SIGMA (Safusidenib in IDH1 Mutant Glioma Maintenance)

Last updated: March 3, 2026
Sponsor: Nuvation Bio Inc.
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

3

Condition

Neurofibromatosis

Gliomas

Brain Cancer

Treatment

Placebo

safusidenib

Clinical Study ID

NCT05303519
AB-218-G203
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This is a 3-part study. The purpose of Part 1 of the study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetic (PK) characteristics of safusidenib in participants with recurrent/progressive IDH1-mutant World Health Organization (WHO) Grade 2 or Grade 3 glioma.

The purpose of Part 2 will be to evaluate the efficacy of maintenance safusidenib treatment versus placebo in IDH1-mutant Grade 2 or Grade 3 astrocytoma with high-risk features or IDH1-mutant Grade 4 astrocytoma, following standard-of-care radiation or chemoradiation and adjuvant temozolomide. Part 2 will be randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled.

The purpose of Part 3 will be to evaluate the efficacy of safusidenib in participants with residual or recurrent IDH1-mutant Grade 3 oligodendroglioma who have received surgery as their only treatment. Part 3 will be an open-label single-arm cohort and will enroll participants concurrently with Part 2.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Key Inclusion Criteria for Part 1:

  1. Patient must be ≥ 18 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent form (ICF).

  2. Patient must have histologically confirmed recurrent or progressive WHO Grade 2 glioma or Grade 3 glioma with IDH1 R132H or R132C mutation confirmed by immunohistochemistry or molecular genetic testing.

  3. The IDH mutation, and other applicable gene/molecular alterations (see Table 10-2) are determined by a validated assay as performed in Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)-certified/College of American Pathologists (CAP)-accredited or locally equivalent clinical laboratories. Prior clinical pathology report fulfilling the diagnosis criteria prior to screening with tumor samples collected is acceptable for patient enrollment in both Part 1 and Part 2.

  4. Patient has received no more than 2 prior therapies for disease recurrence/progression.

  5. Patient has disease recurrence or progression or cannot tolerate the most recent therapy.

  6. Patient must have a measurable lesion(s) as per the RANO-HGG criteria for primarily enhancing lesions or RANO-LGG criteria for primarily non-enhancing lesions. The lesion (s) must be visible on 2 or more axial slices and have perpendicular diameters of at least 10 × 10 mm. The definition of primarily enhancing lesions or primarily non-enhancing lesions is referred to Section 8.3.1.

Key Inclusion Criteria for Part 2 and 3:

  1. Must be ≥18 years old at the time of signing the ICF.

  2. Must agree to submit sufficient tumor tissue for retrospective biomarker and histological analyses. This requirement may be waived in rare circumstances with approval by the Sponsor.

  3. Has adequate hematologic and organ function

Key Inclusion Criteria for Part 2:

  1. Diagnosis of histologically confirmed IDH1-mutant Grade 2, Grade 3 with high risk features or Grade 4 astrocytoma, per WHO 2021 classification and Investigator Assessment.

  2. Have an IDH1 mutation (R132H/C/G/S/L) based on IHC (R132H only), polymerase chain reaction (PCR), or next-generation sequencing (NGS). CDKN2A/B status and at least 1 of the following must be confirmed: absence of 1p19q co-deletion by fluorescence in situ hybridization, array comparative genomic hybridization, or NGS; presence of an ATRX loss of function mutation by NGS; or loss of normal ATRX expression by IHC. A validated assay performed in a CLIA-certified/CAP-accredited (or local equivalent) clinical laboratory must be used for all of the aforementioned results. Documentation of biomarker status, including redacted molecular pathology and NGS reports, must be provided during Screening.

  3. Must not have experienced tumor recurrence or progression between first day of radiotherapy and randomization by local assessment per RANO 2.0.

