local regulation at the time of obtaining informed consent.
  • Subject has a diagnosis of previously-untreated AML according to World Health Organization (WHO) classification [Swerdlow et al, 2008] as determined by pathology review at the treating institution.
  • Subject is positive for FLT3 mutation (internal tandem duplication [ITD] or tyrosine kinase domain [TKD] [D835/I836] mutation) (or for Korea only: ITD alone or ITD with concurrent TKD activating mutation) in bone marrow or whole blood as determined by central laboratory. Note: Only requirement of FLT3 mutation assessment by central laboratory is only applicable to the randomization portion of the study.
  • Subject is ineligible for intensive induction chemotherapy by meeting at least 1 of the following criteria:
  • Subject is ≥ 65 years of age and ineligible for intensive induction chemotherapy.
  • Subject is ≥ 18 to 64 years of age and has any of the following comorbidities: [Ex-US Only]: Congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association {NYHA} class ≤ 3) or ejection fraction (Ef) ≤ 50%; [US Only]: Severe cardiac disorder e.g. congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association [NYHA] class ≤ 3) requiring treatment, ejection fraction ≤ 50%, or chronic stable angina; [Ex-US Only]: Creatinine > 2 mg/dL (177 µmol/L), dialysis or prior renal transplant; [US Only]: Creatinine clearance < 45 mL/min; ECOG performance status ≥ 2;
  • [Ex-US Only]: Known pulmonary disease with decreased diffusion capacity of lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) and/or requiring oxygen ≤ 2 liters per minute; [US Only] Severe pulmonary disorder (e.g., diffusion capacity of lung for carbon monoxide [DLCO] ≤ 65% or forced expiratory volume in the first second [FEV1] ≤ 65%); Prior or current malignancy that does not require concurrent treatment; Subject has received a cumulative anthracycline dose above 400 mg/m2 of doxorubicin (or cumulative maximum dose of another anthracycline). Any other comorbidity incompatible with intensive chemotherapy must be reviewed and approved by the Medical Monitor during screening and before randomization.
  • Subject must meet the following criteria as indicated on the clinical laboratory tests:
  • Serum AST and ALT ≤ 3.0 x Institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x Institutional ULN
  • Serum potassium ≥ Institutional lower limit of normal (LLN)
  • Serum magnesium ≥ Institutional LLN Repletion of potassium and magnesium levels during the screening period is allowed.
  • Subject is suitable for oral administration of study drug.
  • Female subject is eligible to participate if female subject is not pregnant and at least one of the following conditions applies:
  • Not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP); OR
  • WOCBP agrees to follow the contraceptive guidance starting at screening and continue throughout the study period, and for at least 180 days after the final study drug administration.
  • Female subject must agree not to breastfeed starting at screening and throughout the study period, and for 60 days after the final study drug administration.
  • Female subject must not donate ova starting at screening and throughout the study period, and for 180 days after the final study drug administration.
  • Male subject with female partners of childbearing potential must agree to use contraception as detailed in Contraception Requirements, starting at screening and continue throughout the study period, and for 120 days after the final study drug administration.
  • Male subject must not donate sperm starting at screening and throughout the study period and for 120 days after the final study drug administration.
  • Subject agrees not to participate in another interventional study while on treatment.

