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RecruitingNCT05569538Updated May 23, 2023

Bomedemstat (IMG-7289) Plus Ruxolitinib for Myelofibrosis

A Phase 2 interventional study of Bomedemstat in Myelofibrosis, sponsored by The University of Hong Kong. Recruiting at 1 site in Hong Kong. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-05-23.

Sponsored by The University of Hong Kong · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Dec 2024, 1 year 9 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Dec 2022; still recruiting 3 years 10 months later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is an open-label, Phase 2 study of bomedemstat (IMG-7289), an inhibitor of lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1), in combination with JAK inhibition (JAKi) in patients with myelofibrosis.

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Conditions studied

  • Myelofibrosis

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Keywords

  • Myelofibrosis
  • Bomedemstat
  • Ruxolitinib
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In context

Primary Myelofibrosis

419 studies on the registry are indexed under Primary Myelofibrosis; 117 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 40 is close to the median of 44 across 347 interventional studies indexed under Primary Myelofibrosis.

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Lead sponsor

The University of Hong Kong is the lead sponsor of 1,262 studies on the registry; 340 are open to participants now.

Of its 8 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 0 (0%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Cohort A:

  1. Patients refractory to, relapsed or intolerant of ruxolitinib as per one of the below:
  • Refractory is defined as \<30% reduction in spleen length or \<10% SVR compared to baseline having received ruxolitinib for ≥12 weeks prior to enrollment, AND on a stable dose for ≥8 weeks prior to starting investigational therapy
  • Relapsed is defined as an increase in spleen volume of ≥25% by MRI/CT from nadir, or, ≥100% in palpable spleen length from a baseline of 5 to 10 cm BLCM or, ≥50% increase in spleen length from a baseline spleen length ≥10 cm BLCM
  • Intolerance is defined as the development in patients treated with ruxolitinib for ≥28 days of:

    • Red blood cell transfusion requirement of 2 units/month for 2 months
    • Grade 3 thrombocytopenia, anemia, hematoma, and/or hemorrhage while on ruxolitinib treatment

Cohort B:

  1. Patients who are JAK inhibitor naïve, AND:

    • Require MF-directed treatment, AND
    • Have measurable disease burden including one of the following:

      • Disease-related symptoms, determined by a MFSAF or MPN-SAF TSS of ≥10, or at least 2 symptoms with scores ≥3
      • Documented splenomegaly by physical exam, with spleen palpated ≥5 cm below the left costal margin

    Both Cohorts A and B:

  2. Willing and able to provide informed consent
  3. Age ≥18 years
  4. Diagnosis of Overt Myelofibrosis (primary, post-ET, or post-PV) per World Health Organization (WHO) diagnostic criteria
  5. Intermediate-1, Intermediate-2, or high-risk disease by Dynamic International Prognostic Scoring System (DIPSS)
  6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2
  7. Platelet count ≥100 x 10\^9/L prior to dosing on Cycle 1 Day 1
  8. Absolute neutrophil count ≥0.5 x 10\^9/L prior to dosing on Cycle 1 Day 1
  9. Peripheral blast count ≤10% prior to dosing on Cycle 1 Day 1
  10. Able to swallow capsules
  11. Women of childbearing potential and fertile men must agree to use an approved method of contraception from Screening until 30 days after the last dose of bomedemstat and ruxolitinib.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Those with increased risk of bleeding, including any of the following:

    1. Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) ≥1.3 x the local upper limit of normal
    2. International normalized ratio (INR) ≥1.3 x the local upper limit of normal
    3. Known history of a platelet function disorder
    4. Other known bleeding disorder that is active at the time of screening (Von Willebrand's disease, dysfibrinogenemia, hemophilia, etc.)
  2. History of splenectomy or prior splenic irradiation
  3. Use of an investigational agent within 14 days of study treatment (or at least 7 half-lives of that agent, whichever is longer), prior to the first dose of bomedemstat
  4. Current use of monoamine oxidase A and B inhibitors (MAOIs)
  5. Uncontrolled, active infection
  6. Major surgery within 4 weeks of starting the study drug, or not recovered from side effects of surgery
  7. Any other serious medical conditions that could compromise study participation, in the opinion of the investigator
  8. Known HIV infection or known, active hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection
  9. Concurrent second active and non-stable malignancy (patients with a concurrent second active but stable malignancy, i.e., non-melanoma skin cancers, are eligible)
  10. Current use of a prohibited medication (e.g., romiplostim) or expected to require any of these medications during treatment
  11. Known immediate or delayed hypersensitivity reaction or idiosyncrasy to drugs chemically related to bomedemstat or LSD1 inhibitors (i.e., monoamine oxidase inhibitors; MAOIs) that contraindicates participation
  12. Evidence at the time of Screening of significant renal or hepatic insufficiency (unless due to hemolysis) as defined by any of the following local lab parameters:

