Azacitidine and Enasidenib in Treating Patients With IDH2-Mutant Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Last updated: February 13, 2026
Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

Leukemia

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Myelodysplastic Syndromes (Mds)

Treatment

Azacitidine

Quality-of-Life Assessment

Enasidenib

Clinical Study ID

NCT03383575
2016-0981
P30CA016672
2016-0981
NCI-2018-00987
  • Ages > 12
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This phase II trial studies the side effects and how well azacitidine and enasidenib work in treating patients with IDH2-mutant myelodysplastic syndrome. Azacitidine and enasidenib may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Signed, informed consent must be obtained prior to any study specific procedures

  • Subjects with a histologically confirmed diagnosis of MDS, including both MDS andrefractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation (RAEB-T) (acute myeloidleukemia [AML] with 20-30% blasts and multilineage dysplasia byFrench-American-British [FAB] criteria) by World Health Organization (WHO), andchronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) are eligible

  • Subjects must have an IDH2 gene mutation (IDH2-R140 or R172) as determined by locallaboratory result

  • (Arm A only): Subject must be hypomethylating agent naive (i.e. prior azacitidine,decitabine, SGI-110 is exclusionary). Receipt of other MDS-directed therapy such aslenalidomide is allowed

  • (Arm A only): Subjects with high-risk MDS (i.e. International Prostate Symptom Score [IPSS] intermediate-2 or high-risk; or revised [R]-IPSS high or very-high risk).Patients with intermediate-1 risk by IPSS or intermediate risk by R-IPSS withhigh-risk molecular features including TP53, ASXL1, EZH2, and/or RUNX1 mutations arealso eligible

  • (Arm B only): Subject must be relapsed or refractory to prior hypomethylating agenttherapy, defined as prior receipt of 6 cycles of HMA therapy with failure to attaina response, or relapse after prior response to HMA therapy

  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2

  • Serum bilirubin =< 2 x the upper limit of normal (ULN) (except for patients withGilbert's disease)

  • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and/or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) =< 3 x thelaboratory ULN

  • Serum creatinine =< 2 x the ULN

  • Able to understand and voluntarily sign a written informed consent, and willing andable to comply with protocol requirements

  • Resolution of all clinically significant treatment-related, non-hematologicaltoxicities, except alopecia, from any previous cancer therapy to =< grade 1 prior tothe first dose of study treatment

  • Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urinepregnancy test within 7 days of the first dose of study drug and agree to use dualmethods of contraception during the study and for a minimum of 3 months followingthe last dose of study drug. Post-menopausal females (> 45 years old and withoutmenses for > 1 year) and surgically sterilized females are exempt from theserequirements. Male patients must use an effective barrier method of contraceptionduring the study and for a minimum of 3 months following the last dose of study drugif sexually active with a female of childbearing potential

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Any prior or coexisting medical condition that in the investigator's judgment willsubstantially increase the risk associated with the subject's participation in thestudy

  • Subject has received a prior targeted IDH2 inhibitor

  • Psychiatric disorders or altered mental status precluding understanding of theinformed consent process and/or completion of the necessary study procedures

  • Active uncontrolled infection at study enrollment including known diagnosis of humanimmunodeficiency virus or chronic active hepatitis B or C infection

  • Clinically significant gastrointestinal conditions or disorders that may interferewith study drug absorption, including prior gastrectomy

  • Patients with known active central nervous system (CNS) disease, includingleptomeningeal involvement

  • Impaired cardiac function, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia, or clinicallysignificant cardiac disease including the following: a) New York Heart Associationgrade III or IV congestive heart failure, b) myocardial infarction within the last 6months

  • Subjects with a corrected QT (QTc) > 480 ms (QTc > 510 msec for subjects with abundle branch block at baseline

  • Nursing or pregnant women

  • Subjects with known hypersensitivity to study drugs or their excipients

Study Design

Total Participants: 63
Treatment Group(s): 3
Primary Treatment: Azacitidine
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
January 17, 2018
Estimated Completion Date:
February 28, 2027

Study Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the safety and tolerability of enasidenib alone, and enasidenib in combination with azacitidine (AZA), for patients with isocitrate dehydrogenase 2 (IDH2) mutated myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).

II. To assess the efficacy of the combination of enasidenib + azacitidine in hypomethylating agent (HMA) naive subjects with IDH2-mutated MDS, and to assess the efficacy of enasidenib single-agent in subjects with IDH2-mutated MDS who are relapsed/refractory to HMA therapy.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate molecular and cellular markers that may be predictive of antitumor activity and/or resistance including evaluation of IDH2 variant allele fraction (VAF) levels during treatment and presence of co-occurring mutations.

II. To assess overall survival, event-free survival and duration of response of enasidenib alone, and enasidenib in combination with azacitidine.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

I. To assess changes in cellular differentiation and changes in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) methylation profiles in IDH2-mutated MDS treated with enasidenib alone and with enasidenib + azacitidine.

II. To evaluate quality of life (QOL) using an MDS-specific measure.

OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM I: Patients who are HMA-naive receive enasidenib orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-28 and azacitidine intravenously (IV) oveer 30-60 minutes or subcutaneously (SC) on days 1-7. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

ARM II: Patients relapsed and/or refractory to HMA therapy receive enasidenib PO QD on days 1-28. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for up to 3 years.

Connect with a study center

  • Moffitt Cancer Center

    Tampa, Florida 33612
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

    Baltimore, Maryland 21287
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

    Baltimore 4347778, Maryland 4361885 21287
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Dana Farber

    Boston, Massachusetts 02215
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Weill Cornell Medicin

    New York, New York 10065
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Cleveland, Ohio 44195
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Cleveland 5150529, Ohio 5165418 44195
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • M D Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas 77030
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • M D Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston 4699066, Texas 4736286 77030
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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