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2692 Danicopan As Add-on Therapy to Ravulizumab or Eculizumab in Patients with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria: Long-Term Patient-Reported Outcomes from the Phase 3 ALPHA Trial

Program: Oral and Poster Abstracts
Session: 508. Bone Marrow Failure: Acquired: Poster II
Hematology Disease Topics & Pathways:
Research, Adult, Clinical trials, Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes, Clinical Research, Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria, Diseases, Patient-reported outcomes, Study Population, Human
Sunday, December 8, 2024, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM

Caroline Piatek, MD1, Jong Wook Lee2, Morag Griffin, MBChB, MRCP3*, Jun-Ichi Nishimura4, Christopher Patriquin, MD, MSc, FRCPC5, Hubert Schrezenmeier, MD6,7, Wilma Barcellini, MD8*, Jamile Shammo, MD9, Anna Gaya10*, Mohammed Mahdi11*, Peng Liu11*, Karl-Johan Myren11*, Andrew Messali11*, Flore Sicre de Fontbrune, MD12*, Jens Panse, MD13,14 and Austin G. Kulasekararaj, MD, MBBS, FRCPath, MRCP15

1Jane Anne Nohl Division of Hematology and Center for the Study of Blood Diseases, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA
2Hanyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
3Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
4Department of Hematology and Oncology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
5Division of Medical Oncology & Hematology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
6Institute of Transfusion Medicine, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
7Institute of Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Immunogenetics Ulm, University Hospital of Ulm and German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Württemberg-Hessen, Ulm, Germany
8Hematology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
9Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
10Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
11Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease, Boston, MA
12Centre de Référence Aplasie Médullaire, Service d’Hématologie Greffe, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
13Department of Oncology, Hematology, Hemostaseology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
14Center for Integrated Oncology, Aachen Bonne Cologne Düsseldorf (ABCD), Aachen, Germany
15King’s College Hospital-NHS Foundation Trust, NIHR/Wellcome King’s Clinical Research Facility, and King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Background

In patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), the complement C5 inhibitors (C5i) ravulizumab and eculizumab have proven efficacy and safety; ravulizumab provides immediate, complete and sustained inhibition of terminal complement activity, resulting in control of intravascular hemolysis and improved clinical outcomes. Approximately 20% of patients on C5i experience ongoing anemia caused by clinically significant extravascular hemolysis (csEVH). Danicopan is a first-in-class oral factor D inhibitor that targets the alternative pathway of the complement system. In the phase 3 ALPHA trial (NCT04469465), danicopan add-on therapy to ravulizumab or eculizumab demonstrated significant improvements in clinical outcomes in patients with PNH and csEVH.

Objective

To present final long-term patient-reported outcomes (PROs) from the ALPHA trial.

Methods

Patients in this phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial were aged ≥ 18 years with a diagnosis of PNH, csEVH (hemoglobin ≤ 9.5 g/dL, absolute reticulocyte count ≥ 120 x 109/L), and ≥ 6 months’ treatment with ravulizumab or eculizumab. At week 0, patients were randomized 2:1 to danicopan or placebo add-on therapy for 12 weeks; from week 12, patients in the placebo arm switched to danicopan. From week 24, patients continued to receive danicopan for up to 2 years in a long-term extension (LTE). PROs are reported over time, including Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-F), European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30 (EORTC-QLQ-C30) and EQ-5D-3L.

Results

In total, 86 patients were randomized to danicopan (n = 57) or placebo (n = 29); of these, 54 and 26 patients, respectively, completed the study up to week 24; and 46 and 24 patients, respectively, completed the LTE. Baseline characteristics were similar between arms.

In patients receiving danicopan, mean (standard deviation [SD]) FACIT-F scores improved from 34.0 (11.3) at baseline to 42.1 (7.7) at week 12, which was close to the general population score of 43.6; improvements were maintained to weeks 24 (40.9 [9.7]) and 72 (40.3 [10.3]). In the placebo-danicopan arm, improvements in FACIT- F were seen at week 24 and maintained to week 72, with a mean (SD) score of 31.7 (11.0) at baseline and 35.4 (10.7), 37.7 (11.5), and 36.7 (11.2) at weeks 12, 24, and 72, respectively. At week 12, change from baseline was significantly greater for danicopan vs placebo in the double-blinded phase (least-squares mean [95% confidence interval]: 8.13 [6.30, 9.96] vs 2.53 [−0.22, 4.91], respectively; p = 0.0004).

