A Phase Ib Study Evaluating the Safety and Tolerability of Vitamin C in Patients With Intermediate or High Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome With TET2 Mutations

NCT03433781 | Completed Phase 1 Results FDA Drug

• 1 other identifier: 17-00978
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 4
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

This is an open label, Phase Ib study designed to evaluate the safety, toxicity and biological activity of high dose Vitamin C in bone marrow and peripheral blood when administered as therapy to patients with intermediate or high risk myelodysplastic syndrome according to the revised IPSS (international prognostic scoring system) criteria whose disease has a Ten-eleven translocation-2, (TET2) mutation. The primary objectives phase 1 study is to establish safety and confirm a steady level of Vitamin C on ≥1 mM in \> 75% of the patients is achieved. All patients will receive at least 1 cycle of treatment (4 weeks). Patients with clinical benefit (CR,PR, or SD) then will undergo a second 4-week cycle of treatment.

Conditions

Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Keywords

ASCORBIC ACID

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of Patients Who Experienced a Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT)

  DLT is defined as grade 3 or higher of any duration or as a Grade ≥2 adverse event (AE) that persists for ≥96 hours with the exception of Grade ≥ 2 AEs clearly related to the underlying MDS

  Week 16

Study Arms (3)

Vitamin C 50 g

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients will receive Vitamin C as a continuous intravenous infusion (CIVI) of 50 grams (g) daily over 24 hours for 5 days for total of 250 grams over 5 days up.

Drug: Vitamin C

Vitamin C 75 g

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients will receive Vitamin C as a continuous intravenous infusion (CIVI) of 75 grams (g) daily over 24 hours for 5 days for total of 375 grams over 5 days.

Drug: Vitamin C

Vitamin C 100 g

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients will receive Vitamin C as a continuous intravenous infusion (CIVI) of 100 grams (g) daily over 24 hours for 5 days for total of 500 grams over 5 days.

Drug: Vitamin C

Interventions

Vitamin C DRUG

All patients will receive at least 1 cycle of treatment (4 weeks) of Vitamin C as a continuous intravenous infusion (CIVI). Patients with clinical benefit (CR, PR, or SD) then will undergo a second 4-week cycle of treatment. Patients to receive a maximum of 16 weeks of treatment (4 cycles). If a patient progress after receiving a cycle of treatment then the patient will be withdrawn from the study. Patients will be maintained on 1 gram oral Vitamin C daily from the end of the CIVI until the beginning of the next cycle (from day 6 till 28).

Also known as: ascorbic acid, ascorbate

Vitamin C 100 g; Vitamin C 50 g; Vitamin C 75 g

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Age ≥18 years
• Histologically confirmed Myelodysplastic Syndrome with positive TET2 mutations (We will test all MDS patients for TET2 mutations using next generation sequencing and only patients with TET2 mutations will be included in our study)
• Myeloblasts account for less than 20% of leukocytes on peripheral blood and bone marrow aspirate
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤2 (Appendix 1)
• Adequate organ function
• Platelets ≥20,000/μL
• Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 500/μL
• Bilirubin \< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) or \< 3 x ULN in patients with Gilbert's disease or liver involvement
• Serum albumin ≥ 2.0 g/dL
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤2.5 institutional ULN or, in the case of liver involvement by the primary disease AST/ALT ≤ 5 x ULN
• Creatinine≤1.5 x institutional ULN or estimated creatinine clearance of ≥45 mL/min by the Cockcroft-Gault equation or measured creatinine clearance \>45 mL/min
• Females of child bearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test with 7 days prior to first dose of treatment and use 2 methods of contraceptives while on treatment
• Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
• Patients currently receiving or who previously received Hydroxyurea, Erythrocyte stimulating agents (ESA), or granulocyte colony stimulating factors (G-CSF) are allowed to participate in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Concurrent hypomethylation agent usage; the last dose of treatment must be ≥4 weeks before the start of the Vitamin C infusion
• Myeloblast count ≥20% in peripheral blood or bone marrow aspirate
• Major surgery within 2 weeks prior to first dose of study drug
• Allogeneic stem cell transplant
• Any previous chemotherapy agent other than hypomethylating agents (e.g., Venetoclax)
• Uncontrolled concurrent serious illness
• Concurrent malignancy or history of a previous malignancy within 1 year prior to first dose of the current study, unless curatively resected basal, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, breast ductal/lobular carcinoma in situ or cervical carcinoma in situ.
• Active infections including hepatitis B carrier status, hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection (patients must have a negative Hep B and Hep C viral load at screening)
• Known HIV-positive status
• Any significant medical conditions, laboratory abnormality, or psychiatric illness that would exclude the subject from participation or interfere with study treatment, monitoring and compliance such as:
• Unstable angina pectoris, symptomatic congestive heart failure (NYHA III or IV), myocardial infarction ≤ 6 months prior to first study drug, clinically significant and uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia (e.g. atrial fibrillation/flutter ventricular cardiovascular physiology is allowed), cerebrovascular accidents ≤ 6 months before study drug start
• Severely impaired lung function
• Serious, systemic infection requiring treatment ≤7 days before the first dose of study drug
• Any severe, uncontrolled disease or condition which in the investigator's opinion, may put the subject at significant risk, may confound the study results, or impact the subject's participation in the study
• History of any renal calculi or hyperoxaluria or any other preexisting renal disorder

Sponsors & Collaborators

• NYU Langone Health: lead
• Perlmutter New York University Cancer Center: collaborator

Study Sites (2)

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine -Sylvester Cancer Center

Miami, Florida, 33136, United States

Location

New York University School of Medicine

New York, New York, 10016, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Interventions

Ascorbic Acid

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Bone Marrow Diseases; Hematologic Diseases; Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sugar Acids; Acids, Acyclic; Carboxylic Acids; Organic Chemicals; Hydroxy Acids; Carbohydrates

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Perla Arriola
• Organization: NYU Langone

perla.arriola@nyulangone.org

347-630-0311

Study Officials

• Mohammad M Abdul Hay, MD

  NYU Langone Health

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 1
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: 3 dose-escalation cohorts in a 3+3 design. One subject at a time will be enrolled into the first cohort until the first dose level cohort is completed and all patients treated successfully for one cycle.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 8, 2018
• First Posted: February 15, 2018
• Study Start: May 1, 2018
• Primary Completion: November 6, 2022
• Study Completion: May 16, 2023
• Last Updated: March 27, 2024
• Results First Posted: March 27, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-02

Locations

US (2)