  4. Participants must have completed radiation therapy with a minimum of 80% of planned treatment completed (with or without concurrent temozolomide) and between 6 and 12 cycles of adjuvant . Randomization must occur at least 28 days and not more than 75 days after the final dose of temozolomide.

Key Inclusion Criteria for Part 3:

  1. Have had at least 1 prior surgery for glioma (biopsy, sub-total resection, or gross total resection), with the most recent surgery having occurred at least 90 days and no longer than 5 years before the date of enrollment, have not had any other prior anticancer therapy, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and are not in need of immediate chemotherapy or radiotherapy in the opinion of the Investigator.

  2. Have histologically confirmed Grade 3 IDH-mutant oligodendroglioma according to WHO 2021 criteria per local assessment.

  3. Have residual or recurrent measurable disease per RANO 2.0 and confirmed by BICR, at the time of enrollment.

  4. Have an IDH1 mutation (R132H/C/G/S/L). The presence of 1p19q co-deletion must also be confirmed. All results must be generated using a validated assay performed in a CLIA-certified/CAP-accredited (or local equivalent) clinical laboratory.

Key Exclusion Criteria for Part 1:

  1. Prior anti-cancer therapy, within the applicable periods shown below, before the start of the protocol treatment:

  2. Systemic drug therapies: within 3 weeks (lomustine within 6 weeks)

  3. Surgery: within 3 weeks

  4. Radiation therapy: within 12 weeks

  5. Investigational agents: within 5 half-lives for other investigational agents

  6. Patient did receive the prior therapy targeted to IDH1 mutation..

  7. Known hypersensitivity to safusidenib or to any drug with similar chemical structure or to any other excipient present in the pharmaceutical form of safusidenib.

Key Exclusion Criteria for Part 2 and 3:

  1. Participants with prior or anticipated treatment with anti-angiogenic agents such as Avastin (bevacizumab), agents known to target IDH1 or IDH2, or investigational agents for glioma are excluded.

  2. Have brainstem or spinal cord involvement either as primary location, site of multifocal involvement, or by significant tumor extension.

  3. Significant functional or neurocognitive deficits, including uncontrolled seizures, that would preclude participation in protocol-defined study activities, as assessed by Investigator.

  4. Evidence of diffuse leptomeningeal disease.

  5. History of significant cardiac disease within 12 months prior to randomization (if applicable) or first dose of study drug (if randomization does not apply).

  6. If taking corticosteroids, must be on a stable or decreasing dose for the 14 days prior to randomization (if applicable) or first dose of study drug (if randomization does not apply).

  7. Participants with other malignancies must have received curative treatment and been disease-free for at least 3 years. Curatively resected skin cancer or curatively treated carcinoma in situ is allowed.

  8. Have a condition that would interfere with, or increase the risk of, study participation.

Key Exclusion Criteria for Part 2 1. Participants may not have received any anticancer treatments other than surgery, radiation, concurrent/adjuvant temozolomide, and tumor-treating fields. Tumor-treating fields must be discontinued prior to randomization.

Key Exclusion Criteria for Part 3:

  1. Participants may not have received any prior anticancer therapy other than surgery (biopsy, sub-total, or gross total resection) for treatment of glioma, including radiotherapy.

Study Design

Total Participants: 365
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Placebo
Phase: 3
Study Start date:
June 05, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
December 01, 2030

Study Description

Part 1 of this study will enroll up to 25 patients that will be randomized 1:1:1:1:1 (5 patients per group) to receive one of the daily oral doses of safusidenib at 125 mg twice a day (BID), 250 mg BID, 500 mg once daily (QD), 375 mg BID, or 500 mg BID. The PK characteristics and safety and initial efficacy data will be assessed in Part 1.

Part 1 was fully enrolled as of 19 Dec 2023 and participants are currently ongoing.

