Quizartinib with decitabine and venetoclax (triplet) is highly active in patients with FLT3-ITD mutated acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Authors

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Musa Yilmaz

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Musa Yilmaz , Hagop M. Kantarjian , Muharrem Muftuoglu , Tapan M. Kadia , Marina Konopleva , Gautam Borthakur , Courtney Denton Dinardo , Naveen Pemmaraju , Nicholas James Short , Yesid Alvarado , Guillermo Montalban-Bravo , Carissa Jurisprudenica , Allison Pike , Maro Ohanian , Elias Jabbour , Guillermo Garcia-Manero , Vivian Ruvolo , Farhad Ravandi , Michael Andreeff , Naval Guastad Daver

Organizations

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Leukemia, Houston, TX

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Daiichi-Sankyo

Background: The outcomes in patients (pts) with newly diagnosed FLT3 mutated AML who are ineligible for intensive induction chemotherapy are poor. Added to a low intensity chemotherapy backbone, FLT3 inhibitors, such as midostaurin, sorafenib, and quizartinib, result in median OS of 8-17 months in the frontline (Gallogly ASH 2017, Ohanian AJH 2018, Swaminathan ASH 2017), and 4-8 months in relapsed/refractory (R/R) settings (Yilmaz JHO 2020, Ravandi Blood 2013). Quizartinib, a potent second generation FLT3 inhibitor demonstrated synergy with venetoclax (VEN) (a BCL-2 inhibitor) in AML cell lines and PDX models (Mali Haematologica 2020). We designed this study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of quizartinib, venetoclax, and decitabine combination in pts with R/R or newly diagnosed FLT3 mutated AML. Methods: Frontline cohort included pts who are ineligible for intensive induction chemotherapy, and R/R cohort included pts who received 5 or less prior treatments. All patients had a performance status of ECOG ≤2, adequate organ functions, and QTcF <450 msec prior to therapy. All pts underwent day 14 bone marrow, and venetoclax (400 mg/day) was put on hold in patients with bone marrow blasts ≤ 5% (or marrow aplasia). Those with day14 bone marrow blast >5% continued venetoclax for 21 days during cycle 1. All pts induced with 10 days of decitabine (20 mg/m2). In subsequent cycles, decitabine administered for 5 days. Quizartinib (30 or 40 mg/day) was administered daily continuously. Results: 21 pts were enrolled and 17 pts evaluable at the time of this report (4 are still within cycle 1). Of 13 pts with R/R AML (median 3 [range 1-5] prior therapies, 85% with ≥1 prior FLT3 inhibitor), 9 (69%) achieved CRc (2 CR, 7 CRi) with 4/9 and 5/9 responders FLT3-PCR and multicolor flow cytometry (MFC) negative, respectively. Thirty and 60-day mortality rates were 0% and 8%. Of 4 patients with newly diagnosed AML (median age 72), all achieved CRc (2 CR, 2 CRi) with 4/4 and 2/3 responders FLT3-PCR and MFC negative, respectively. 60-day mortality was 0% in the frontline cohort. No pts developed a dose limiting toxicity (DLT) with 30 mg/day quizartinib, however with the 40mg/day quizartinib 2 pts developed hematologic DLT (grade ≥3 neutropenia with a <5% cellular bone marrow lasting ≥42 days). Hence, quizartinib 30 mg/day dose was determined as recommended phase 2 dose for the triplet. Grade 3/5 non-hematologic toxicities in >2 pts included lung infections (N=9) and neutropenic fever (N=6). No QTcF prolongations >450 msec were noted. With a median follow-up of 7.2 months, the median OS was not reached in frontline cohort and was 7.1 months in R/R cohort. 2/4 and 5/9 responders underwent ASCT in frontline and R/R cohorts, respectively. All frontline pts were alive at the last follow-up; 3 were in CR and 1 relapsed disease. Of 9 responders in R/R cohort, 4 were alive (3 CR, 1 relapse) and 5 died (4 relapse, 1 CR). Conclusions: Decitabine + venetoclax + quizartinib is highly active in R/R FLT3-ITD mutated AML pts, with CRc rates of 69% and the median OS of 7.1 months. Accrual to the triplet continues and updated clinical and correlative data will be presented. Clinical trial information: NCT03661307

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2021 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Publication Only

Session Title

Publication Only: Hematologic Malignancies—Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, and Allotransplant

Track

Hematologic Malignancies

Sub Track

Acute Leukemia

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT03661307

Citation

J Clin Oncol 39, 2021 (suppl 15; abstr e19019)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2021.39.15_suppl.e19019

Abstract #

e19019

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