Interim analysis (IA) of OPTIC: A dose-ranging study of three ponatinib (PON) starting doses.
Jörge E. Cortes, Elza Lomaia, Anna Turkina, Beatriz Moiraghi, Maria Undurraga Sutton, Carolina Pavlovsky, Christine Rojas, Charles Chuah, Christopher Arthur, Jane Apperley, Dong‐Wook Kim, Andreas Hochhaus, Philippe Rousselot, Gianantonio Rosti, Michael J. Mauro, Jeffrey H. Lipton, Daniel Naranjo, Guohui Liu, Shouryadeep Srivastava, Michael W. Deininger
Abstract
7502 Background: In PACE (NCT01207440) heavily pretreated patients (pts) with chronic-phase CML (CP-CML) had deep, lasting responses to PON; long-term follow-up showed increasing rates of arterial occlusive events (AOEs). We present IA results from OPTIC (NCT02467270), evaluating the association between PON exposure, efficacy, and safety, and response-based dose reduction in pts with CP-CML. Methods: This ongoing, multicenter, randomized phase 2 trial enrolled pts with CP-CML resistant or intolerant to ≥2 TKIs or with a T315I mutation to receive PON at a starting dose of 45 mg (cohort A), 30 mg (B), and 15 mg (C) qd. Doses were reduced to 15 mg qd on achievement of ≤1% BCR-ABL1 IS in A/B. Primary endpoint: 12 mo ≤1% BCR-ABL1 IS ; secondary endpoints include cytogenetic and molecular response and AOE, VTE, and TEAE rates. Results are descriptive at this IA and will be inferential by adjusting multiplicity across 3 cohorts at final analysis. Results: 283 pts were randomized (A/B/C: n = 94/95/94); median age 48 y (18‒81 y). 26% had hypertension history; 2/43/55% received 1/2/≥3 TKIs; 40% had ≥1 baseline (BL) mutations, with 23% T315I. At IA data cutoff (20 Jul 2019), 162 pts (57%; n = 57/51/54) remained on study treatment. Among 282 pts in the safety population, median duration of exposure was ≈1 y (A/B/C, 12.9/11.2/11.0 mo). At 12 mo, 39% (95% CI, 27.6, 50.6), 27% (17.6, 39.1), and 26% (16.5, 38.6) in A, B, and C, respectively, achieved ≤1% BCR-ABL1 IS . Additional efficacy in Table. Dose reductions due to efficacy (A/B): 35/21%. Most common TEAEs (any grade/≥3): thrombocytopenia 39/27%, neutropenia 25/17%. AOEs/serious AOEs were reported by (A, B, C) 5%/2%, 4%/3%, and 1%/0%. Dose reductions due to TEAEs: (A/B/C): 44/31/28%; discontinuations due to TEAEs: 18/15/14%. There were 4 (1.4%) on-study deaths; A, sudden death, n = 2; C, pneumonia, n = 2; no deaths were due to AOEs. Clinical trial information: NCT01207440 . Conclusions: OPTIC IA shows a trend toward dose-dependent efficacy and safety and may provide a refined understanding of the PON benefit:risk profile and its relation to dose. Data from longer follow-up may support an alternate dosing regimen for pts with CP-CML. [Table: see text]