A Study of Lenalidomide Versus Placebo in Subjects With Transfusion Dependent Anemia in Lower Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) Without Del 5q

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether lenalidomide would reduce the number of red blood cell transfusions (RBC) needed in anemic (RBC transfusion-dependent) participants with low or intermediate-1 risk MDS without a deletion 5q chromosome abnormality. The study also investigated the safety of lenalidomide use in these participants. Two-thirds of the participants received oral lenalidomide and one-third of the participants received oral placebo.

Timeline

Start

2010-01-26

Primary completion

2013-03-17

Completion

2018-05-09

Publications

• Results Santini V, Almeida A, Giagounidis A, Gropper S, Jonasova A, Vey N, Mufti GJ, Buckstein R, Mittelman M, Platzbecker U, Shpilberg O, Ram R, Del Canizo C, Gattermann N, Ozawa K, Risueno A, MacBeth KJ, Zhong J, Seguy F, Hoenekopp A, Beach CL, Fenaux P. Randomized Phase III Study of Lenalidomide Versus Placebo in RBC Transfusion-Dependent Patients With Lower-Risk Non-del(5q) Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Ineligible for or Refractory to Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents. J Clin Oncol. 2016 Sep 1;34(25):2988-96. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.66.0118. Epub 2016 Jun 27.
• Santini V, Almeida A, Giagounidis A, Skikne B, Beach CL, Weaver J, Tu N, Fenaux P. Achievement of red blood cell transfusion independence in red blood cell transfusion-dependent patients with lower-risk non-del(5q) myelodysplastic syndromes correlates with serum erythropoietin levels. Leuk Lymphoma. 2020 Jun;61(6):1475-1483. doi: 10.1080/10428194.2020.1719088. Epub 2020 Feb 17.
• Almeida A, Fenaux P, Garcia-Manero G, Goldberg SL, Gropper S, Jonasova A, Vey N, Castaneda C, Zhong J, Beach CL, Santini V. Safety profile of lenalidomide in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes without del(5q): results of a phase 3 trial. Leuk Lymphoma. 2018 Sep;59(9):2135-2143. doi: 10.1080/10428194.2017.1421758. Epub 2018 Jan 11.

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