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A Study to Assess Luspatercept in Lower-risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome Participants

A Phase 3b, Open-label Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Luspatercept (BMS-986346/ACE-536) Initiated at Maximum Approved Dose in LR-MDS With IPSS-R Very Low-, Low-, or Intermediate-risk Who Require RBC Transfusions (MAXILUS)

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06045689
Acronym
MAXILUS
Enrollment
106
Registered
2023-09-21
Start date
2023-10-05
Completion date
2027-09-29
Last updated
2026-06-15

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

Conditions

Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Keywords

Luspatercept, Transfusion dependent, ACE-536, Anemia, Blood Transfusion, Red Blood Cell Transfusion, Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Luspatercept when administered at the maximum approved dose in low-risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome participants who require red blood cell transfusions.

Interventions

DRUGLuspatercept

Specified dose on specified days.

Sponsors

Bristol-Myers Squibb
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Participant had documented diagnosis of MDS according to World Health Organization (WHO) classification that met Revised International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS-R) classification of very low-, low-, or intermediate-risk disease. * Participant has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score of 0, 1, or 2. * Participant must have red blood cell transfusions according to study criteria.

Exclusion criteria

* Participant has known clinically significant anemia due to iron, vitamin B12, or folate deficiencies, or autoimmune or hereditary hemolytic anemia, or gastrointestinal bleeding. * Participant has had a prior allogeneic or autologous stem cell transplant. * Participant has known history or diagnosis of AML. * Participant has uncontrolled hypertension. Other protocol-defined inclusion/

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Number of participants who achieve red blood cell transfusion independence (RBC-TI) for 8 weeks with a simultaneous mean hemoglobin (Hb) increase of ≥ 1 g/dL from Week 1 to Week 24Up to week 24

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Number of participants with a mean change in total RBC units transfused over a fixed 16-week period from Week 9 to Week 24 and from Week 33 to Week 48Up to week 48
Number of participants who have a time from first dose to first onset of RBC-TI ≥ 8-, 12-, and 16-weeks from Week 1 to Week 24, from Week 1 to Week 48, and from Week 1 through EOTUp to 2 years
Number of participants who achieve RBC-TI over any consecutive 8-week period from Week 1 to Week 24, from Week 1 to Week 48, and from Week 1 to EOTUp to 2 years
Number of participants with a maximum duration of RBC-TI for participants who achieve RBC TI ≥ 8- and 16-week period from Week 1 to Week 24 and from Week 1 to EOTUp to 2 years
Number of participants who achieve RBC-TI over any consecutive 12-, 16-, and 24-week periods from Week 1 to Week 24, from Week 1 to Week 48 and from Week 1 through EOTUp to 2 years
Number of participants with an increase from baseline in mean hemoglobin (Hb) values of ≥ 1.0 g/dL over any consecutive 8-week period in absence of RBC transfusions from Week 1 to Week 48 and from Week 1 through EOTUp to 2 years
Number of participants with an increase from baseline in Hb values of ≥ 1.0 g/dL over any consecutive 16-week period in absence of RBC transfusions from Week 1 to Week 24, from Week 1 to Week 48, and from Week 1 through EOTUp to 2 years
Number of participants with an increase from baseline in Hb values of ≥ 1.5 g/dL over any consecutive 8-, and 16-week periods in absence of RBC transfusions from Week 1 to Week 24, from Week 1 to Week 48, and from Week 1 through EOTUp to 2 years
Number of participants who achieve Hematological Improvement Erythroid (mHI-E) per International Working Group-2018 (IWG-2018) over any consecutive 8-week period from Week 1 to Week 24, from Week 1 to Week 48, and Week 1 through EOTUp to 2 years
Number of participants who achieve Hematological Improvement - Neutrophils (HI-N) per IWG-2018 over any consecutive 8-week period from Week 1 to Week 24, from Week 1 to Week 48, and Week 1 through EOTUp to 2 years
Number of participants who achieve Hematological Improvement - Platelets (HI-P) per IWG-2018 over any consecutive 8-week period from Week 1 to Week 24, from Week 1 to Week 48, and Week 1 through EOTUp to 2 years
Number of participants with change in serum ferritin (SF) over a 16-week period from Week 9 to Week 24 and from Week 33 to Week 48Up to week 48
Number of participants with change in mean daily dose of iron chelation therapy (ICT) over a 16-week period from Week 9 to Week 24 and from Week 33 to Week 48Up to week 48
Number of participants with adverse events (AEs)Up to 2 years
Number of participants with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) progressionUp to 4 years
Time to AML progressionUp to 4 years
Time from treatment start date to death due to any causeUp to 4 years
Number of participants with a change in subscale scores of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) from Week 1 to Week 48 and from baseline through EOTUp to 2 years

Countries

Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Puerto Rico, Spain, United States

Contacts

STUDY_DIRECTORBristol-Myers Squibb

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jun 16, 2026