Part 2 will include approximately 300 participants with IDH1-mutant Grade 2 or Grade 3 astrocytoma with high-risk features or IDH1-mutant Grade 4 astrocytoma, following standard-of-care radiation or chemoradiation and adjuvant temozolomide. Participants will be randomized (1:1) after their last dose of adjuvant temozolomide to receive either oral safusidenib 250 mg BID or placebo in 28-day continuous cycles. Patients will continue treatment until progression of disease or until other discontinuation criteria are met. The tumor response evaluation will be conducted on a regular basis until progression of disease per Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR), consent withdrawal, or death, whichever occurs first. Long-term survival follow-up will be conducted as well.

Part 3 will include approximately 40 participants with residual or recurrent IDH1-mutant Grade 3 oligodendroglioma with measurable disease who have undergone surgery as their only treatment and are not in need of immediate chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Participants will receive oral safusidenib 250 mg BID in 28-day continuous cycles until disease progression or another reason for discontinuation occurs.

Connect with a study center

  • St Vincents Hospital Sydney (Kinghorn)

    Darlinghurst, New South Wales
    Australia

    Active - Recruiting

  • Royal North Shore Hospital

    Saint Leonards, New South Wales
    Australia

    Site Not Available

  • St Vincents Hospital Sydney (Kinghorn)

    Darlinghurst 2169378, New South Wales 2155400
    Australia

    Site Not Available

  • Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

    Herston, Queensland
    Australia

    Active - Recruiting

  • Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

    Herston 6931014, Queensland 2152274
    Australia

    Site Not Available

  • Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

    Melbourne, Victoria
    Australia

    Active - Recruiting

  • The Alfred

    Melbourne, Victoria
    Australia

    Active - Recruiting

  • Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

    Melbourne 2158177, Victoria 2145234
    Australia

    Site Not Available

  • The Alfred

    Melbourne 2158177, Victoria 2145234
    Australia

    Site Not Available

  • Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University

    Beijing, Beijing Municipality 100070
    China

    Active - Recruiting

  • Peking Union Medical College Hospital

    Beijing, Beijing Municipality 100730
    China

    Site Not Available

  • Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University

    Beijing, Beijing Municipality 100093
    China

    Active - Recruiting

  • Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University

    Beijing, Beijing Municipality 10053
    China

    Active - Recruiting

  • Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University

    Beijing 1816670, Beijing Municipality 2038349 100070
    China

    Site Not Available

  • Peking Union Medical College Hospital

    Beijing 1816670, Beijing Municipality 2038349 100730
    China

    Site Not Available

  • Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University

    Beijing 1816670, Beijing Municipality 2038349 100093
    China

    Active - Recruiting

  • Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University

    Beijing 1816670, Beijing Municipality 2038349 10053
    China

    Active - Recruiting

  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University

    Fuzhou, Fujian 350005
    China

    Active - Recruiting

  • First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University

    Fuzhou 1810821, Fujian 1811017 350005
    China

    Active - Recruiting

  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University

    Fuzhou 1810821, Fujian 1811017 350005
    China

    Site Not Available

  • Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center

    Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060
    China

    Active - Recruiting

  • Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center

    Guangzhou 1809858, Guangdong 1809935 510060
    China

    Site Not Available

  • Xiangya Hospital of Central South University

    Changsha, Hunan 410008
    China

    Site Not Available

  • Xiangya Hospital of Central South University

    Changsha 1815577, Hunan 1806691 410008
    China

    Site Not Available

  • Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality 200040
    China

    Active - Recruiting

  • Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University

    Shanghai 1796236, Shanghai Municipality 1796231 200040
    China

    Site Not Available

  • West China Hospital of Sichuan University

    Chengdu, Sichuan 610041
    China

    Active - Recruiting

  • West China Hospital Sichuan University

    Chengdu 1815286, Sichuan 1794299 610041
    China

    Site Not Available

  • West China Hospital of Sichuan University

    Chengdu 1815286, Sichuan 1794299 610041
    China

    Site Not Available

  • University of Alabama

    Birmingham, Alabama 35294
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Alabama