EORTC global health status/quality of life (QoL) mean (SD) scores in the danicopan arm improved from 58.3 (20.2) at baseline to 69.9 (18.8), 68.9 (19.4), and 68.3 (17.9) at weeks 12, 24, and 72, respectively, close to the general population norm of 66.1; in the placebo-danicopan arm scores improved from 53.1 (17.9) at baseline to 62.3 (17.0), 64.5 (19.1), and 62.5 (19.3), respectively. Mean (SD) EORTC physical functioning scores in the danicopan arm increased from 73.3 (18.8) at baseline to 85.1 (15.3), 85.9 (14.8), and 83.3 (16.7) at weeks 12, 24, and 72, close to the population norm of 85.1; in the placebo–danicopan arm, scores increased from 64.0 (20.3) at baseline to 66.1 (20.5), 77.0 (21.4), and 74.7 (22.1), respectively. EORTC fatigue subscale scores in the danicopan arm improved from 43.3 (27.2) at baseline to 27.4 (20.3), 25.4 (23.6), and 27.8 (22.2) at weeks 12, 24, and 72, comparable with the general population norm (29.5); in the placebo–danicopan arm scores improved from 49.0 (25.8) at baseline to 47.1 (28.6), 37.5 (27.8), and 44.9 (24.2), respectively.

Mean EQ-5D-3L scores (US Health State Index) were slightly below general population values (0.86–0.96) at baseline in the danicopan (0.84) and placebo arms (0.79) and remained stable with small numerical improvements at weeks 12, 24, and 72 (danicopan: 0.90, 0.91, and 0.87; placebo–danicopan: 0.86, 0.85, and 0.84, respectively).

Conclusions

In patients with PNH and csEVH, long-term danicopan add-on therapy to ravulizumab or eculizumab resulted in sustained improvements in patient-reported fatigue, QoL and physical function for up to 72 weeks, with scores reaching those in the general population. These findings indicate that danicopan add-on therapy is a potential solution for improving QoL in patients with PNH and severe csEVH.

Disclosures: Piatek: Apellis: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Janssen: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Rigel: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Sobi: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Omeros: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Sanofi: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Zenas BioPharma: Research Funding; Alpine Immune Science: Research Funding; Novartis: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Argenx: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding. Lee: Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: Grants; Achillion: Other: Grants; Kyowa Kirin: Consultancy; Novartis: Consultancy; Sanofi: Consultancy. Griffin: Alexion: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Sobi: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Amgen: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Biocryst: Consultancy; Novartis: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Regeneron Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy; Pfizer: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Omeros: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Nishimura: Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: Received grants; Chugai: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Roche: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Patriquin: Apellis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: Served as a clinical site investigator ; Sobi: Consultancy, Honoraria; Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: Served as a clinical site investigator ; BioCryst: Consultancy, Honoraria; Takeda: Consultancy, Honoraria; Amgen: Consultancy, Honoraria; Sanofi: Consultancy, Honoraria; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria; Roche: Consultancy, Honoraria. Schrezenmeier: Amgen: Other: Fees; Sobi: Other: Fees and travel support, Research Funding; Sanofi: Other: Fees; Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease: Other: Fees and travel support, Research Funding; Apellis: Other: Fees; F. Hoffmann-La Roche: Other: Fees; Novartis: Other: Fees and travel support, Research Funding; Omeros: Other: Fees. Barcellini: Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Sobi: Consultancy; Sanofi: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau. Shammo: NS-bio: Other: DSMB; Blueprint: Consultancy, Honoraria; MJH: Consultancy, Honoraria; Sobi: Consultancy, Honoraria; Sanofi: Consultancy, Honoraria; GSK: Consultancy, Honoraria; Incyte: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria; CTI Bio: Consultancy, Honoraria; Bristol-Myers Squibb: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Apellis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: DSMB; Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease: Consultancy, Honoraria; Protagonist pharma: Research Funding; Alexion: Research Funding; omeros: Consultancy; geron: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau. Gaya: Sobi: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Novartis: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Roche: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Mahdi: Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease: Current Employment. Liu: Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease: Current Employment. Myren: Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease: Current Employment. Messali: Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease: Current Employment. Sicre de Fontbrune: Novartis: Honoraria, Research Funding; Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease: Honoraria, Research Funding; Samsung: Honoraria, Research Funding; Sobi: Honoraria, Research Funding. Panse: Swiss Biopharma: Honoraria; MSD: Consultancy, Current equity holder in publicly-traded company, Honoraria; Amgen: Consultancy, Current equity holder in publicly-traded company, Honoraria; Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; AstraZeneca: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Alexion: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Bristol Myers Squibb: Consultancy, Current equity holder in publicly-traded company, Honoraria; Samsung Bioepis: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Gilead: Consultancy, Honoraria; Blueprint Medicines: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Pfizer: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Sanofi: Consultancy, Current equity holder in publicly-traded company; Apellis: Consultancy, Current equity holder in publicly-traded company, Honoraria; Boehringer Ingelheim: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; F Hoffmann-La Roche: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: All authors received support for third-party writing assistance, furnished by Akshaya Srinivasan, PhD, CMPP, of Nucleus Global, an Inizio company, and funded by F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland., Speakers Bureau. Kulasekararaj: Amgen: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Alexion: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Celgene/BMS: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Apellis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Akari: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Silence Therapeutics: Honoraria; Achillion: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Ra Pharma: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Pfizer: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Agios: Honoraria; Sobi: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Samsung: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Janssen: Consultancy; Novo Nordisk: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; BioCryst: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau.

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