Safety and Efficacy Study of Sotatercept in Adults With Transfusion Dependent Diamond Blackfan Anemia

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and dosing of drug Sotatercept, as a subcutaneous injection, to stimulate production of red blood cell production. To be given every 28 days for up to four doses.

Timeline

Start

2012-01

Primary completion

2021-04-13

Completion

2021-04-13

Publications

• Background Abkowitz JL, Schaison G, Boulad F, Brown DL, Buchanan GR, Johnson CA, Murray JC, Sabo KM. Response of Diamond-Blackfan anemia to metoclopramide: evidence for a role for prolactin in erythropoiesis. Blood. 2002 Oct 15;100(8):2687-91. doi: 10.1182/blood.V100.8.2687.
• Background Diamond LK, Wang WC, Alter BP. Congenital hypoplastic anemia. Adv Pediatr. 1976;22:349-78.
• Background Ball SE, McGuckin CP, Jenkins G, Gordon-Smith EC. Diamond-Blackfan anaemia in the U.K.: analysis of 80 cases from a 20-year birth cohort. Br J Haematol. 1996 Sep;94(4):645-53. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.d01-1839.x.
• Background Bastion Y, Bordigoni P, Debre M, Girault D, Leblanc T, Tchernia G, Ball S, McGuckin C, Gordon-Smith EC, Bekassy A, et al. Sustained response after recombinant interleukin-3 in diamond blackfan anemia. Blood. 1994 Jan 15;83(2):617-8. No abstract available.
• Background Cmejla R, Cmejlova J, Handrkova H, Petrak J, Pospisilova D. Ribosomal protein S17 gene (RPS17) is mutated in Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Hum Mutat. 2007 Dec;28(12):1178-82. doi: 10.1002/humu.20608.
• Background Da Costa L, Moniz H, Simansour M, Tchernia G, Mohandas N, Leblanc T. Diamond-Blackfan anemia, ribosome and erythropoiesis. Transfus Clin Biol. 2010 Sep;17(3):112-9. doi: 10.1016/j.tracli.2010.06.001. Epub 2010 Jul 23.
• Background Doherty L, Sheen MR, Vlachos A, Choesmel V, O'Donohue MF, Clinton C, Schneider HE, Sieff CA, Newburger PE, Ball SE, Niewiadomska E, Matysiak M, Glader B, Arceci RJ, Farrar JE, Atsidaftos E, Lipton JM, Gleizes PE, Gazda HT. Ribosomal protein genes RPS10 and RPS26 are commonly mutated in Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Am J Hum Genet. 2010 Feb 12;86(2):222-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.12.015. Epub 2010 Jan 28.
• Background Draptchinskaia N, Gustavsson P, Andersson B, Pettersson M, Willig TN, Dianzani I, Ball S, Tchernia G, Klar J, Matsson H, Tentler D, Mohandas N, Carlsson B, Dahl N. The gene encoding ribosomal protein S19 is mutated in Diamond-Blackfan anaemia. Nat Genet. 1999 Feb;21(2):169-75. doi: 10.1038/5951.
• Background Farrar JE, Nater M, Caywood E, McDevitt MA, Kowalski J, Takemoto CM, Talbot CC Jr, Meltzer P, Esposito D, Beggs AH, Schneider HE, Grabowska A, Ball SE, Niewiadomska E, Sieff CA, Vlachos A, Atsidaftos E, Ellis SR, Lipton JM, Gazda HT, Arceci RJ. Abnormalities of the large ribosomal subunit protein, Rpl35a, in Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Blood. 2008 Sep 1;112(5):1582-92. doi: 10.1182/blood-2008-02-140012. Epub 2008 Jun 5.
• Background Gale RP, Barosi G, Barbui T, Cervantes F, Dohner K, Dupriez B, Gupta V, Harrison C, Hoffman R, Kiladjian JJ, Mesa R, Mc Mullin MF, Passamonti F, Ribrag V, Roboz G, Saglio G, Vannucchi A, Verstovsek S. What are RBC-transfusion-dependence and -independence? Leuk Res. 2011 Jan;35(1):8-11. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2010.07.015. Epub 2010 Aug 7.
• Background Gazda HT, Grabowska A, Merida-Long LB, Latawiec E, Schneider HE, Lipton JM, Vlachos A, Atsidaftos E, Ball SE, Orfali KA, Niewiadomska E, Da Costa L, Tchernia G, Niemeyer C, Meerpohl JJ, Stahl J, Schratt G, Glader B, Backer K, Wong C, Nathan DG, Beggs AH, Sieff CA. Ribosomal protein S24 gene is mutated in Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Am J Hum Genet. 2006 Dec;79(6):1110-8. doi: 10.1086/510020. Epub 2006 Nov 2.
• Background Gazda HT, Sheen MR, Vlachos A, Choesmel V, O'Donohue MF, Schneider H, Darras N, Hasman C, Sieff CA, Newburger PE, Ball SE, Niewiadomska E, Matysiak M, Zaucha JM, Glader B, Niemeyer C, Meerpohl JJ, Atsidaftos E, Lipton JM, Gleizes PE, Beggs AH. Ribosomal protein L5 and L11 mutations are associated with cleft palate and abnormal thumbs in Diamond-Blackfan anemia patients. Am J Hum Genet. 2008 Dec;83(6):769-80. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.11.004.
• Background Glader BE, Backer K, Diamond LK. Elevated erythrocyte adenosine deaminase activity in congenital hypoplastic anemia. N Engl J Med. 1983 Dec 15;309(24):1486-90. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198312153092404.
• Background Gustavsson P, Skeppner G, Johansson B, Berg T, Gordon L, Kreuger A, Dahl N. Diamond-Blackfan anaemia in a girl with a de novo balanced reciprocal X;19 translocation. J Med Genet. 1997 Sep;34(9):779-82. doi: 10.1136/jmg.34.9.779.
