Long-term outcomes of ruxolitinib (RUX) therapy in patients (pts) with myelofibrosis (MF): 5-year update from COMFORT-I.

Authors

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Vikas Gupta

Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Vikas Gupta , Srdan Verstovsek , Ruben A. Mesa , Jason R. Gotlib , John F. DiPersio , John V. Catalano , Michael W.N. Deininger , Carole Brennan Miller , Richard T. Silver , Moshe Talpaz , Elliott F. Winton , Jimmie Huling Harvey Jr., Murat O. Arcasoy , Elizabeth O. Hexner , Roger M. Lyons , Ronald Paquette , Azra Raza , Deanna Kornacki , Kang Sun , Hagop M. Kantarjian

Organizations

Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, Stanford University School of Medicine/Stanford Cancer Center, Stanford, CA, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, Frankston Hospital and Department of Clinical Haematology, Frankston, Australia, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, UT, Saint Agnes Cancer Institute, Baltimore, MD, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, Birmingham Hematology Oncology Associates, Birmingham, AL, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC, Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Cancer Care Centers of South Texas/US Oncology, San Antonio, TX, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, DE

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company

Background: The JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor RUX has demonstrated rapid and durable improvements in splenomegaly and symptoms and improved survival in the phase 3 COMFORT studies in pts with MF. Here we report final long-term safety and efficacy results after 5 years (y) of RUX treatment in COMFORT-I. Methods: In COMFORT-I, 309 pts were randomized (1:1) to RUX or placebo (PBO). RUX starting dose was based on baseline platelet count (100–200×109/L: 15 mg BID; > 200×109/L: 20 mg BID). Pts receiving PBO could crossover to RUX after the primary analysis (when all pts completed week [wk] 24 and half completed wk 36) or at any time if they had prespecified worsening of splenomegaly. The primary endpoint was the proportion of pts achieving ≥ 35% reduction in spleen volume (SV) at wk 24. Overall survival (OS) was estimated by Kaplan-Meier analysis according to randomized treatment. Results: Median follow-up was 268 wk at the time of this analysis. Of 154 pts randomized to PBO, 111 crossed over to RUX; median time to crossover was 41.1 wk. At wk 24, pts originally randomized to RUX had a mean SV reduction of 31.6%; this was durable for pts who continued on RUX (mean SV reduction at wk 264, 37.6%). Median duration of ≥ 35% SV reduction was 168.3 wk (range, 107.7–NE). OS favored RUX (HR 0.69; 95% CI: 0.50, 0.96; P= 0.025), with 69 and 82 deaths among pts originally randomized to RUX and PBO, respectively. Median OS has not been reached for RUX. Mean platelet count and Hgb initially decreased through 3 mo. Mean Hgb gradually increased toward baseline. After wk 24, mean Hgb and platelet count generally remain stable through 5 y. New onset grade 3 or 4 anemia was 25.2% for the RUX arm and 26.1% for PBO crossover; grade 3 or 4 thrombocytopenia occurred in 12.3% and 13.5% of pts, respectively. Notable AEs included herpes zoster (10.3% and 13.5% of RUX and PBO crossover pts, respectively); basal cell carcinoma (7.7% and 9.0%, respectively); acute myeloid leukemia (5 pts in each arm). Conclusions: After a median follow-up of 268 wk, the hazard ratio for OS favored pts randomized to RUX over those randomized to PBO, and SV reductions were sustained with long-term therapy. Collectively, these data support the durable efficacy and long-term safety of RUX in pts with MF. Clinical trial information: NCT00952289

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2016 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Discussion Session

Session Title

Hematologic Malignancies—Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, and Allotransplant

Track

Hematologic Malignancies—Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, and Allotransplant

Sub Track

Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN) and Mast Cell Disorders

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT00952289

Citation

J Clin Oncol 34, 2016 (suppl; abstr 7012)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2016.34.15_suppl.7012

Abstract #

7012

Poster Bd #

4

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