Bomedemstat vs Hydroxyurea for Essential Thrombocythemia (MK-3543-007)

Study Purpose

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of bomedemstat compared with hydroxyurea in cytoreductive therapy naïve essential thrombocythemia (ET) participants for whom cytoreductive therapy is indicated. Its primary objective is to compare bomedemstat to hydroxyurea with respect to durable clinicohematologic response (DCHR). The primary hypothesis is that bomedemstat is superior to hydroxyurea with respect to DCHR.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms	No
Study Type An interventional clinical study is where participants are assigned to receive one or more interventions (or no intervention) so that researchers can evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or health-related outcomes. An observational clinical study is where participants identified as belonging to study groups are assessed for biomedical or health outcomes. Searching Both is inclusive of interventional and observational studies.	Interventional
Eligible Ages	18 Years and Over
Gender	All

More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of Essential Thrombocythemia (ET) based on World Health Organization Criteria for myeloproliferative neoplasms, and in indication for cytoreductive therapy.

- Has a bone marrow fibrosis score of Grade 0 or Grade 1, as per a modified version of the European Consensus Criteria for Grading Myelofibrosis.

- Has received no prior cytoreductive treatment for their ET.

- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infected participants have well controlled HIV on antiretroviral therapy.

- Participants who are Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive are eligible if they have received Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) antiviral therapy for at least 4 weeks and have undetectable HBV viral load.

- Participants with history of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable.

Exclusion Criteria:

- History of any illness/impairment of gastrointestinal function that might interfere with drug absorption.

- History of a malignancy, unless potentially curative treatment has been completed with no evidence of malignancy for 2 years.

- HIV-infected participants with a history of Kaposi's sarcoma and/or Multicentric Castleman's Disease.

- Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.

- Has had a major surgery <4 weeks prior to first dose of study intervention or has not recovered from side effects of major surgery >4 weeks prior to first dose

Trial Details

Trial ID: This trial id was obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, providing information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants with locations in all 50 States and in 196 countries.	NCT06456346
Phase Phase 1: Studies that emphasize safety and how the drug is metabolized and excreted in humans. Phase 2: Studies that gather preliminary data on effectiveness (whether the drug works in people who have a certain disease or condition) and additional safety data. Phase 3: Studies that gather more information about safety and effectiveness by studying different populations and different dosages and by using the drug in combination with other drugs. Phase 4: Studies occurring after FDA has approved a drug for marketing, efficacy, or optimal use.	Phase 3
Lead Sponsor The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data.	Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Principal Investigator The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.	Medical Director
Principal Investigator Affiliation	Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Agency Class Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.	Industry
Overall Status	Not yet recruiting
Countries
Conditions The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.	Essential Thrombocythemia
Study Website:	View Trial Website

Arms & Interventions

Arms

Experimental: Bomedemstat

Participants will receive active bomedemstat and hydroxyurea placebo daily for up to approximately 52 weeks. Dosage will be adjusted either up or down within specified time parameters for each participant to the dose that provides sufficient exposure to safely inhibit thrombopoiesis to decrease platelet counts to the target range. Participants who complete treatment at Week 52 will be eligible to continue treatment in the extended treatment phase. Unblinding will occur and placebo discontinued once all participants have completed at least 52 weeks of therapy or otherwise discontinued.

Active Comparator: Hydroxyurea

Participants will receive active hydroxyurea and bomedemstat placebo daily for up to 52 weeks. Dosage will be adjusted either up or down within specified time parameters for each participant to the dose that provides sufficient exposure to safely inhibit thrombopoiesis to decrease platelet counts to the target range. Participants who complete treatment at Week 52 will be eligible to continue treatment in the extended treatment phase. Unblinding will occur and placebo discontinued once all participants have completed at least 52 weeks of therapy or otherwise discontinued.

Interventions

Drug: - Bomedemstat

Oral capsule

Drug: - Hydroxyurea

Oral capsule

Drug: - Bomedemstat placebo

Oral capsule placebo

Drug: - Hydroxyurea placebo

Oral capsule placebo

Contact Information

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