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. 2018 May 18;8:152. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2018.00152

Table 6.

Active clinical trials of immune checkpoint inhibitors in myeloid neoplasms.

Disease type and inclusion criteria Drug type and target Outcome measures/endpoints Estimated enrollment Clinical trials identifier Trial status
R/R AML
High-risk MDS
Ipilimumab (anti-CTLA-4) Primary: DLT, BP
Secondary: CR, PR, HI, BP, OS, and PFS
42 NCT01757639 Ongoing (completion late 2016)

R/R AML
R/R MDS
Decitabine (HMA) + ipilimumab Primary: MTD
Secondary: ORR, PFS, OS, BP, and GvHD
48 NCT02890329 Recruiting (estimated completion late 2018)

AML, MDS, MPN, CML, MM, HL, NHL, CLL (after aHSCT) Nivolumab vs. ipilimumab (anti-PD-1) Primary: MTD
Secondary: ORR, PFS, OS, and BP
113 NCT01822509 Recruiting (estimated completion late 2018)

R/R AML
Secondary AML from MDS or CMML
AZA (HMA) + nivolumab vs. AZA + nivolumab + ipilimumab Primary: MTD
Secondary: ORR
182 NCT02397720 Recruiting (estimated completion early 2019)

De novo MDS
MDS after HMA failure
Nivolumab vs. ipilimumab vs. nivolumab + ipilimumab Primary: ORR, CR, PR, and HI 120 NCT02530463 Recruiting (estimated completion mid 2021)

AML, MDS (after aHSCT) Nivolumab vs. ipilimumab vs. nivolumab + ipilimumab Primary: safety
Secondary: toxicity, HI, BP, CR, and PFS
21 NCT02846376 Recruiting (estimated completion mid 2022)

cp or ap CML (resistance to ≥2 previous TKIs) Dasatinib (TKI) + nivolumab Primary: DLT, SAE
Secondary: MMR and MR
69 NCT02011945 Ongoing (estimated completion mid 2019)

AML in remission with high risk for relapse Nivolumab Primary: RFS 30 NCT02532231 Recruiting (estimated completion late 2018)

AML in remission not eligible for aHSCT Nivolumab Primary: PFS
Secondary: AE, OS, and NRM
80 NCT02275533 Recruiting (estimated completion mid 2019)

AML
High-risk MDS
Idarubicin + cytarabine + nivolumab Primary: MTD
Secondary: EFS
75 NCT02464657 Recruiting (estimated completion mid 2019)

De novo AML
High-risk MDS
AZA vs. AZA + nivolumab vs. AZA + midostaurin (multi-TKI) vs. decitabine + cytarabine Primary: OS
Secondary: CR, CRi, EFS, AE, and RFS
1,670 NCT03092674 Recruiting (estimated completion mid 2022)

MDS AZA + durvalumab (MEDI4736, anti-PD-L1) + tremelimumab (anti-CTLA-4) Primary: DLT, safety
Secondary: PK, BP, DOR, HI, PFS, OS, ADA, and QOL
73 NCT02117219 Recruiting (estimated completion mid 2020)

Previously untreated high-risk MDS
De novo AML in elderly patients (≥65 years) not eligible for aHSCT
AZA + durvalumab Primary: ORR, PR, CR, CRi, HI
Secondary: AE, DOR, RFS, PFS, TBR, TTT, PK, and OS
182 NCT02775903 Recruiting (estimated completion mid 2019)

R/R AML
De novo AML in patients not eligible for curative therapy
AZA + pembrolizumab (anti-PD-1) Primary: MTD
Secondary: CR, CRi
40 NCT02845297 Recruiting (estimated completion mid 2020)

R/R AML Decitabine + pembrolizumab Primary: feasibility
Secondary: efficacy
15 NCT02996474 Recruiting (estimated completion mid 2019)

Refractory AML Pembrolizumab Primary: BP, safety, and tolerability
Secondary: OS and BP
10 NCT03291353 Not yet recruiting (estimated completion mid 2022)

AML in CR in patients ≥60 years Pembrolizumab Primary: RFS and AE
Secondary: OS
40 NCT02708641 Recruiting (estimated completion mid 2021)

R/R AML High-dose cytarabine + pembrolizumab Primary: CR
Secondary: toxicity, ORR, RFS, PFS, and OS
37 NCT02768792 Recruiting (estimated completion mid 2025)

Non-favorable risk AML in CR Fludarabine + melphalan + autologous HSCT + pembrolizumab Primary: 2-year relapse risk
Secondary: safety
20 NCT02771197 Recruiting (estimated completion late 2020)

