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YM BioSciences enrolls first patients in phase II CYT387 trial
September 28, 2011
YM BioSciences has enrolled the first patients in its multi-center phase II trial of CYT387 administered twice-daily (BID) for the treatment of myelofibrosis. The trial will further evaluate the safety and tolerability of YM's JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor, as well as its efficacy in reducing spleen size, improving constitutional symptoms and reducing transfusion dependence in patients with myelofibrosis.
Six leading academic centers in the U.S. and Canada will recruit approximately 60 patients in two phases: part I, a dose-escalation study enrolling successive patient cohorts dosed starting at 200mg BID, escalating at 50mg BID per cohort; and part II, a dose-confirmation study evaluating patients at or below the maximum tolerated dose determined in part I. Patients in this trial will be evaluated for six 28-day cycles.
In the BID trial, spleen size will be evaluated both by palpation and by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for all patients enrolled.
Constitutional symptoms will be assessed using the Myelofibrosis Symptom Assessment Form (MFSAF). Transfusion histories will be collected for the six-month period prior to enrollment and transfusion independence will be based on both 8-week and 12-week criteria. The effect of CYT387 on plasma levels of inflammatory, fibrogenic and angiogenic cytokines, and on bone marrow and peripheral blood cytogenetics will also be assessed.
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