    1. Calculated glomerular filtration rate (GFR; using the Cockcroft-Gault equation) \<40 mL/min or serum creatinine >1.5 x the local upper limit of normal
    2. Aspartate transaminase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≥2.5 x the local upper limit of normal
  13. Pregnant or lactating females, or females planning to become pregnant at any time during the study
  14. Unwilling or unable to comply with the study protocol
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
40 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Cohort A (Patients refractory to, relapsed or intolerant of ruxolitinib):

    Bomedemstat : The starting dose of bomedemstat at Initial Treatment Period Cycle 1 Day 1 will be 0.4 mg/kg daily for all patients in Cohort A. The first up-titration is not permitted until Initial Treatment Period Cycle 2 Day 1; thereafter, the dose may be up-titrated no more frequently than every 4 weeks from the prior up- or down-titration (note: down-titrations may occur at any time (or the current dose maintained) in the best interest and safety of the patient), to a target platelet count range of 50-100 x 10\^9/L. Ruxolitinib: Patients will continue their prior, stable dose of ruxolitinib. This same dose will be continued throughout the study unless dose modification is required because of toxicity.

    Drug: Bomedemstat

  • Experimental
    Cohort B (Cohort B will consist of 10 patients who are JAK inhibitor naïve):

    Bomedemstat: The starting dose of bomedemstat at Initial Treatment Period Cycle 1 Day 1 will be 0.4 mg/kg daily for all patients in Cohort B. The first up-titration is not permitted until Initial Treatment Period Cycle 2 Day 1; thereafter, the dose may be up-titrated no more frequently than every 4 weeks from the prior up- or down-titration (note: down-titrations may occur at any time (or the current dose maintained) in the best interest and safety of the patient), to a target platelet count range of 50-100 x 10\^9/L. Ruxolitinib: Patients will start treatment with ruxolitinib at Initial Treatment Period Cycle 1 Day 1. The starting dose of ruxolitinib will be 10 mg BID. This same dose will be continued throughout the study unless dose modification is required because of toxicity.

    Drug: Bomedemstat

Interventions

  • DrugBomedemstat

    Bomedemstat will be self-administered orally once daily. In both cohorts, the dose of bomedemstat will be adjusted in each patient based on titration of the patient's platelet count to the target range. Ruxolitinib will be self-administered orally. Both medications will continue uninterrupted in 28-day cycles. Subjects will continue combination treatment through the Initial Treatment Period (first 6 cycles), which includes a Qualification Assessment. Those deriving clinical benefit in the opinion of the treating physician may continue receiving combination treatment in the Additional Treatment Period (6 cycles). Qualification Assessments will be performed at the end of each Additional Treatment Period, which is iterative, and may repeat for as long as clinical benefit is sustained, at the discretion of the treating physician.

    Also known as: IMG-7289

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Adverse events

    Enumeration and description of adverse events (AEs), including determination of dose limiting toxicities (DLTs), serious adverse events (SAEs), and other AEs

    Time frame: 24 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Spleen response at 24 weeks

    Proportion of patients who experience a spleen length reduction by palpation of ≥30% OR spleen volume reduction (SVR) of ≥35% by MRI or CT by 24 weeks of treatment

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  2. Symptom response at 24 weeks

    Proportion of patients who describe a ≥50% reduction in symptom burden by the Myelofibrosis Symptom Assessment Form (MFSAF) by 24 weeks of treatment

    Time frame: 24 weeks

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Department of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital
    Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Harinder Singh Harry Gill, MD · Contact · gillhsh@hku.hk · +852 22554254
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 23, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05569538
Lead sponsor
The University of Hong Kong
Collaborators
Imago BioSciences, Inc., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., (Rahway, New Jersey USA)
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 6, 2022
Start date
Dec 1, 2022
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2025 (estimated)
Last update
May 23, 2023

Study contacts

Harinder Gill, MD
Contact
gillhsh@hku.hk
+852 22554542
Harinder Gill, MD
principal investigator · Department of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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