Prospective, Multicenter, Open Label and Single-arm Study of Darbepoetin Alfa for Anemia in Myelodisplastic Syndrome Patients.

NCT ID: NCT01039350

Last Updated: 2010-01-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: TERMINATED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE2
• Total Enrollment: 80 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2006-02-28
• Study Completion Date: 2009-07-31

Brief Summary

This is an open-label, single-arm, multicentre, prospective study of darbepoetin alfa to treat anaemia in patients with low and intermediate-1 IPSS risk MDS. The study will consist of a 14-day screening period followed by a maximum 24-week treatment period and a final visit.

Detailed Description

This is an open-label, single-arm, multicentre, prospective study of darbepoetin alfa to treat anaemia in patients with low and intermediate-1 IPSS risk MDS. The study will consist of a 14-day screening period followed by a maximum 24-week treatment period and a final visit. Darbepoetin alfa will be initiated at a dose of 300 mcg QW SC over a period of 8 weeks. After 8 weeks, erythroid response will be evaluated, and treatment algorithm adapted to it.

The study treatment period will last for a maximum of 24 weeks. The treatment will end at the start of week 24. If the scheduled 24-week treatment period is not completed, it will end during the week of the last administration of the study drug.

The follow-up period will last for a minimum of 4 weeks and a maximum of 8 weeks after the last dose of darbepoetin alfa.

Subjects will be stratified at enrolment according to IPSS (low risk versus intermediate-1 risk).

Conditions

Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Interventions

Darbepoetin alfa

Darbepoetin alfa will be initiated at a weekly (QW) subcutaneous dose of 300 mcg over 8 weeks.

Intervention Type: DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Age ³ 18 years
• Low or intermediate-1 risk MDS according to IPSS, and FAB classification of RA, RARS, or RAEB with blasts £ 10%
• Predictive variables of good response (serum erythropoietin levels < 500 IU/l and transfusion requirements < 2 packed RBC/month over the preceding 2 months)
• Anaemia (Hb £ 10 g/dL), confirmed in the 14 days before day 1 of the study
• Life expectancy of at least 6 months
• ECOG Performance status score of 0, 1, or 2
• Subject must sign and date the Informed Consent (approved by a Clinical Research Ethics Committee - CREC), before any study-specific procedure is performed

Exclusion Criteria

• Known history of convulsive disorders
• Poorly controlled hypertension (diastolic blood pressure > 100 mmHg) at screening
• Inadequate liver function (total bilirubin > two times the upper limit of the normal range (ULN), and liver enzymes (ALT, AST) > two times ULN)
• Inadequate renal function (serum creatinine concentration > 2 mg/dL)
• Ferritin < 100 ng/ml or transferrin saturation index (TSI) < 16%; Vitamin B12 deficiency (< 200 pg/ml) or folate deficiency (< 2 ng/ml)
• Clinically-relevant haemorrhages
• Haemolytic anaemia
• Cardiac condition: uncontrolled angina, congestive heart failure, or uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia
• Clinically significant systemic infection or chronic inflammatory disease present at time of screening
• Any concomitant therapy used to treat MDS (including other growth factors than those described as part of this protocol, chemotherapy, antibody-based cancer treatment, hormonal therapy, interferon, and interleukins)
• Treatment with rHuEPO or darbepoetin alfa over the 4 weeks prior to Day 1 of the study
• More than 2 RBC transfusions over the 28 days prior to Day 1 of the study
• Pregnant or breast feeding women
• Subjects of childbearing-potential who do not take adequate contraceptive measures, in the opinion of the investigator
• Known hypersensitivity to any mammal-derived recombinant product

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Fundacion para el Estudio de la Hematologia y Hemoterapia en Aragon

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

FEHH

Principal Investigators

Ana M Villegas, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Fundacion para el Estudio de la Hematologia y Hemoterapia en Aragon

Locations

Hospital General Universitario de Alicante

Alicante, Alicante, Spain

Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Hospital Vall D´Hebron

Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Hospital Clinic i Provincial de Barcelona

Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Hospital Duran i Reynals

Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Hospital de Cruces

Barakaldo, Bilbao, Spain

Hospital General Yagüe

Burgos, Burgos, Spain

Hospital Virgen del Puerto

Plasencia, Caceres, Spain

Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar

Cadiz, Cádiz, Spain

Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Juan Canalejo

A Coruña, La Coruña, Spain

Hospital Ramón y Cajal

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Hospital Central de Asturias

Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain

Hospital Universitario de Salamanca

Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

Hospital Universitario La Fé

Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Hospital Arnau de Vilanova

Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Countries

Spain

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2005-002414-38

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