Clinical trial NCT04218071: Actuate 1901: 9-ING-41 in Myelofibrosis
Official title: Phase 2 Study of 9-ING-41, a Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 Beta (GSK 3β) Inhibitor, as a Single Agent or Combined With Ruxolitinib, in Patients With Myelofibrosis
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Myelofibrosis
Keywords: primary myelofibrosis
post polycythemia vera myelofibrosis
post essential thrombocythemia myelofibrosis
Ruxolitinib
Jak2 inhibitors
glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta
GSK3beta
9-ING-41
Lead sponsor: Actuate Therapeutics Inc.
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2020-01-06
Enrollment: 17
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Patients will receive either single agent 9-ING-41 or 9-ING-41 plus Ruxolitinib
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: 9-ING-41 has anti-cancer clinical activity while not causing myelosuppression, and has both pre-clinical anti-fibrotic activity and activity against myelofibrosis. This Phase 2 study will study its efficacy in patients with advanced myelofibrosis.

Detailed description: 9-ING-41 is a first-in-class, intravenously administered, maleimide-based, small molecule, potent selective GSK-3β inhibitor with significant pre-clinical and clinical anticancer activity. In the ongoing Actuate 1801 study in a cohort of over 90 patients with advanced refractory malignancies, 9-ING-41 has exhibited no significant toxicity, including no myelosuppression, and significant anti-tumor activity. 9-ING-41 also has significant pre-clinical ability to reverse pathologic fibrosis in multiple models of pulmonary and pleural fibrosis. Reversal of fibrosis by an anti-fibrotic agent in patients with advanced myelofibrosis (MF) has recently been demonstrated to be of clinical benefit. 9-ING-41 has the potential to act both as an anti-neoplastic agent (without causing myelosuppression) and an anti-fibrotic agent in patients with MF. The efficacy of Ruxolitinib is limited in many patients by the inability to tolerate adequate doses for an adequate duration with myelosuppression being a frequent dose limiting toxicity. 9-ING-41 may reduce the dose of Ruxolitinib needed for optimal therapeutic response and/or reverse myelosuppression so than an adequate dose of Ruxolitinib can be tolerated. Pre-clinical data show synergy in MF between 9-ING-41 and Ruxolitinib. This Phase 2 study is designed to evaluate the efficacy of 9-ING-41, as a single agent or in combination with Ruxolitinib, in patients with advanced, poor prognosis MF.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Patient -

1. Is able to understand and voluntarily sign a written informed consent and is willing and able to comply with the protocol requirements including scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests and other study procedures
2. Is aged ≥ 18 years
3. Has documented diagnosis of symptomatic primary MF, PPV-MF or PET-MF as defined by the World Health Organization classification
4. Is ineligible or unwilling to undergo stem cell transplantation at time of study entry
5. Has laboratory function within specified parameters per local laboratory (may be repeated):

   * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 100/mL; platelets ≥ 20,000/mL
   * Transaminases (AST/ALT) and alkaline phosphatase ≤ 3 (≤ 10 X the upper limit of normal (ULN) if considered to be MF-related) x ULN; bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN (unless patient has Gilbert's Syndrome)
   * Serum amylase and lipase ≤ 1.5 x ULN
6. Has adequate performance status (PS): Eastern Co-operative Oncology Group (ECOG) PS 0-2
7. Has received the final dose of any of the following treatments/procedures with the specified minimum intervals before first dose of 9-ING-41 (unless in the opinion of the investigator and the study medical coordinator the treatments/procedures will not compromise patient safety or interfere with study conduct:

   * Chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or systemic radiation therapy - 14 days maximum, or ≥ 5 half-lives (whichever is shorter)
   * Surgery with general anesthesia - 7 days
8. Patients who are to receive 9-ING-41 plus Ruxolitinib must have attempted ≥12 weeks of Ruxolitinib therapy and required dose reductions/interruptions and/or had an inadequate response
9. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative baseline blood or urine pregnancy test within 72 hours of first study therapy. Women may be neither breastfeeding nor intending to become pregnant during study participation and must agree to use effective contraceptive methods (hormonal or barrier method of birth control, or true abstinence) for the duration of study participation and in the following 100 days after discontinuation of study treatment
10. Male patients with partners of childbearing potential must take appropriate precautions to avoid fathering a child from screening until 100 days after discontinuation of study treatment and use appropriate barrier contraception or true abstinence
11. Must not be receiving any other investigational product

Exclusion Criteria:

Patient -

1. Is pregnant or lactating
2. Is known to be hypersensitive to any of the components of 9-ING-41 or to the excipients used in its formulation
3. Has \>10% blasts in peripheral blood or bone marrow biopsy
4. Has had a myocardial infarction within 12 weeks of the first dose of 9-ING-41
5. Has any medical and/or social condition which, in the opinion of the investigator or study medical coordinator would preclude study participation
6. Is considered to be a member of a vulnerable population (for example, prisoners)
7. Herbal preparations / medications are prohibited throughout the study. These herbal medications include, but are not limited to St. John's wort, Kava, ephedra (ma huang), Gingko biloba, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), yohimbe, saw palmetto, and Ginseng. Patients should stop using cannabinoids or herbal preparations/medications at least 7 days prior to first dose of study treatment -

Primary outcomes:
measure: Response rate
timeFrame: 3-24 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Los Angeles
country: United States
facility: University of Southern California
state: California
city: Los Angeles
country: United States
facility: University of California Los Angeles
state: California
city: Augusta
country: United States
facility: Georgia Cancer Center
state: Georgia
city: Rochester
country: United States
facility: Mayo Clinic
state: Minnesota
city: Saint Louis
country: United States
facility: Siteman Cancer Center
state: Missouri
city: New York
country: United States
facility: Weill Cornell Medicine | NewYork-Presbyterian Meyer Cancer Center
state: New York
city: Durham
country: United States
facility: Duke Cancer Center
state: North Carolina
city: Providence
country: United States
facility: Brown University
state: Rhode Island
city: Seattle
country: United States
facility: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
state: Washington
Study officials:
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