Exclusion criteria

  • Subject was diagnosed as acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL).
  • Subject has BCR-ABL-positive leukemia (chronic myelogenous leukemia in blast crisis).
  • Subject has received previous therapy for AML, with the exception of the following:
  • Emergency leukapheresis
  • Hydroxyurea
  • Preemptive treatment with retinoic acid prior to exclusion of APL ≤ 7 days
  • Growth factor or cytokine support
  • Steroids
  • Subject has clinically active central nervous system leukemia.
  • Subject has been diagnosed with another malignancy that requires concurrent treatment (with the exception of hormone therapy limited to those therapies that prevent recurrence and/or spread of cancer) or hepatic malignancy regardless of need for treatment.
  • Subject requires treatment with concomitant drugs that are strong inducers of cytochrome P450 CYP3A/P-glycoprotein (P-gp).
  • Subject requires treatment with concomitant drugs that are strong inhibitors or inducers of P-gp with the exception of drugs that are considered absolutely essential for the care of the subject.
  • Subject requires treatment with concomitant drugs that target serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 2B (5HT2BR) or sigma nonspecific receptor with the exception of drugs that are considered absolutely essential for the care of the subject.
  • Subject has congestive heart failure classified as New York Heart Association Class IV.
  • Subject with mean Fridericia-corrected QT interval (QTcF) > 480 ms at screening based on central reading.
  • Subject with a history of Long QT Syndrome at screening.
  • [Ex-US Only]: Subject has known pulmonary function tests with diffusion capacity of lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) ≤ 50%, forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) ≤ 60%, dyspnea at rest or requiring oxygen or any pleural neoplasm (Transient use of supplemental oxygen is allowed.)
  • Subject has active hepatitis B or C or other active hepatic disorder.
  • Subjects with positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or detectable hepatitis B DNA are not eligible.
  • Subjects with negative HBsAg, positive hepatitis B core antibody and negative hepatitis B surface antibody will be eligible if hepatitis B DNA is undetectable.
  • Subjects with antibodies to hepatitis C virus will be eligible if hepatitis C RNA is undetectable
  • Subject has any condition which makes the subject unsuitable for study participation, including any contraindications of azacitidine.
  • Subject has a known or suspected hypersensitivity to ASP2215, azacitidine or any components of the formulations used.
  • [US Only]: Subject is ≥ 65 to 74 years of age, suitable for and willing to receive intensive induction chemotherapy.

Treatment and study plan

Gilteritinib

Drug

Tablet, oral

Other names: ASP2215

Azacitidine

Drug

Subcutaneous injection or intravenous infusion

Primary outcomes

  1. Overall Survival (OS)

    Time frame: From the date of randomization until the date of death from any cause ( maximum duration up to 79 months)

    OS was defined as the time from the date of randomization until the date of death from any cause. For a participant who was not known to have died by the end of study follow-up, OS was censored at the date of last contact. Kaplan-Meier (KM) estimates was used for analysis.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Event-free Survival (EFS)

    Time frame: From the date of randomization until the date of documented relapse from CR, treatment failure or death from any cause, whichever occurred first (up to 39.7 months)

    EFS: time from the date of randomization until the date of documented relapse from Complete Remission (CR), treatment failure(failing to achieve CR within 6 cycles of treatment) or death from any cause, whichever occurred first. CR: bone marrow(BM) regenerating normal hematopoietic cells, morphologically leukemia-free state, absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1 × 10^9/L, platelet count ≥100 × 10^9/L, normal marrow differential with <5% myeloblast counts, missing/≤2% peripheral blood blast counts and being red blood cell (RBC) and platelet transfusion independent (1 week without RBC and platelet transfusion prior to the disease assessment). No evidence of extramedullary leukemia and Auer rods. Relapse: reappearance of leukemic blasts >2% in the peripheral blood/≥ 5% myeloblasts in the BM unattributable to any other cause/new/reappearance of extramedullary leukemia.

  2. Percentage of Participants With Best Response

    Time frame: From the date of randomization until the date of death from any cause (up to 57 months)

    Best response for a participant was defined as the best measured response (in the order of CR, CR with Incomplete Platelet Recovery (CRp), CR with Incomplete Hematologic Recovery (CRi), and treatment failure) from all post-baseline visits. CR: BM regenerating normal hematopoietic cells, morphologically leukemia-free state, ANC ≥1 × 10^9/L, platelet count ≥100 × 10^9/L, normal marrow differential with <5% myeloblast counts, missing/≤2% peripheral blood blast counts and being RBC and platelet transfusion independent (1 week without RBC and platelet transfusion prior to the disease assessment). No evidence of extramedullary leukemia and Auer rods. CRp: achieved CR except incomplete platelet recovery (< 100 × 10^9/L). CRi: achieved CR except incomplete hematological recovery with residual neutropenia < 1 x 10^9/L with or without complete platelet recovery. RBC and platelet transfusion independence not required.

