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Published in final edited form as: Leuk Lymphoma. 2016 Sep 21;58(5):1022–1036. doi: 10.1080/10428194.2016.1228927

Table 2.

Selected Clinical Trials of Non- HDAC inhibitor Combination Therapies with Hypomethylating Agents in MDS

Study Intervention Design N Med
Age
%
MDS
ORR%* CR/PR/HI* Med OS
(ms)
Sekeres et
al 2012
AZA + LEN Phase
II
36 68 100% 72% 44% 13.6
Narayan et
al 2015
AZA + LEN Phase
II
32 73.5 19% 25% 12.5% 5
DiNardo et
al 2015
AZA + LEN Phase
I/II
88 67 51% 35% 17% 32.8
Sekeres et
al 2015


AZA

AZA + LEN
Phase
II, RCT
Total, n=277

AZA, n=92

AZA + LEN, n= 93
- 100%

AZA
37%

AZA + LEN
45%
[p vs AZA=
0.45]


AZA
24%

AZA +
LEN
21%
[p vs
AZA =
0.73]


AZA
15

AZA +
LEN
18
[p vs AZA
= 0.38]
Mittelman
et al 2013
AZA + LEN Phase 2 18 - 100%
HR and LR
MDS
Selected for
5q-
78% 44% -
Platzbecker
et al 2013
AZA + LEN Phase I 19 69 65%
Selected for
5q-
42% 11%
Ades et al
2015
AZA + LEN Phase
I-II
49 69 63%
IPSS-2 or
high risk
MDS
Selected for
5q-
24% 8.2% -
Itzykson et
al 2012
AZA + ESA Retro. Total, n= 282

AZA, n= 239

AZA + ESA, n= 32
72 Total 77%

AZA 84%

AZA +
ESA 76%
AZA 43%

AZA + ESA
53 %
[p vs AZA= 0.34]
AZA
13%

AZA
+ESA
19%
AZA
11.9

AZA +
ESA 19.6
[p vs AZA
= 0.04]
Tobiasson
et al 2014
AZA + ESA Phase
II
Total, n=30
AZA, n= 30

AZA + ESA, n=16
69 100%
IPSS low
and Int-1
refractory
to ESA
AZA 23%

AZA + ESA
7%
- -
Kantarjian
et al 2010
AZA + ROM Phase
II, RCT
Total, n= 40
AZA, n= 13
AZA + ROM 500µg
, n= 13
AZA + ROM
750µg, n= 14
71 100%
IPSS Low,
Int-1, Int-2
AZA 15%
AZA + ROM
500µg 8%
AZA + ROM
750µg 14%
--
Greenberg
et al 2013
ROM +
DAC
Phase
II, RCT
Total, n=29
DAC, n= 14

DAC + ROM, n=15
68 100% IPSS
low, Int,
high risk
MDS
DAC 21%

DAC +
ROM 33%
** Non-
significant
DAC 7%

DAC +
ROM
13%**
Non-
significant
-
Svensson et
al 2014
ELT + AZA Phase I 12 74 100% 67% 33% -
Strati et al
2015
MID + AZA Phase
I/II
54 65 5% 26% 2% 5.5
Daver et al
2015
GEM + AZA Phase II 110 70 22% - 35% 5.7
Fathi et al
2015
SGN-33A +
HMA
Phase 1 23 77 0% MDS
100% AML
65% 22% -
Ravandi et
al 2012
SAP + DAC Phase
I/II/III
33 77 0% MDS
100% AML
37% 30% 7.8
Nevada et
al 2014
RIG + AZA Phase
I/II
18
12 Evaluable
70.5 61% 50% 8.3% -
Tibes et al
2015
SON + AZA Phase
I/ Ib
29 72 31% - 40% -
Ritchie et al
2015
BIR + AZA Phase
II
6 ≥ 60 100% 83% 50% -

Abbreviations: AZA, azacitidine; DAC, decitabine; HMA, hypomethylating agent; LEN, lenalidomide; GEM, gemtuzumab; ESA, erythrocyte stimulating agent; ELT, eltrombopag; MID, midostaurin; SGN-33A, SGN-CD33A; SAP, sapacitabine; RIG, rigosertib; SON, sonidegib; BIR, birinapant; Retro, retrospective study; ms, months, ORR, overall response rate; CR, complete remission; Med, median; N, number of study participants;

*

International Working Group (IWG) response criteria in Myelodysplasia and AML[107, 108]