    Birmingham 4049979, Alabama 4829764 35294
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Mayo Clinic - Arizona

    Phoenix, Arizona 85013
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center

    Phoenix, Arizona 85013
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Mayo Clinic - Arizona

    Phoenix 5308655, Arizona 5551752 85013
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center

    Phoenix 5308655, Arizona 5551752 85013
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California 90095
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

    Newport Beach, California 92663
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Stanford University

    Palo Alto, California 94304
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of California

    San Francisco, California 94143
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles 5368361, California 5332921 90095
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

    Newport Beach 5376890, California 5332921 92663
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Stanford University

    Palo Alto 5380748, California 5332921 94304
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of California

    San Francisco 5391959, California 5332921 94143
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Colorado Health Cancer Care

    Aurora, Colorado 80045
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Colorado Health Cancer Care

    Aurora 5412347, Colorado 5417618 80045
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Yale University

    New Haven, Connecticut 06510
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Yale University

    New Haven 4839366, Connecticut 4831725 06510
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Florida Health

    Gainesville, Florida 32608
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Mayo Clinic - Florida

    Jacksonville, Florida 32224
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Miami Health

    Miami, Florida 33136
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Orlando Health Cancer Institute

    Orlando, Florida 32806
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Florida Health

    Gainesville 4156404, Florida 4155751 32608
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Mayo Clinic - Florida

    Jacksonville 4160021, Florida 4155751 32224
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Miami Health

    Miami 4164138, Florida 4155751 33136
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Orlando Health Cancer Institute

    Orlando 4167147, Florida 4155751 32806
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Kansas Medical Center

    Kansas City, Kansas 66160
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Kansas Medical Center

    Kansas City 4273837, Kansas 4273857 66160
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts 02215
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts 02214
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston 4930956, Massachusetts 6254926 02215
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston 4930956, Massachusetts 6254926 02214
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Henry Ford Hospital

    Detroit, Michigan 48202
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Henry Ford Hospital

    Detroit 4990729, Michigan 5001836 48202
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Mayo Clinic - Rochester

    Rochester, Minnesota 55905
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Mayo Clinic - Rochester

    Rochester 5043473, Minnesota 5037779 55905
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Washington University

    St Louis, Missouri 63110
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Washington University

    St Louis 4407066, Missouri 4398678 63110
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Rutgers Cancer Institute

    New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Rutgers Cancer Institute

    New Brunswick 5101717, New Jersey 5101760 08901
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Columbia University Medical Center

    New York, New York 10032
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York 10065
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • NYU Langone Health

    New York, New York 10016
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Columbia University Medical Center

    New York 5128581, New York 5128638 10032
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York 5128581, New York 5128638 10065
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • NYU Langone Health

    New York 5128581, New York 5128638 10016
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • New York University Langone Health

    New York 5128581, New York 5128638 10016
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Duke Cancer Institute

    Durham, North Carolina 27710
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Duke Cancer Institute

    Durham 4464368, North Carolina 4482348 27710
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Cleveland Clinic

    Cleveland, Ohio 44106
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Cleveland Clinic

    Cleveland 5150529, Ohio 5165418 44106
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Dallas, Texas 75390
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas 77030
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Dallas 4684888, Texas 4736286 75390
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston 4699066, Texas 4736286 77030
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Huntsman Cancer Insititute, University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Huntsman Cancer Insititute, University of Utah

    Salt Lake City 5780993, Utah 5549030 84112
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • UVA Health, Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Cente

    Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UVA Health, Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Cente

    Charlottesville 4752031, Virginia 6254928 22903
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Fred Hutch Cancer Center

    Seattle, Washington 98195
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Fred Hutch Cancer Center

    Seattle 5809844, Washington 5815135 98195
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Wisconsin Health

    Madison, Wisconsin 53792
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Wisconsin Health

    Madison 5261457, Wisconsin 5279468 53792
    United States

    Site Not Available

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