  3. Completed Remission (CR) Rate

    Time frame: From the date of randomization until the date of death from any cause (approximately 49.7 months)

    CR rate: number of participants who achieved the best response of CR divided by the number of participants in the analysis population. Participants with unknown or missing response, or who provided no information on response at the end of treatment were included in the denominator when calculating rates. CR: BM regenerating normal hematopoietic cells, morphologically leukemia-free state, ANC ≥1 × 10^9/L, platelet count ≥100 × 10^9/L, normal marrow differential with <5% myeloblast counts, missing/≤2% peripheral blood blast counts and being RBC and platelet transfusion independent(1 week without RBC and platelet transfusion prior to the disease assessment). No evidence of extramedullary leukemia and Auer rods.

  4. CRc Rate

    Time frame: From the date of randomization until the date of death from any cause (approximately 54.5 months)

    CRc rate was defined as participants with best response of (CR + CRp + CRi) divided by the number of participants in the analysis population. Participants were classified as: CR: BM regenerating normal hematopoietic cells, morphologically leukemia-free state, ANC ≥1 × 10^9/L, platelet count ≥100 × 10^9/L, normal marrow differential with <5% myeloblast counts, missing/≤2% peripheral blood blast counts and being RBC and platelet transfusion independent (1 week without RBC and platelet transfusion prior to the disease assessment). No evidence of extramedullary leukemia and Auer rods. CRp: achieved CR except incomplete platelet recovery (< 100 × 10^9/L). CRi: achieved CR except incomplete hematological recovery with residual neutropenia < 1 x 10^9/L with or without complete platelet recovery. RBC and platelet transfusion independence not required. Percentage of participants with CRc was reported.

  5. Complete Remission With Partial Hematologic Recovery (CRh)

    Time frame: From the date of randomization until the date of death from any cause (up to 49.7 months)

    CRh was defined as the response at a post baseline visit as CRh having bone marrow myeloblast count < 5%, partial hematologic recovery ANC ≥ 0.5 x 10^9/L and platelets ≥ 50 x 10^9/L, no evidence of extramedullary leukemia and cannot be classified as CR. The blast counts in peripheral blood must be ≤ 2% or missing. CR: BM regenerating normal hematopoietic cells, morphologically leukemia-free state, ANC ≥1 × 10^9/L, platelet count ≥100 × 10^9/L, normal marrow differential with <5% myeloblast counts, missing/≤2% peripheral blood blast counts and being RBC and platelet transfusion independent (1 week without RBC and platelet transfusion prior to the disease assessment). No evidence of extramedullary leukemia and Auer rods. Percentage of participants with CRh was reported.

  6. CR/CRh Rate

    Time frame: From the date of randomization until the date of death from any cause (up to 49.7 months)

    CR/CRh rate: number of participants who achieved CR or CRh divided by the number of participants in the analysis population. CR/CRh: CR/CRh if it fulfilled criteria for CR or CRh at the visit. CR: BM regenerating normal hematopoietic cells, morphologically leukemia-free state, ANC ≥1 × 10^9/L, platelet count ≥100 × 10^9/L, normal marrow differential with <5% myeloblast counts, missing/≤2% peripheral blood blast counts and being RBC and platelet transfusion independent (1 week without RBC and platelet transfusion prior to the disease assessment). No evidence of extramedullary leukemia and Auer rods. CRh: response at a post baseline visit as CRh having bone marrow myeloblast count < 5%, partial hematologic recovery ANC ≥ 0.5 x 10^9/L and platelets ≥ 50 x 10^9/L, no evidence of extramedullary leukemia and cannot be classified as CR. The blast counts in peripheral blood must be ≤ 2% or missing. Percentage of participants with CR/CRh was reported.

  7. Percentage of Participants With Transfusion Conversion Rate

    Time frame: From baseline up to 57 months

    Transfusion conversion rate was defined as the number of participants who were transfusion dependent at baseline period but became transfusion independent at post-baseline period divided by the total number of participants who were transfusion dependent at baseline period.

  8. Percentage of Participants With Transfusion Maintenance Rate

    Time frame: From baseline up to 57 months

    Transfusion maintenance rate was defined as the number of participants who were transfusion independent at baseline period and remained transfusion independent post-baseline period divided by the total number of participants who were transfusion independent at baseline period.

