💬In plain words
What the trial is, and whether it could suit you
Tagraxofusp is a protein-drug conjugate consisting of a diphtheria toxin redirected to target CD123 has been approved for treatment in pediatric and adult patients with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN). This trial aims to examine the safety of this novel agent in pediatric patients with relapsed/refractory hematologic malignancies.
The mechanism by which tagraxofusp kills cells is distinct from that of conventional chemotherapy. Tagraxofusp directly targets CD123 that is present on tumor cells, but is expressed at lower or levels or absent on normal hematopoietic stem cells. Tagraxofusp also utilizes a payload that is not cell cycle dependent, making it effective against both highly proliferative tumor cells and also quiescent tumor cells.
The rationale for clinical development of tagraxofusp for pediatric patients with hematologic malignancies is based on the ubiqu
Sign in to get the eligibility rules as simple questions to take to your doctor.
📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria:
Age
* Patients must be ≥ 1 and ≤21 years of age at the time of study enrollment.
Diagnosis
* Relapsed and/or refractory hematologic malignancy (including, but not limited to, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, mixed phenotype acute leukemia, acute undifferentiated leukemia, blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm, Hodgkin lymphoma, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma).
* Tumor cells must demonstrate surface expression of CD123 at the time of enrollment by flow cytometry or immunohistochemistry, as defined by the local institution.
Disease Status:
Monotherapy, Part 1
* Second or greater relapse; or
* Refractory after 2 or more chemotherapy cycles; or
* First relapse after primary chemotherapy-refractory disease; or
* BPDCN in first relapse or refractory after 1 or more chemotherapy cycles
Combination therapy, Part 2
* First or greater relapse; or
* Refractory after 2 or more chemotherapy cycles; or
* BPDCN in first relapse or refractory after 1 or more chemotherapy cycles
For relapsed/refractory leukemia, patients must have:
* \>5% blasts in the bone marrow aspirate or biopsy by morphology or flow cytometry
* Patients with 1% - 5% blasts are eligible for Part 2, Cohort C (only), if A single bone marrow sample with flow cytometry and at least one other test (e.g. karyotype, FISH, PCR, or NGS) shows ≥ 1% leukemic blasts and/or flow cytometry demonstrates a stable or rising level of disease on two serial bone marrows.
For relapsed/refractory non-Hodgkin or Hodgkin lymphoma, patients must have:
* Histologic verification of relapse
* Measurable disease documented by radiographic criteria or bone marrow
* Patients in Part 1 may have sites of non-CNS extramedullary disease, but no CNS disease. Patients in Part 2 may have CNS disease and/or other non-CNS extramedullary disease. No cranial irradiation is allowed during the protocol therapy.
* Patients with Down syndrome are eligible to participate in Part 1 only.
Performance Level
* Karnofsky \> 50% for patients \> 16 years of age and Lansky \> 50% for patients ≤ 16 years of age (See Appendix I for Performance Scales). Patients who are unable to walk because of paralysis, but who are up in a wheelchair, will be considered ambulatory for the purpose of assessing the performance score.
Prior Therapy
* Patients must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or radiotherapy, defined as resolution of all such toxicities to ≤ Grade 2 or lower per the inclusion/exclusion criteria.
Myelosuppressive chemotherapy: Patients must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or radiotherapy prior to entering this study. At least 14 day must have elapsed since the completion of myelosuppressive therapy. However, individuals may receive any of the following medications within 14 days without a "wash-out period":
* Hydroxyurea: Hydroxyurea can be initiated and/or continued for up to 24 hours prior to the start of protocol therapy.
* "Maintenance-style" therapy: therapy including vincristine (dosed a maximum of one-time weekly), oral 6-mercaptopurine, oral methotrexate (dosed a maximum of one-time weekly), intrathecal therapy (dosed a maximum of one-time weekly) and/or dexamethasone (dosed at ≤3 mg/m2/dose twice daily) or prednisone (dosed at ≤20 mg/m2/dose twice daily) can be continued for up to 24 hours prior to entering the study.
* Hematopoietic stem cell transplant: Patients who have experienced their relapse after a HSCT are eligible, provided they have no evidence of acute or chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease (GVHD) and are at least 100 days post-transplant at the time of enrollment.
* Hematopoietic growth factors: It must have been at least 7 days since the completion of therapy with granulocyte colony stimulating factor (GCSF) or other growth factors at the time of enrollment. It must have been at least 14 days since the completion of therapy with pegfilgrastim (Neulasta®).
* Biologic (anti-neoplastic agent): At least 7 days after the last dose of a biologic agent. For agents that have known adverse events occurring beyond 7 days after administration, this period must be extended beyond the time during which adverse events are known to occur. The duration of this interval must be discussed with the study chair.
* Monoclonal antibodies: Maximum of 3 half-lives of the antibody or 21 days (whichever is shorter) must have elapsed after the last dose of monoclonal antibody.
* Immunotherapy: At least 30 days from last infusion of chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CART) therapy or tumor vaccine.
* Radiation Therapy (XRT):
1. ≥ 84 days must have passed, from the end of therapy, if patient received prior total body irradiation (TBI).
2. ≥ 42 days must have passed, from the end of therapy, if patient received craniospinal irradiation (CSI).
3. ≥ 14 days must have passed after whole brain radiotherapy or stereotactic radiation therapy.
4. No washout period is required for:
i. Extramedullary site other than CNS that is a maximum 10 x 10 cm total radiation non-CNS field. If the field is \> 10 x 10 cm, a 14-day washout period is required. ii. Local ocular radiotherapy as long as subject has measurable/evaluable disease outside the radiation port.
* Patients that have received other non-tagraxofusp CD123 targeting agents are eligible. Patients that have previously received tagraxofusp are not eligible.
Organ Function Requirements
Adequate Bone Marrow Function Defined as:
* Patients should not be known to be refractory to red blood cell or platelet transfusions.
* Blood counts are not required to be normal prior to enrollment on trial. However, platelet count must be ≥20,000/mm3 to initiate therapy (may receive platelet transfusions).
Adequate Renal Function Defined as:
* Patient must have a calculated creatinine clearance or radioisotope GFR ≥ 70ml/min/1.73m2 OR a normal serum crea