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4589 The Argument for Targeted Therapy in IDH1 Mutated Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS): Poor Outcomes Post-Hypomethylating Agent Failure in Higher Risk MDS and Reduced Leukemia Free Survival in Lower Risk MDS

Program: Oral and Poster Abstracts
Session: 637. Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Clinical and Epidemiological: Poster III
Hematology Disease Topics & Pathways:
Research, Adult, Epidemiology, Clinical Research, Health outcomes research, Education, Diseases, Real-world evidence, Myeloid Malignancies, Study Population, Human
Monday, December 9, 2024, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM

Ziad Abuhelwa, MD, MPH1,2, Najla H. Al Ali, Ms3*, Zhuoer Xie, MD, MS4, Onyee Chan, MD2, Seongseok Yun, MD, PhD3, Andrew T. Kuykendall, MD3, Alison R. Walker, MD, MBA, MPH5, Jeffrey E Lancet, MD3, Eric Padron, MD3, David Sallman, MD3 and Rami S. Komrokji, MD3

1Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
3Department of Malignant Hematology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
4Department of Malignant Hematology, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
5Department of Malignant Hematology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Wesley Chapel, FL

Background

IDH1 mutation is described in 3-5% of MDS patients (pts) and is enriched among those with neutropenia. Pts with higher risk MDS (HR-MDS) typically have poor outcomes post hypomethylating agent (HMA) failure, with a median overall survival (OS) of 4-6 months. Ivosidenib was approved for relapsed and refractory IDH1-mutant (MT) MDS, demonstrating a median OS of 3 years in a small cohort of pts, highlighting its potential efficacy. The historical outcome of IDH1-MT HR-MDS post-HMA failure is not well known. Similarly, in lower risk MDS (LR-MDS), we previously reported that IDH1 mutation is enriched among 9% of pts who progressed directly to acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The impact of IDH1 mutation among LR-MDS is not well characterized.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed the outcomes of a large cohort of MDS pts. Our study aimed to compare outcomes between IDH1-MT and wild-type (WT). We examined 2 separate cohorts comparing IDH1-MT vs. WT. Cohort (A): HR-MDS (intermediate, high, and very high risk by IPSS-R) to assess response of IDH1-MT MDS to HMA, provide historical data on outcomes post-HMA failure and to assess the impact of IDH1 inhibitor use in real-world settings post-HMA failure. Cohort (B): LR-MDS (very low and low by IPSS-R) to assess impact of IDH1 mutation on OS and leukemia transformation.

Results

Cohort (A): A total of 1,057 HR-MDS pts who received frontline HMA therapy were included. IDH1 mutations were detected in 32 pts (3%), with the R132C mutation being the most common (50%). Age, white blood cell count, absolute neutrophil count, hemoglobin, platelets count, and bone marrow blast percentages were comparable between IDH1-MT and IDH1-WT groups. Mutations of EZH2 (12.5% vs. 4.6%), DNMT3A (37.5% vs. 0.1%), and CBL (6.3% vs. 2%) were more frequent in IDH1-MT cases (p<0.05), whereas ASXL1 mutations (22.7% vs. 6.3%) were more common in IDH1-WT (p<0.05). The upfront HMA regimens included azacitidine (61.5%), decitabine (14.4%), oral decitabine (1.5%), HMA with venetoclax (11.1%), and other HMA combinations (11.5%). Complete response rates to HMA therapy were similar between IDH1-MT and WT pts (16% vs 14%, p=0.78). Following HMA therapy failure, the median OS was 10 months: 9.6 months for IDH1-MT and 10.3 months for IDH1-WT pts. Four IDH1-MT pts received IDH1 inhibitors post-HMA failure (ivosidenib, n=3; olutasidenib, n=1), showing a significantly improved median OS of 28.6 months compared to 5.1 months for those who did not receive IDH1 inhibitors (n=28) (p<0.05).

Cohort (B): Among 1,321 LR-MDS pts, we identified 37 (2.8%) with IDH1 mutation. Baseline characteristics were similar between IDH1-MT and WT groups except for younger age and leukopenia in the IDH-1 MT pts. More pts were upstaged to higher risk by IPSS-M among IDH1-MT (35% vs. 16% WT, p=0.008). SRSF2 and RUNX-1 were more observed among IDH1-MT pts. No difference in median OS between IDH1-MT and WT (92 vs. 75 months, p=0.25). Leukemia free survival (LFS) was not reached in IDH1-WT compared to 92 months in IDH1-MT pts (p = 0.006). The rate of AML transformation was higher in IDH1-MT (27% vs 11%, p=0.003). No difference in response to LR-MDS therapies was observed and many pts were in observation until disease progression.

Conclusion

For HR-MDS, response to HMA therapy is similar between IDH1-MT and WT pts. Historically, the median OS for IDH1-MT MDS post-HMA failure without IDH1 inhibitor is poor (5.1 months). However, IDH1 inhibitors significantly improve survival in IDH1-MT pts in real world data (OS 28.6 months). In IDH1-MT LR-MDS, a higher rate of AML transformation and worse LFS are observed. Our data provide the historical outcomes for IDH1-MT HR-MDS post-HMA and provide rational to target IDH1 mutation among LR-MDS given high rate of leukemia transformation.

Disclosures: Chan: Abbvie: Honoraria, Research Funding; Novartis: Honoraria; Jazz: Research Funding; BMS: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Syndax: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Aptitude Health: Honoraria. Kuykendall: Protagonist Therapeutics: Honoraria, Research Funding; Novartis: Research Funding; PharmaEssentia: Honoraria; Incyte: Honoraria. Lancet: Prelude Therapeutics: Consultancy, Other: Bristol Myers Squibb; Bristol Myers Squibb: Consultancy, Other: Consultant/Advisory Board; Tradewell Therapeutics: Consultancy, Other: Consultant/Advisory Board. Sallman: Abbvie: Consultancy; Agios: Consultancy; Axiom: Consultancy; Gilead: Consultancy; Celyad: Consultancy; Froghorn: Consultancy; Incyte: Consultancy; Intellisphere, LLC: Consultancy; Johnson & Johnson: Consultancy; Kite: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Magenta Therapeutics: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; NextTech: Consultancy; Novartis: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; AvenCell: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Astellas: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; BlueBird Bio: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; BMS: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Dark Blue Therapeutics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Intellia: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Jasper Therapeutics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; NKARTA: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Orbital Therapeutics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Rigel Pharmaceuticals: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Shattuck Labs: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Servier: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Syndax: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Syros: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Apera: Research Funding; Jazz: Research Funding. Komrokji: Rigel: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Geron: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Servio: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Novartis: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; BMS: Research Funding; Keros: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; DSI: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Sumitomo Pharma: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Janssen: Consultancy; CTI biopharma: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; BMS: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Sobi: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Genentech: Consultancy; DSI: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Servio: Honoraria; Taiho: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Celgene/BMS: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Jazz Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; PharmaEssentia: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Servier: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; AbbVie: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees.

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