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A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of Luspatercept for the Treatment of Transfusion-dependent (TD) Anemia Associated With Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) & Beta-thalassemia (β-Thal) in India

A Phase 4 Study to Evaluate Safety and Effectiveness of Luspatercept (ACE-536) for the Treatment of Anemia Due to IPSS-R Very Low, Low, or Intermediate Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) With Ring Sideroblasts Who Require Red Blood Cell Transfusions in Participants Who Have Had Unsatisfactory Response to or Are Ineligible to Erythropoietin Based Therapy and in Participants With Transfusion Dependent Anemia Due to Beta-Thalassemia

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05891249
Enrollment
85
Registered
2023-06-06
Start date
2023-06-05
Completion date
2028-12-16
Last updated
2026-08-31

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Anemia

Keywords

Luspatercept, ACE-536, Transfusion dependent, Beta-thalassemia, Myelodysplastic syndromes with ring sideroblasts, Anemia, Hemoglobinopathies, Hematologic diseases, Bone marrow diseases

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of luspatercept in participants who require regular blood cell transfusions due to b-thalassemia and myelodysplastic syndromes in India

Interventions

BIOLOGICALLuspatercept

Specified dose on specified days

Sponsors

Bristol-Myers Squibb
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

β-Thalassemia Cohort * Documented diagnosis of β-thalassemia or hemoglobin (Hb E/β-thalassemia). (β-thalassemia with mutation and/or multiplication of alpha \[α\] globin is allowed). * Regularly transfused, defined as 6 RBC units to 20 RBC units in the 24 weeks prior to enrollment and no transfusion-free period for \> 35 days during that period. MDS-RS Cohort \- Participant has documented diagnosis of MDS according to World Health Organization (WHO) (2016)/French-American-British FAB classification that meets revised International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS-R) classification of very low, low, or intermediate risk disease and the following criteria: i) RS ≥ 15% of erythroid precursors in bone marrow. If the SF3B1 mutation is present, RS ≥ 5% will be included. ii) Less than 5% blasts in bone marrow and \< 1% peripheral blood blasts. iii) Peripheral blood white blood cell (WBC) count \< 13,000/ microliters (μL). * If the participant was previously treated with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) or granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)/granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), both agents must have been discontinued ≥ 4 weeks prior to the date of enrollment.

Exclusion criteria

β-Thalassemia Cohort * A diagnosis of Hb S/β-thalassemia or α-thalassemia (for exampe, Hemoglobin H). * Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or stroke requiring medical intervention ≤ 24 weeks prior to enrollment. * Use of chronic anticoagulant therapy is excluded unless the treatment stopped at least 28 days prior to enrollment. Anticoagulant therapies used for prophylaxis for surgery or high-risk procedures as well as low-molecular-weight (LMW) heparin for superficial venous thrombosis and chronic aspirin are allowed. * Cytotoxic agents or immunosuppressants or immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs) ≤ 28 days prior to enrollment (ie, antithymocite globulin or cyclosporine or thalidomide). MDS-RS Cohort * MDS associated with del 5q cytogenetic abnormality. * Secondary MDS, that is, MDS that is known to have arisen as the result of chemical injury or treatment with chemotherapy and/or radiation for other diseases. * Participant has known clinically significant anemia due to iron, vitamin B12, or folate deficiencies; autoimmune or hereditary hemolytic anemia; or gastrointestinal bleeding. * Iron deficiency to be determined by serum ferritin ≤ 15 micrograms per liter (μg/L) and additional testing if clinically indicated (for example, calculated transferrin saturation \[iron/total iron binding capacity ≤ 20%\] or bone marrow aspirate \[BMA\] stain for iron).

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
β-Thal Cohort: Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events (AEs) of grade 3 or higherUp to 57 weeks
MDS-Ring Sideroblasts (RS) Cohort: Number of participants with treatment-related AEs of grade 3 or higherUp to 54 weeks

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
β-Thal Cohort: Percentage of participants who achieved red blood cell (RBC) transfusion burden reduction (≥ 33% reduction from baseline) with a reduction of at least 2 red cell units compared to the 12-week interval prior to enrollmentWeek 13 to week 24
β-Thal Cohort: Percentage of participants who achieved RBC transfusion burden reduction of at least 33% from baseline during any 12-week interval with a reduction of at least 2 red cell units compared to the 12-week interval prior to enrollmentUp to 57 weeks
MDS-RS Cohort: Percentage of participants who achieved RBC-TI during any consecutive 56-day periodWeek 1 to week 24
β-Thal Cohort: Number of participants with treatment-related AEsUp to 57 weeks
MDS-RS Cohort: Number of participants with treatment-related AEsUp to 54 weeks

Countries

India

Contacts

STUDY_DIRECTORBristol-Myers Squibb

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Sep 1, 2026