AML, MDS, and ALL (relapsed after aHSCT) Pembrolizumab Primary: CR and PR
Secondary: patients alive with or without disease at 1 year
20 NCT03286114 Not yet recruiting (estimated completion late 2021)

AML, MDS, HL, and NHL (relapsed after aHSCT) Pembrolizumab Primary: AE
Secondary: DOR, CR, PR, ORR, OS, and BP
26 NCT02981914 Recruiting (estimated completion early 2020)

MDS
R/R MM, HL, NHL, MLBCL, FL, and DLBCL
Pembrolizumab Primary: AE, ORR, and CR 222 NCT01953692 Ongoing, not recruiting (estimated completion mid 2018)

R/R AML
De novo AML in patients not eligible for curative therapy
Atezolizumab (anti-PD-L1) + guadecitabine Primary: AE, CR, CRi, CRp, and DOR
Secondary: OR, EFS, LFS, OS, MRD, ADA, BP, and PK
40 NCT02892318 Recruiting (estimated completion early 2019)

AML in patients ≥60 years BL-8040 (CXCR4 inhibitor) + atezolizumab Primary: RFS 60 NCT03154827 Recruiting (estimated completion early 2022)

High-risk MDS
R/R CMML
Atezolizumab + guadecitabine (HMA) Primary: DLT, CR
Secondary: AE, SAE, ORR, OS, HI, PFS, and TBR
72 NCT02935361 Recruiting (estimated completion late 2021)

MDS Atezolizumab vs. atezolizumab + AZA Primary: DLT, AE
Secondary: OR, PK, DOR, TTT, PFS, HI, and QOL
100 NCT02508870 Recruiting (estimated completion early 2019)

R/R AML
De novo AML in patients not eligible for curative therapy
High-risk MDS
Decitabine + PDR001 (anti-PD-1) vs. decitabine + MBG453 (anti-TIM-3) vs. decitabine + PDR001 + MBG453 Primary: DLT, AE, and SAE
Secondary: ORR, PFS, DOR, BP, and PK
70 NCT03066648 Recruiting (estimated completion mid 2019)

R/R AML PF-04518600 (OX-40 agonist mAb) vs. PF-04518600 + avelumab (anti-PD-L1 mAb) vs. PF-04518600 + AZA vs. PF-04518600 + utomilumab (4-1BB agonist mAb) vs. avelumab + utomilumab vs. PF-04518600 + avelumab + AZA vs. GO + glasdegib (smoothened inhibitor) vs. glasdegib + avelumab Primary: AE and CR
Secondary: DFS, MRD, and OS
138 NCT03390296 Recruiting (estimated completion late 2023)

R/R AML AZA + avelumab Primary: MTD and DLT
Secondary: ORR
58 NCT02953561 Recruiting (estimated completion early 2021)

De novo AML in patients not eligible for curative therapy Decitabine + avelumab Primary: safety and AE
Secondary: CR, CRi, and OS
15 NCT03395873 Recruiting (estimated completion late 2020)

AE, adverse events; aHSCT, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; ADA, anti-drug antibodies; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; ap, accelerated-phase; AZA, 5-azacytidine; BP, blood parameters; CLL, chronic lymphocytic leukemia; CML, chronic myeloid leukemia; CMML, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia; cp, chronic-phase; CR, complete remission; CRi, complete remission with incomplete recovery; CRp, complete remission with incomplete platelet recovery; CTLA-4, cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4; DFS, disease-free survival; DLBCL, diffuse large B cell lymphoma; DLT, dose-limiting toxicity; DOR, duration of response; EFS, event-free survival; GO, gemtuzumab ozogamicin; GvHD, graft-versus-host disease; HI, hematological improvement; HL, Hodgkin lymphoma; HMA, hypomethylating agent; mAb, monoclonal antibody; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; MLBCL, mediastinal large B cell lymphoma; MM, multiple myeloma; MMR, major molecular response; MPN, myeloproliferative neoplasm; MR, molecular response; MRD, minimal residual disease; MTD, maximum tolerated dose; NRM, non-relapse mortality; OR, objective response; ORR, overall response rate; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma; OS, overall survival; PD-1, programmed death protein-1; PFS, progression-free survival; PK, pharmacokinetics; PR, partial remission; QOL, quality of life; RFS, relapse-free survival; R/R, refractory/relapsed; SAE, serious adverse events; TBR, time to best response; TIM-3, T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain-containing molecule 3; TKI, tyrosine kinase inhibitor; TTT, time to transformation.

Data from http://ClinicalTrials.gov (Accessed: March 04, 2018).