COntrolled MyeloFibrosis Study With ORal JAK Inhibitor Treatment: The COMFORT-I Trial

Summary

This was a randomized, double-blind study comparing the efficacy and safety of ruxolitinib (INCB018424) tablets to matching placebo tablets in patients diagnosed with Myelofibrosis (either Primary Myelofibrosis (PMF) or Post-Polycythemia Vera Myelofibrosis (PPV-MF) or Post-Essential Thrombocythemia Myelofibrosis (PET-MF).

Timeline

Start

2009-08

Primary completion

2010-11

Completion

2015-10

Publications

• Background Verstovsek S, Mesa R, Gotlib J, et al. Results of COMFORT-I, a randomized double-blind phase III trial of JAK1/2 inhibitor INCB18424 (424) vs placebo (PB) for patients with myelofibrosis (MF). The 47th Annual ASCO meeting, Chicago, IL. J Clin Oncol 2011; 29 (suppl; abstract 6500). Verstovsek S, Mesa R, Gotlib J, et al. Results of COMFORT-I, a randomized, double-blind phase III trial of the JAK1 and JAK2 inhibitor ruxolitinib (INCB018424) versus placebo for patients with myelofibrosis. The 16th Annual EHA meeting, London, UK. Haematologica 2011; 96 (suppl 2; abstract 0505).
• Results Verstovsek S, Mesa RA, Gotlib J, Levy RS, Gupta V, DiPersio JF, Catalano JV, Deininger M, Miller C, Silver RT, Talpaz M, Winton EF, Harvey JH Jr, Arcasoy MO, Hexner E, Lyons RM, Paquette R, Raza A, Vaddi K, Erickson-Viitanen S, Koumenis IL, Sun W, Sandor V, Kantarjian HM. A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of ruxolitinib for myelofibrosis. N Engl J Med. 2012 Mar 1;366(9):799-807. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1110557.
• Results Verstovsek S, Mesa RA, Gotlib J, Levy RS, Gupta V, DiPersio JF, Catalano JV, Deininger MW, Miller CB, Silver RT, Talpaz M, Winton EF, Harvey JH Jr, Arcasoy MO, Hexner EO, Lyons RM, Paquette R, Raza A, Vaddi K, Erickson-Viitanen S, Sun W, Sandor V, Kantarjian HM. Efficacy, safety and survival with ruxolitinib in patients with myelofibrosis: results of a median 2-year follow-up of COMFORT-I. Haematologica. 2013 Dec;98(12):1865-71. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2013.092155. Epub 2013 Sep 13.
• Results Verstovsek S, Mesa RA, Gotlib J, Levy RS, Gupta V, DiPersio JF, Catalano JV, Deininger MW, Miller CB, Silver RT, Talpaz M, Winton EF, Harvey JH Jr, Arcasoy MO, Hexner EO, Lyons RM, Raza A, Vaddi K, Sun W, Peng W, Sandor V, Kantarjian H; COMFORT-I investigators. Efficacy, safety, and survival with ruxolitinib in patients with myelofibrosis: results of a median 3-year follow-up of COMFORT-I. Haematologica. 2015 Apr;100(4):479-88. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2014.115840. Epub 2015 Jan 23.
• Verstovsek S, Gotlib J, Mesa RA, Vannucchi AM, Kiladjian JJ, Cervantes F, Harrison CN, Paquette R, Sun W, Naim A, Langmuir P, Dong T, Gopalakrishna P, Gupta V. Long-term survival in patients treated with ruxolitinib for myelofibrosis: COMFORT-I and -II pooled analyses. J Hematol Oncol. 2017 Sep 29;10(1):156. doi: 10.1186/s13045-017-0527-7.
• Miller CB, Komrokji RS, Mesa RA, Sun W, Montgomery M, Verstovsek S. Practical Measures of Clinical Benefit With Ruxolitinib Therapy: An Exploratory Analysis of COMFORT-I. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2017 Aug;17(8):479-487. doi: 10.1016/j.clml.2017.05.015. Epub 2017 May 12.
• Verstovsek S, Mesa RA, Gotlib J, Gupta V, DiPersio JF, Catalano JV, Deininger MW, Miller CB, Silver RT, Talpaz M, Winton EF, Harvey JH Jr, Arcasoy MO, Hexner EO, Lyons RM, Paquette R, Raza A, Jones M, Kornacki D, Sun K, Kantarjian H; COMFORT-I investigators. Long-term treatment with ruxolitinib for patients with myelofibrosis: 5-year update from the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 COMFORT-I trial. J Hematol Oncol. 2017 Feb 22;10(1):55. doi: 10.1186/s13045-017-0417-z.
• Deininger M, Radich J, Burn TC, Huber R, Paranagama D, Verstovsek S. The effect of long-term ruxolitinib treatment on JAK2p.V617F allele burden in patients with myelofibrosis. Blood. 2015 Sep 24;126(13):1551-4. doi: 10.1182/blood-2015-03-635235. Epub 2015 Jul 30.
• Vannucchi AM, Kantarjian HM, Kiladjian JJ, Gotlib J, Cervantes F, Mesa RA, Sarlis NJ, Peng W, Sandor V, Gopalakrishna P, Hmissi A, Stalbovskaya V, Gupta V, Harrison C, Verstovsek S; COMFORT Investigators. A pooled analysis of overall survival in COMFORT-I and COMFORT-II, 2 randomized phase III trials of ruxolitinib for the treatment of myelofibrosis. Haematologica. 2015 Sep;100(9):1139-45. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2014.119545. Epub 2015 Jun 11.
• Mesa RA, Verstovsek S, Gupta V, Mascarenhas JO, Atallah E, Burn T, Sun W, Sandor V, Gotlib J. Effects of ruxolitinib treatment on metabolic and nutritional parameters in patients with myelofibrosis from COMFORT-I. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2015 Apr;15(4):214-221.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.clml.2014.12.008. Epub 2014 Dec 27.
• Mesa RA, Kiladjian JJ, Verstovsek S, Al-Ali HK, Gotlib J, Gisslinger H, Levy R, Siulnik A, Gupta V, Khan M, DiPersio JF, McQuitty M, Catalano JV, Hunter DS, Knoops L, Deininger M, Cervantes F, Miller C, Vannucchi AM, Silver RT, Barbui T, Talpaz M, Barosi G, Winton EF, Mendeson E, Harvey JH Jr, Arcasoy MO, Hexner E, Lyons RM, Paquette R, Raza A, Sun W, Sandor V, Kantarjian HM, Harrison C. Comparison of placebo and best available therapy for the treatment of myelofibrosis in the phase 3 COMFORT studies. Haematologica. 2014 Feb;99(2):292-8. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2013.087650. Epub 2013 Aug 2.
• Mesa RA, Gotlib J, Gupta V, Catalano JV, Deininger MW, Shields AL, Miller CB, Silver RT, Talpaz M, Winton EF, Harvey JH, Hare T, Erickson-Viitanen S, Sun W, Sandor V, Levy RS, Kantarjian HM, Verstovsek S. Effect of ruxolitinib therapy on myelofibrosis-related symptoms and other patient-reported outcomes in COMFORT-I: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. J Clin Oncol. 2013 Apr 1;31(10):1285-92. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2012.44.4489. Epub 2013 Feb 19.

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