RecruitingPhase 1

Ziftomenib + Mezigdomide in Adolesc. and Adults w/ R/R AML

A Phase 1 Study of Menin-KMT2A Inhibitor Ziftomenib (KO-539) in Combination With Cereblon E3 Ligase Modulator Mezigdomide (CC-92480) in Adolescents and Adults With Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
12 Years and older
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

  • Time periods mentioned: 12 months

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "If you have completed treatment, you will be followed of up to 12 months."
Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests the safety of mezigdomide taken with ziftomenib and how well people tolerate them. It is for teens and adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a blood cancer, that came back or did not respond to treatment and has certain KMT2A or NPM1 gene changes.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of mezigdomide in combination with ziftomenib in adolescent and adult participants with either KMT2A-rearranged (KMT2A-r) or NPM1-mutant relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Be age 16 or older in the dose-testing part, or older than 12 in the dose-expansion part. Weigh at least 40 kg (about 88 pounds).
  • Have AML with a confirmed KMT2A gene swap or NPM1c gene change. At least 5% of cells in the bone marrow must be leukemia cells.
  • If you have NPM1-mutated AML, have no FLT3-ITD gene change or a level below 0.05, making you ineligible for a drug targeting FLT3.
  • Have AML that came back or did not respond after at least one standard treatment for AML or MDS-AML.
  • Meet the study's activity-level requirements and limits for white blood cell counts, liver tests, heart pumping strength, and kidney function.
  • Be expected to live more than 3 months based on your AML. Any other cancer must not interfere with the study, and expected survival from that cancer must be more than 24 months.
  • You, a parent if you are under 18, or a legal representative must understand the study and give consent.
  • If you can become pregnant, follow the study drugs' pregnancy prevention plan.

