2017 ACOP8: Evaluation of Potential Doses and Regimens of an Oral Fixed Dose Combination of Cytidine Deaminase Inhibitor E7727 with Decitabine (ASTX727) to Minimize Decitabine-Mediated Neutropenia in Low-Risk MDS Subjects Using Systems Pharmacology Modeling

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Evaluation  of Potential Doses and Regimens of an Oral Fixed Dose Combination of Cytidine Deaminase Inhibitor E7727 with Decitabine (ASTX727) to Minimize Decitabine-Mediated Neutropenia in Low-Risk MDS Subjects Using Systems Pharmacology Modeling

Objectives: To simulate the effect of decitabine on neutrophils for optimization of dose and regimen(s) of an Oral Fixed-Dose Combination (ASTX727 Low Dose) of Cytidine Deaminase Inhibitor E7727 with Decitabine for treatment of subjects with Low-Risk myelodisplastic syndromes.

Methods: A quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) model was previously developed describing myeloblasts cell cycle; leukemic blasts, neutrophils and platelets in physiological compartments (bone marrow and blood); PK of decitabine after IV infusion, after dosing with SQ guadecitabine (SGI-110) (dinucleotide of decitabine linked to deoxyguanosine) and oral ASTX727; LINE-1 demethylation; effect of decitabine on leukemic cells, neutrophils and platelets. Model parameters were identified against in vitro and clinical data. The effect of decitabine on neutrophils was calibrated against clinical data on neutrophil counts during treatment of AML patients with guadecitabine. The model was validated against clinical data on blast dynamics in blood and bone marrow of AML patients during treatment with guadecitabine.

Results: The model was succesfully calibrated and validated against various types of data. It succesfully reproduces clinical data on neutrophil count changes during treatment with guadecitabine. Simulations with different doses and regimens of low-dose ASTX727 administration were performed and the model predicts that neutrophil levels depend on dose and frequency of ASTX727.