Phase 1 Trial Demonstrates Encouraging Clinical Benefit and Promising Safety Profile of Pacritinib for the Prevention of Graft-Versus-Host Disease Published in Clinical Cancer Research
Phase 1 Trial Demonstrates Encouraging Clinical Benefit and Promising Safety Profile of Pacritinib for the Prevention of Graft-Versus-Host Disease Published in Clinical Cancer Research
March 22, 2021 at 10:01 AM EDT
The Phase 1 portion of the trial (NCT02891603) evaluated the safety of pacritinib when administered with sirolimus plus low-dose tacrolimus after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT). A 3+3 dose escalation design identified PAC 100 mg twice a day as the minimum biologically active and well-tolerated dose for further study. At this dose, one out of six study participants treated with the investigational regimen had Grade 2-4 acute GVHD. Chronic GVHD was rare, with only two participants developing mild disease per
The new manuscript reports that dual JAK2/mTOR inhibition suppresses pathogenic Th1 and Th17 cells, enhances the potency of immunosuppressive regulatory T cells (Tregs), and maintains natural killer cells and CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes required for graft-versus-leukemia. Importantly, PAC/SIR/TAC was observed to preserve donor cytomegalovirus (CMV) immunity, permit timely engraftment, and avoid cytopenias observed with nonselective JAK inhibitors.
"The PAC/SIR/TAC regimen provides concurrent inhibition of JAK2 and mTOR, effectively suppressing donor T cell costimulation and IL-6 signal transduction implicated in acute GVHD, while sparing STAT5 activation critical for immune tolerance and donor anti-leukemia immunity," said
"This Phase 1 clinical trial is the first study to demonstrate that combining pacritinib, a selective JAK2 inhibitor, with sirolimus-based GVHD prophylaxis may produce lower rates of acute GVHD compared to the reported rates for sirolimus and tacrolimus alone," said Adam.
About Pacritinib
Pacritinib is an investigational oral kinase inhibitor with specificity for JAK2, IRAK1, and CSF1R. The JAK family of enzymes is a central component in signal transduction pathways, which are critical to normal blood cell growth and development, as well as inflammatory cytokine expression and immune responses. Mutations in these kinases have been shown to be directly related to the development of a variety of blood-related cancers, including myeloproliferative neoplasms, leukemia, and lymphoma. In addition to myelofibrosis, the kinase profile of pacritinib suggests its potential therapeutic utility in conditions such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML), and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), due to its inhibition of c-fms, IRAK1, JAK2 and FLT3.
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