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A Study of Etavopivat in Patients With Thalassemia or Sickle Cell Disease

Phase 2
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Sickle Cell Disease
Thalassemia
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT04987489
Lead Sponsor
Forma Therapeutics, Inc.
Brief Summary

This clinical trial is a Phase 2 study that will evaluate the safety and clinical activity of etavopivat in patients with thalassemia or sickle cell disease and test how well etavopivat works to lower the number of red blood cell transfusions required and increase hemoglobin.

Detailed Description

Etavopivat is a potent, selective, orally bioavailable, small-molecule activator of pyruvate kinase red blood cell (PKR) being developed by Forma Therapeutics, Inc and is intended for use as a treatment for patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) or other inherited hemoglobinopathies or refractory anemias. This study is a multicenter, Phase 2, open-label, multiple-cohort study examining the safety and efficacy of etavopivat for the treatment of patients, age 12 to 65 years, with SCD or thalassemia. Three treatment cohorts based on the patients hemoglobinopathy (SCD or thalassemia) and transfusion requirements will be evaluated.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria
  • Provision of consent
  • Female patients of childbearing potential must use acceptable methods of contraception, male patients are willing to use barrier methods of contraception

Cohort A (Sickle Cell Disease Transfusion Cohort)

  • Confirmed diagnosis of sickle cell disease
  • Chronically red blood cell transfused (sample or exchange [manual or via electrophoresis]) for primary stroke prevention or due to previous stroke. Chronic red blood cell transfusion is defined as: ≥ 6 red blood cell units in the previous 24 weeks before the first dose of study treatment and no transfusion-free period for > 35 days during that period
  • At least 24 months of chronic monthly red blood cell transfusions for secondary stroke prevention/treatment of primary stroke (initial completed overt clinical stroke with documented infarction on brain computed tomography [CT] or magnetic resonance imaging [MRI])
  • Prior to screening OR at least 12 months of chronic RBC transfusions for primary stroke prevention (abnormal TCD) prior to screening
  • Documented adequate monthly transfusions with average HbS ≤ 45% (the upper limit of the established academic community standard) for the previous 12 weeks of red blood cell transfusions before the first dose of study treatment

Cohort B (Thalassemia Transfusion Cohort)

  • Documented diagnosis of β-thalassemia, Hemoglobin E/ β-thalassemia or Hemoglobin H (α-thalassemia), or other thalassemia variant
  • Chronically transfused, defined as: ≥ 6 red blood cell units in the previous 24 weeks before the first dose of study treatment and no transfusion-free period for > 35 days during that period

Cohort C (Thalassemia Non-transfused Cohort)

  • Documented diagnosis of β-thalassemia, Hemoglobin E/ β-thalassemia or Hemoglobin H (α-thalassemia), or other thalassemia variant
  • Hemoglobin ≤ 10 g/dL
Exclusion Criteria
  • Female who is breast feeding or pregnant

  • Hepatic dysfunction characterized by:

    • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) > 4.0 × upper limit of normal (ULN)
    • Direct bilirubin > 3.0 × ULN
    • History of cirrhosis
  • Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positivity

  • Active hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection

  • Severe renal dysfunction or on chronic dialysis

  • History of malignancy within the past 2 years prior to treatment Day 1 requiring systemic chemotherapy and/or radiation.

    • Patients with malignancy considered surgically cured are eligible (eg, non- melanoma skin cancer, cancer of the cervix in-situ, ductal carcinoma in situ [Stage 1], Grade 1 endometrial cancer)
  • History of unstable or deteriorating cardiac or pulmonary disease within 6 months prior to consent including but not limited to the following:

    • Unstable angina pectoris or myocardial infarction or elective coronary intervention
    • Congestive heart failure requiring hospitalization
    • Uncontrolled clinically significant arrhythmias
    • Symptomatic pulmonary hypertension

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Etavopivat 400 mg daily - ThalassemiaEtavopivat tabletsPatients with thalassemia not on chronic red blood cell transfusions
Etavopivat 400 mg daily - SCD with transfusionsEtavopivat tabletsPatients with sickle cell disease on chronic red blood cell transfusions
Etavopivat 400 mg daily - Thalassemia with transfusionsEtavopivat tabletsPatients with thalassemia on chronic red blood cell transfusions
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Cohorts A: Proportion of patients with ≥ 20% reduction in red blood cell transfusions over a continuous 12-week treatment period versus baseline red blood cell transfusion history12 weeks