  9. Leukemia-free Survival (LFS)

    Time frame: From first day of achieving first CRc to the first day of confirmed relapse/death (up to 54.5 months)

    LFS: time from the date of first CRc (CR + CRp + CRi) until the date of documented relapse (excluding relapse from PR) or death for participants who achieved CRc. CR: BM regenerating normal hematopoietic cells, morphologically leukemia-free state, ANC ≥1 × 10^9/L, platelet count ≥100 × 10^9/L, normal marrow differential with <5% myeloblast counts, missing/≤2% peripheral blood blast counts and being RBC and platelet transfusion independent (1 week without RBC and platelet transfusion prior to the disease assessment). No evidence of extramedullary leukemia and Auer rods. CRp: achieved CR except incomplete platelet recovery (< 100 × 10^9/L). CRi: achieved CR except incomplete hematological recovery with residual neutropenia < 1 x 10^9/L with or without complete platelet recovery. RBC and platelet transfusion independence not required. CRc: fulfilled criteria for CR, CRp or CRi. Based on KM estimates.

  10. Duration of Remission

    Time frame: From first day of achieving first response to the first day of confirmed relapse/death (up to 56.4 months)

    Duration of remission included CRc, CR, CRh, CR/CRh, and response duration [CRc + PR]. Duration of CRc, CR, CRh: the time from the date of first CRc until the date of first documented relapse for participants who achieved CRc, CR, and CRh, respectively. CR/CRh: fulfilled criteria for CR or CRh at the visit. CRh: marrow blasts <5%, ANC ≥0.5×10^9/L, platelets ≥50×10^9/L, not meeting CR criteria. PR: If marrow myeloblasts between <5% and 25% and ≤2% or missing peripheral blood blast and a decrease from baseline of at least 50% in the marrow myeloblasts and no evidence of extramedullary leukemia, the response was classified as PR. If marrow myeloblasts <5% and ≤2% or missing peripheral blood blast and no evidence of extramedullary leukemia, the response was classified as PR even with Auer rods.

  11. Change From Baseline in Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI)

    Time frame: From baseline to 31 months

    The BFI was a tool to assess fatigue severity and impact on daily function in cancer participants over 24 hours. It included 9 items. A global fatigue score was computed by averaging the scores of the 9 items measured on the numeric rating scale. Scores were calculated if ≥5 of 9 items were answered. A higher score indicates a higher degree of fatigue. The first 3 rate fatigue from 0 (no fatigue) to 10 (worst imaginable), with higher scores indicating worse outcomes. The remaining 6 assess how fatigue interferes with daily activities from 0 (no interference) to 10 (completely interferes). A global fatigue score (0-10) was the average of all items, with higher scores indicating worse fatigue. Overall BFI score is reported.

  12. Number of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)

    Time frame: From first dose up to end of study duration (101 months)

    An AE was defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant, temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product, whether or not considered related to the medicinal product. An AE could therefore be any unfavorable & unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease (new or exacerbated) temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product. TEAE was defined as an adverse event observed after starting administration of the study drug until 30 days from the last study treatment

  13. Number of Participants With Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Scores

    Time frame: From baseline to end of treatment (up to 57 months)

    ECOG performance scores at each assessment time were be provided by treatment group. Negative change scores indicated an improvement and positive scores indicate a decline in performance. The grades were defined as follows:

    0: Fully active, able to carry on all pre-disease performance without restriction.

    • Restricted in physically strenuous activity but ambulatory and able to carry out work of a light or sedentary nature, e.g., light house work, office work.
    • Ambulatory and capable of all self-care but unable to carry out any work activities. Up and about more than 50% of waking hours.
    • Capable of only limited self-care, confined to bed or chair more than 50% of waking hours.
    • Completely disabled. Cannot carry on any self-care. Totally confined to bed or chair.
    • Dead.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc.

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 3 Multicenter, Open-label, Randomized Study of ASP2215 (Gilteritinib), Combination of ASP2215 Plus Azacitidine and Azacitidine Alone in the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia With FLT3 Mutation in Patients Not Eligible for Intensive Induction Chemotherapy

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2024
First posted
Apr 26, 2016
Registry last updated
Jul 14, 2026

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