2016 ASH: Successful Emulation of IV Decitabine Pharmacokinetics with an Oral Fixed-Dose Combination of the Oral Cytidine Deaminase Inhibitor (CDAi) E7727 with Oral Decitabine, in Subjects with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS): Final Data of Phase 1 Study

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Patients with International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) intermediate 1 and 2 (Int) and high risk (HR) MOS benefit from therapy with hypomethylating agents (HMAs) decitabine (DAC) and azacitidine (AZA). Treatment requires 5 or 7 daily parenteral doses every month while the patient is benefitting. An oral HMA taken at home would provide patient convenience, and potentially enhance adherence to treatment particularly for long-term responders. Neither DAC nor AZA is readily bioavailable in oral form due to rapid clearance by cytidine deaminase (CDA) present in the gut and liver. E7727, a novel CDAi, is orally bioavailable with a large safety margin in preclinical models. We report here the final results of a Phase 1 study including an extension arm of a PK-guided first in human dose escalation trial of ASTX727 (the combination of oral DAC and E7727).

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2016 ASH: Successful Emulation of IV Decitabine Pharmacokinetics with an Oral Fixed-Dose Combination of the Oral Cytidine Deaminase Inhibitor (CDAi) E7727 with Oral Decitabine, in Subjects with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS): Final Data of Phase 1 Study

2016 EHA: Phase 1 dose-escalation study of ASTX727: comparable variability in pharmacokinetics

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Hypomethylating agents (HMA) are typically administered parenterally and adjusted to body surface area (BSA) in order to achieve target pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters associated with response. Much of the variation associated with administration of HMAs is related to the intrinsic activity of cytidine deaminase (CDA) an enzyme which rapidly metabolizes HMAs and is highest in the gut and liver. We report here intra-and inter-patient pharmacokinetic variation in patients from a study aiming to match PK parameters of BSA adjusted dosing with IV decitabine (DAC) with a novel fixed-dose oral combination (ASTX727), of DAC and E7727, a CDA inhibitor. Preliminary safety and clinical activity were previously reported and are updated here.

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EHA: Phase 1 dose-escalation study of ASTX727: comparable variability in pharmacokinetics