Who can't join

  • AML without the required gene changes, including KMT2A changes other than gene swaps; active leukemia in the brain or spinal cord; or leukemia outside the bone marrow with no marrow disease.
  • Side effects from past cancer treatment that are more than mild, except hair loss; another experimental drug for this condition; or cancer treatment too close to the first study dose. The required gap is at least 7 days or longer, depending on how long the drug stays in your body.
  • Clinically active HIV, active hepatitis B or C, or an infection not yet controlled. Also excluded: past allergic reactions to drugs similar to mezigdomide, such as thalidomide or lenalidomide.
  • Certain serious or uncontrolled heart problems, a heart rhythm test result called QTcF above 480 milliseconds, or dialysis to filter your blood.
  • A stem cell transplant within 90 days before study treatment, immune-suppressing treatment after transplant, or significant graft-versus-host disease, where donor cells attack your body, needing certain treatments.
  • Unable to swallow pills, or a stomach or bowel condition or surgery that may greatly affect drug absorption. Certain acid-blocking drugs are not allowed and must be stopped at least 7 days before treatment.
  • Another cancer that is uncontrolled, getting worse, or being treated with chemotherapy.
  • Other serious health conditions, mental health concerns, or family or location-related issues that could prevent consent, following study rules, or safe participation, or make results hard to judge.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥16 years during dose escalation portion of study, patients must weigh ≥40 kg. * Age \>12 years during dose expansion portion of study, patients must weight ≥40 kg. * Diagnosis of AML per the WHO Classification of Hematolymphoid Tumors (5th Edition) with documented KMT2A rearrangement or NPM1 cytoplasmic-type (NPM1c) mutation. KMT2A-rearrangements must be confirmed by FISH or RNA-based fusion calling by a CLIA-certified laboratory. This study will only enroll KMT2A gene rearrangements in which there is a translocation between the N-terminal portion of KMT2A and a fusion partner, and will not include KMT2A partial tandem duplications (PTDs) or other structural alterations of KMT2A. NPM1c mutations must be confirmed by DNA sequencing in a CLIA-certified laboratory. Patients with myeloid sarcoma are eligible only if concurrent bone marrow involvement is present. Patients must have at least 5% bone marrow disease by morphology at the time of study entry. * Patients with NPM1 mutated AML must either be FLT3 ITD wild type or have an ITD allelic ratio of \<0.05 (i.e. not eligible for a targeted FLT3 tyrosine kinase inhibitor). * Patients must have relapsed or be refractory to at least one prior line of conventional therapy for AML or MDS-AML. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status must be 0, 1, or 2; Karnofsky ≥50 for patients ≥16 years of age; and Lansky ≥50 for patients ≥12 to 16 years of age. * Participants must meet the following organ and marrow function as defined below: * Leukocytes \<25,000/mcL (hydroxyurea, leukapheresis, or single dose of cytarabine 1 g IV are permitted to meet this criterion) * AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) ≤5 × institutional ULN and total bilirubin ≤ 2x institutional ULN unless related to leukemic involvement or known Gilbert's syndrome (for bilirubin). * Cardiac LVEF of ≥40%, as measured by echocardiogram or MUGA scan * Glomerular filtration rate (GFR)≥30 mL/min/1.73 m2 * The patient, a parent (if the patient is \<18 years old), or a legally authorized representative must be able to understand and provide informed consent. * Patients of childbearing potential are eligible for the study but must comply with the pregnancy prevention plan for study drugs. See Appendix B for details. * Patient's life expectancy attributed to AML must be greater than 3 months. * Participants with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen are eligible for this trial. Life expectancy attributed to malignancy other than AML must be greater than 24 months. Patients with concurrent malignancy who are receiving chemotherapy or whose disease is uncontrolled or progressing are not eligible. Exclusion Criteria: * AML diagnosis without KMT2A-rearrangement or NPM1-mutation. KMT2A-PTD patients and patients with KMT2A alterations other than translocations are excluded. * Active central nervous system (CNS) involvement by AML (i.e., CNS-2 or CNS-3 disease). Previously treated CNS disease or those receiving prophylactic intrathecal chemotherapy per institutional standard is allowed. * Myeloid sarcoma or extramedullary disease without bone marrow disease. * Participants who have not recovered from adverse events due to prior anti-cancer therapy (i.e., have residual toxicities \> Grade 1 by the NCI-CTCAE version 6.0) with the exception of alopecia. * Participants who are receiving any other investigational agents for this condition. * Clinically active HIV disease. * History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to mezigdomide (i.e. lenalidomide, thalidomide) * Patient received chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation therapy, or ancillary therapy that is considered to be investigational \<7 days prior to the first dose of ziftomenib and mezigdomide, or within 5 drug half-lives prior to the first dose of study drug, whichever is longer. * Patients with psychiatric, familial, or geographic factors that may impede ability to provide informed consent, to follow study protocol, or hamper study compliance. * Any other significant medical or psychosocial comorbidities that would preclude the patient from participating in the study or would confound interpretation of study results. * Patients with the following uncontrolled comorbidities will be excluded: symptomatic congestive heart failure (NYHA class 3 or higher), unstable angina pectoris, serious cardiac arrhythmia as uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias, electrocardiographic evidence of acute ischemia (type 1 NSTEMI), active, uncorrected conduction abnormalities as Mobitz 2 or third degree heart block (not excluded if pacemaker placed), myocardial infarction with evidence of residual abnormalities within 6 months prior to enrollment. An elevation in troponin is not an exclusion criterion if there are no evidence of residual cardiac dysfunction or ongoing ischemic event. Patients with congenital conduction abnormalities as Wolff-Parkinson White, long QT syndrome, or Brugada syndrome may be eligible with consultation of cardiology confirming stability. * Mean corrected QT interval corrected for heart rate by Frederica's formula (QTcF)\>480ms. * Patients on dialysis. * Patients with active infection that are deemed controlled will be permitted to enroll. Patients with uncontrolled infection may enroll once infection is treated and brought under control. * Subjects who have undergone a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) within 90 days of the first dose of treatment on study, or subjects on immunosuppressive therapy post HSCT at the time of screening, or with clinically significant graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), requiring an equivalent dose of ≥ 0.5mg/kg/day of prednisone or therapy beyond systemic corticosteroids. (The use of topical steroids for ongoing skin GVHD is permitted.) * Patients who are unable to swallow pills. * Patient with gastrointestinal disease or surgery (e.g., gastric bypass surgery) that may significantly alter the absorption of mezigdomide and/or other oral study treatment. * Proton pump inhibitors and potassium-competitive acid blockers are not permitted due to limited absorption of mezigdomide if the stomach is not acidic; a 7-day washout is required prior to start of study treatment. * Has active Hepatitis B or C

Study sites (2)

MA