Proportion of patients with ≥ 20% reduction in red blood cell transfusions over a continuous 12-week treatment period versus baseline red blood cell transfusion history

Cohorts B: Proportion of patients with ≥ 20% reduction in red blood cell transfusions over a continuous 12-week treatment period versus baseline red blood cell transfusion history12 weeks

Proportion of patients with ≥ 20% reduction in red blood cell transfusions over a continuous 12-week treatment period versus baseline red blood cell transfusion history

Cohort C: Hemoglobin response rate at Week 12 (increase of ≥ 1.0 g/dL from baseline)12 weeks

Hemoglobin response rate at Week 12 (increase of ≥ 1.0 g/dL from baseline)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Cohort A: Reduction in red blood cell transfusions over 12 weeks12 weeks

Reduction in red blood cell transfusions over 12 weeks

Cohort A: Reduction in red blood cell transfusions over 48 weeks48 weeks

Reduction in red blood cell transfusions over 48 weeks

Change from baseline in hemoglobin over 48 weeks48 weeks

Change from baseline in hemoglobin over 48 weeks

Cohort A: Reduction in red blood cell transfusions over 24 weeks24 weeks

Reduction in red blood cell transfusions over 24 weeks

Changes in serum ferritin levels at 48 weeks versus baseline48 weeks

Changes in serum ferritin levels at 48 weeks versus baseline

Cohort A: Proportion of patients with ≥ 33% reduction in red blood cell transfusion over a continuous 12-week treatment period versus baseline red blood cell transfusion history12 weeks

Proportion of patients with ≥ 33% reduction in red blood cell transfusion over a continuous 12-week treatment period versus baseline red blood cell transfusion history

Cohort B: Proportion of patients with ≥ 33% reduction in red blood cell transfusion over a continuous 12-week treatment period versus baseline red blood cell transfusion history12 weeks

Proportion of patients with ≥ 33% reduction in red blood cell transfusion over a continuous 12-week treatment period versus baseline red blood cell transfusion history

Cohort B: Reduction in red blood cell transfusions over 12 weeks12 weeks

Reduction in red blood cell transfusions over 12 weeks

Cohort B: Reduction in red blood cell transfusions over 24 weeks24 weeks

Reduction in red blood cell transfusions over 24 weeks

Cohort B: Reduction in red blood cell transfusions over 48 weeks48 weeks

Reduction in red blood cell transfusions over 48 weeks

Cohort C: Hemoglobin response rate at Week 24 (increase of ≥ 1.0 g/dL from baseline).24 weeks

Hemoglobin response rate at Week 24 (increase of ≥ 1.0 g/dL from baseline).

Cohort C: Hemoglobin response rate at Week 48 (increase of ≥ 1.0 g/dL from baseline).48 weeks

Hemoglobin response rate at Week 48 (increase of ≥ 1.0 g/dL from baseline).

Change from baseline in hemoglobin over 12 weeks12 weeks

Change from baseline in hemoglobin over 12 weeks

Change from baseline in hemoglobin over 24 weeks24 weeks

Change from baseline in hemoglobin over 24 weeks

Changes in liver iron concentration at 48 weeks versus baseline48 weeks

Changes in liver iron concentration at 48 weeks versus baseline

Changes in serum ferritin levels at 24 weeks versus baseline24 weeks

Changes in serum ferritin levels at 24 weeks versus baseline

Changes in serum ferritin levels at 12 weeks versus baseline12 weeks

Changes in serum ferritin levels at 12 weeks versus baseline

Trial Locations

Locations (16)

[Legal] Children's Hospital Los Angeles

🇺🇸

Los Angeles, California, United States

UCSF Oakland Benioff ChildHosp

🇺🇸

Oakland, California, United States

[Legal] Children's Hospital of Orange County on behalf of CHOC Children's Hospital of Orange County

🇺🇸

Orange, California, United States

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

East Carolina University

🇺🇸

Greenville, North Carolina, United States

[Legal] Children's Hospital Medical Center dba Cincinnati Children's

🇺🇸

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

The Hospital for Sick Children

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

University Health Network - Toronto General Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

CHU Sainte-Justine Mother and Child University Hospital

🇨🇦

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Abu El-Reesh El-Mounira Children University Hospital

🇪🇬

Cairo, Egypt, Egypt

Cairo University

🇪🇬

Cairo, Egypt

Chronic Care Center

🇱🇧

Baabda, Lebanon

Hospital Nini

🇱🇧

Tripoli, Lebanon

Barts Health NHS Trust - The Royal London Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - Hammersmith Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Manchester, United Kingdom

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