• Background Leblanc TM, Da Costa L, Marie I, Demolis P, Tchernia G. Metoclopramide treatment in DBA patients: no complete response in a French prospective study. Blood. 2007 Mar 1;109(5):2266-7. doi: 10.1182/blood-2006-08-039545. No abstract available.
• Background Lipton JM, Atsidaftos E, Zyskind I, Vlachos A. Improving clinical care and elucidating the pathophysiology of Diamond Blackfan anemia: an update from the Diamond Blackfan Anemia Registry. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2006 May 1;46(5):558-64. doi: 10.1002/pbc.20642.
• Background Lipton JM, Kudisch M, Gross R, Nathan DG. Defective erythroid progenitor differentiation system in congenital hypoplastic (Diamond-Blackfan) anemia. Blood. 1986 Apr;67(4):962-8.
• Background Liu JM, Ellis SR. Ribosomes and marrow failure: coincidental association or molecular paradigm? Blood. 2006 Jun 15;107(12):4583-8. doi: 10.1182/blood-2005-12-4831. Epub 2006 Feb 28.
• Background Murata M, Onomichi K, Eto Y, Shibai H, Muramatsu M. Expression of erythroid differentiation factor (EDF) in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1988 Feb 29;151(1):230-5. doi: 10.1016/0006-291x(88)90583-9.
• Background Narla A, Vlachos A, Nathan DG. Diamond Blackfan anemia treatment: past, present, and future. Semin Hematol. 2011 Apr;48(2):117-23. doi: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2011.01.004.
• Background Nishiura H, Tanase S, Shibuya Y, Futa N, Sakamoto T, Higginbottom A, Monk P, Zwirner J, Yamamoto T. S19 ribosomal protein dimer augments metal-induced apoptosis in a mouse fibroblastic cell line by ligation of the C5a receptor. J Cell Biochem. 2005 Feb 15;94(3):540-53. doi: 10.1002/jcb.20318.
• Background Ohene-Abuakwa Y, Orfali KA, Marius C, Ball SE. Two-phase culture in Diamond Blackfan anemia: localization of erythroid defect. Blood. 2005 Jan 15;105(2):838-46. doi: 10.1182/blood-2004-03-1016. Epub 2004 Jul 6.
• Background Perrien DS, Akel NS, Edwards PK, Carver AA, Bendre MS, Swain FL, Skinner RA, Hogue WR, Nicks KM, Pierson TM, Suva LJ, Gaddy D. Inhibin A is an endocrine stimulator of bone mass and strength. Endocrinology. 2007 Apr;148(4):1654-65. doi: 10.1210/en.2006-0848. Epub 2006 Dec 28.
• Background Quarello P, Garelli E, Carando A, Brusco A, Calabrese R, Dufour C, Longoni D, Misuraca A, Vinti L, Aspesi A, Biondini L, Loreni F, Dianzani I, Ramenghi U. Diamond-Blackfan anemia: genotype-phenotype correlations in Italian patients with RPL5 and RPL11 mutations. Haematologica. 2010 Feb;95(2):206-13. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2009.011783. Epub 2009 Sep 22.
• Background Rivier J, Spiess J, McClintock R, Vaughan J, Vale W. Purification and partial characterization of inhibin from porcine follicular fluid. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1985 Nov 27;133(1):120-7. doi: 10.1016/0006-291x(85)91849-2.
• Background Ruckle J, Jacobs M, Kramer W, Pearsall AE, Kumar R, Underwood KW, Seehra J, Yang Y, Condon CH, Sherman ML. Single-dose, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of ACE-011 (ActRIIA-IgG1) in postmenopausal women. J Bone Miner Res. 2009 Apr;24(4):744-52. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.081208.
• Background Vlachos A, Ball S, Dahl N, Alter BP, Sheth S, Ramenghi U, Meerpohl J, Karlsson S, Liu JM, Leblanc T, Paley C, Kang EM, Leder EJ, Atsidaftos E, Shimamura A, Bessler M, Glader B, Lipton JM; Participants of Sixth Annual Daniella Maria Arturi International Consensus Conference. Diagnosing and treating Diamond Blackfan anaemia: results of an international clinical consensus conference. Br J Haematol. 2008 Sep;142(6):859-76. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07269.x. Epub 2008 Jul 30.
• Background Vlachos A, Muir E. How I treat Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Blood. 2010 Nov 11;116(19):3715-23. doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-02-251090. Epub 2010 Jul 22.
• Background Vlachos A, Federman N, Reyes-Haley C, Abramson J, Lipton JM. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for Diamond Blackfan anemia: a report from the Diamond Blackfan Anemia Registry. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2001 Feb;27(4):381-6. doi: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702784.
• Background Vlachos A, Klein GW, Lipton JM. The Diamond Blackfan Anemia Registry: tool for investigating the epidemiology and biology of Diamond-Blackfan anemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2001 Aug-Sep;23(6):377-82. doi: 10.1097/00043426-200108000-00015.

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