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NCT Number: NCT03731260

(PIONEER) Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Avapritinib (BLU-285), A Selective KIT Mutation-targeted Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, Versus Placebo in Patients With Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis

This is a Phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study comparing the efficacy and safety of avapritinib + best supportive care (BSC) with placebo + BSC in patients with indolent systemic mastocytosis (ISM) whose symptoms are not adequately controlled by BSC. The study will be conducted in 3 parts. All patients will receive treatment with avapritinib during Part 3 including those rolling over from the placebo group.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • 1. Patient must have SM, confirmed by Central Pathology Review of BM biopsy, and central review of B- and C-findings by WHO diagnostic criteria.
  • 2. Patient must have moderate-to-severe symptoms based on minimum mean total symptom score (TSS) of the ISM Symptom Assessment Form (ISM-SAF) over the 14-day eligibility screening period.
  • 3. Patient must have failed to achieve adequate symptom control for 1 or more Baseline symptoms.
  • 4. For patients receiving corticosteroids, the dose must be ≤ 20 mg/d prednisone or equivalent, and the dose must be stable for ≥ 14 days.
  • 5. Patient must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) of 0 to 2.

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • 1. Patient has been diagnosed with any of the following WHO SM subclassifications: cutaneous mastocytosis only, smoldering SM, SM with associated hematologic neoplasm, aggressive SM, mast cell leukemia, or mast cell sarcoma.
  • 2. Patient must not have received prior treatment with avapritinib.
  • 3. Patient must not have had any cytoreductive therapy including but not limited to masitinib and midostaurin, or investigational agent for < 14 days or 5 half-lives of the drug (whichever is longer), and for cladribine, interferon alpha, pegylated interferon, or antibody therapy < 28 days or 5 half-lives of the drug (whichever is longer), before beginning the 14-day ISM-SAF eligibility TSS assessment.
  • 4. Patient must not have received radiotherapy or psoralen and ultraviolet A (PUVA) therapy < 14 days before beginning the 14-day ISM-SAF eligibility TSS assessment.
  • 5. Patient must not have received any hematopoietic growth factor the preceding 14 days before beginning the 14-day ISM-SAF eligibility TSS assessment.
  • 6. Patient must not have a QT interval corrected using Fridericia's formula (QTcF) of > 480 msec.

Treatment and study plan

Avapritinib

Drug

Avapritinib tablet

Other names: BLU-285

Placebo

Drug

Placebo tablet

Primary outcomes

  1. Part 1: Recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) in patients with ISM

    Time frame: 9 months

  2. Part 2: Mean change in ISM Symptom Assessment Form (ISM-SAF) total symptom score (TSS) as compared to placebo

    Time frame: 6 months

    0 - 110 points (higher value represents worse symptom outcomes)

  3. Part 3: Number of Participants with Adverse Events

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Part 2: Proportion of patients with a ≥50% reduction in serum tryptase

    Time frame: 6 months

  2. Part 2: Proportion of patients with a ≥50% reduction in peripheral blood V-kit Hardy-Zuckerman 4 feline sarcoma viral oncogene homolog aspartate 816 valine (KIT D816V) allele fraction or undetectable for patients with detectable mutation at Baseline

    Time frame: 6 months

  3. Part 2: Proportion of patients with ≥50% reduction in ISM-SAF TSS

    Time frame: 6 months

  4. Part 2: Proportion of patients with ≥30% reduction in ISM-SAF TSS

    Time frame: 6 months

  5. Part 2: Proportion of patients with a ≥50% reduction in bone marrow mast cells or no aggregates for patients with aggregates at Baseline

    Time frame: 6 months

  6. Parts 1, 2, and 3: Change in serum tryptase

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

  7. Parts 1, 2, and 3: Change in KIT D816V allele burden in blood

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

  8. Parts 1, 2, and 3: Change in bone marrow mast cells

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

  9. Parts 1, 2, and 3: Change in best supportive care (BSC) concomitant medication usage

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

  10. Parts 1, 2, and 3: Change from Baseline in ISM-SAF Score

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

  11. Parts 1, 2, and 3: Change in Mastocytosis Quality of Life Questionnaire (MC-QoL)

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

  12. Parts 1, 2, and 3: Change in Patient's Global Impression of Symptom Severity (PGIS)

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

  13. Parts 1, 2, and 3: Change in 12-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12)

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

    0 - 100 points (higher value represents better symptom outcomes)

  14. Parts 1, 2, and 3: Change in Patients' Global Impression of Change (PGIC)

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

    1 - 7 (higher value represents worse symptom outcomes)

  15. Parts 1, 2, and 3: Change in EuroQuol 5 Dimensions 5 Levels (EQ 5D-5L)

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

    0 - 100 (higher value represents better symptom outcomes)

  16. Parts 1, 2, and 3: Safety of avapritinib as assessed by number of adverse events

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

    CTCAE version 5.0

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Blueprint Medicines Corporation

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Registry information

Official study title

A 3-Part, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 2 Study to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of Avapritinib (BLU-285), a Selective KIT Mutation-Targeted Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, in Indolent and Smoldering Systemic Mastocytosis With Symptoms Inadequately Controlled With Standard Therapy

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Nov 6, 2018
Registry last updated
Sep 23, 2025

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