Step-in dosing of bosutinib in pts with chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) after second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy: results of the Bosutinib Dose Optimization (BODO) Study
Susanne Isfort, Kirsi Manz, Lino L. Teichmann, Martina Crysandt, Andreas Burchert, Andreas Hochhaus, Susanne Saußele, Alexander Kiani, Joachim R. Göthert, Thomas Illmer, Philippe Schafhausen, Haifa Kathrin Al‐Ali, Frank Stegelmann, Mathias Hänel, Tim Pfeiffer, Aristoteles Giagounidis, Georg‐Nikolaus Franke, Steffen Koschmieder, Alice Fabarius, Thomas Ernst, Mareille Warnken-Uhlich, Uta Wolber, Denise Kohn, Markus Pfirrmann, Dominik Wolf, Tim H. Brümmendorf, for the German CML study group
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Abstract The approved dose of bosutinib in chronic phase CML is 400 mg QD in first-line and 500 mg QD in later-line treatment. However, given that gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity typically occurs early after treatment initiation, physicians often tend to start therapy with lower doses although this has never been tested systematically in prospective trials in the Western world. The Bo sutinib Do se Optimization (BODO) Study, a multicenter phase II study, investigated the tolerability and efficacy of a step-in dosing concept of bosutinib (starting at 300 mg QD) in chronic phase CML patients in 2 nd or 3 rd line who were intolerant and/or refractory to previous TKI treatment. Of 57 patients included until premature closure of the study due to slow recruitment, 34 (60%) reached the targeted dose level of 500 mg QD following the 2-weekly step-in dosing regimen. While the dosing-in concept failed to reduce GI toxicity (grade II–IV, primary study endpoint) to < 40% (overall rate of 60%; 95% CI: 45–74%), bosutinib treatment (mean dosage: 403 mg/day) showed remarkable efficacy with a cumulative major molecular remission (MMR) rate of 79% (95% CI: 66 to 88%) at month 24. Of thirty patients refractory to previous therapy and not in MMR at baseline, 19 (64%) achieved an MMR during treatment. GI toxicity did not significantly impact on patient-reported outcomes (PRO) and led to treatment discontinuation in only one patient. Overall, the results of our trial support the efficacy and safety of bosutinib after failure of second-generation TKI pre-treatment. Trial registration: NCT02577926.