A Trial of Fedratinib in Subjects With DIPSS, Intermediate or High-Risk Primary Myelofibrosis, Post-Polycythemia Vera Myelofibrosis, or Post-Essential Thrombocythemia Myelofibrosis and Previously Treated With Ruxolitinib (FREEDOM)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03755518 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : November 28, 2018
Last Update Posted : August 9, 2022
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This is Single-Arm, Open-Label Efficacy and Safety Trial of Fedratinib in Subjects with DIPSS (Dynamic International Prognostic Scoring System)-Intermediate or High- Risk Primary Myelofibrosis (PMF), Post-Polycythemia Vera Myelofibrosis (post-PV MF), or Post-Essential Thrombocythemia Myelofibrosis (post-ET MF) and Previously Treated with Ruxolitinib.
The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the percentage of subjects with at least a 35% reduction in spleen size and one of the secondary objectives is to evaluate the safety of fedratinib.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Primary Myelofibrosis Post-Polycythemia Vera Myelofibrosis Myelofibrosis Post-essential Thrombocythemia Myelofibrosis | Drug: FEDRATINIB | Phase 3 |
Expanded Access : An investigational treatment associated with this study is available outside the clinical trial. More info ...
This is Single-Arm, Open-Label Efficacy and Safety Trial of Fedratinib in Subjects with DIPSS (Dynamic International Prognostic Scoring System)-Intermediate or High- Risk Primary Myelofibrosis (PMF), Post-Polycythemia Vera Myelofibrosis (post-PV MF), or Post-Essential Thrombocythemia Myelofibrosis (post-ET MF) and Previously Treated with Ruxolitinib.
The spleen volume reduction at the end of Cycle 6 as the primary objective. The secondary objectives of the study are to further evaluate the safety and to assess and implement mitigation strategies for WE and for gastrointestinal (GI) adverse events.
The study will be at multiple centers to provide access to a broad population and have assurance the results are likely to have general applicability.
This is also conducted as an open-label study to collect efficacy and safety data with fedratinib use, no randomization or stratification will occur.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 38 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase 3b, Multicenter, Single-Arm, Open-Label Efficacy and Safety Study of Fedratinib in Subjects With DIPSS (Dynamic International Prognostic Scoring System)-Intermediate or High-Risk Primary Myelofibrosis (PMF), Post-Polycythemia Vera Myelofibrosis (Post-PV MF), or Post-Essential Thrombocythemia Myelofibrosis (Post-ET MF) and Previously Treated With Ruxolitinib |
Actual Study Start Date : | March 27, 2019 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | November 26, 2021 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 31, 2023 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Administration of Fedratinib 400mg/day
Self-administered Investigational Product (IP) (400 mg/day) on an outpatient basis, once daily preferably with food during an evening meal at the same time each day in consecutive 4-week (28-day) cycles.
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Drug: FEDRATINIB
A potent and selective inhibitor of JAK2 kinase activity |
- Main study - Proportion of subjects who have a ≥ 35% SVR at end of Cycle 6 [ Time Frame: At the end of Cycle 6 (each cycle is 28 days) ]Spleen volume response rate (RR)
- Main study - Adverse Event(s) [ Time Frame: Up to 12 months post last dose ]Number of participants with adverse event
- Main study - Proportion of subjects who have ≥ 50% reduction in spleen size by palpation [ Time Frame: At the end of Cycle 6 (each cycle is 28 days) ]Spleen response rate by palpation (RRP)
- Main study - Symptom response rate (SRR) [ Time Frame: At the end of Cycle 6 (each cycle is 28 days) ]Is defined as the proportion of subjects with ≥ 50% reduction from baseline to the end of Cycle 6 in total symptom score (TSS) measured by MFSAF version 4.0.
- Main study - Durability of spleen volume response (DR) [ Time Frame: From screening to the end of treatment visit (estimation of 12 months) ]Is defined as time from the first documented spleen response (ie, ≥ 35% reduction in spleen volume) to the date of subsequent progressive disease (PD) (ie, ≥ 25% increase in spleen volume from baseline) or death, whichever is earlier
- Durability of spleen response by palpation (DRP) [ Time Frame: Up to 30 days post last dose ]Is defined as time from the date of first documented palpable spleen response, according to the International Working Group-Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Research and Treatment (IWG-MRT) 2013 to the date of subsequent PD according to the IWG-MRT 2013 or death, whichever is earlier
- Main study - Durability of symptoms response (DSR) [ Time Frame: Up to 30 days post last dose ]Is defined as time from the first documented response in TSS (ie, reduction in TSS ≥ 50%) measured by MFSAF version 4.0 to the first documented TSS reduction < 50%.
- Main study - Gastrointestinal Adverse Events [ Time Frame: Up to 30 days post last dose ]Incidence of subjects with Grade 3 or higher Gastrointestinal events (nausea, diarrhea, or vomiting) according to CTCAE v5.0
- Main study - Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) [ Time Frame: Up to 30 days post last dose ]Occurrence of confirmed Wernicke encephalopathy events
- Main study - Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) thiamine monitoring [ Time Frame: Up to 30 days post last dose ]Monitoring and correction of thiamine levels as appropriate

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Main Study Inclusion Criteria
- Subject is at least 18 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent form (ICF)
- Subject has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Score (PS) of 0, 1 or 2
- Subject has diagnosis of primary myelofibrosis (PMF) according to the 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) criteria, or diagnosis of post-ET or post-PV myelofibrosis according to the IWG-MRT 2007 criteria, confirmed by the most recent local pathology report
- Subject has a DIPSS Risk score of Intermediate or High
- Subject has a measurable splenomegaly during the screening period as demonstrated by spleen volume of ≥ 450 cm3 by MRI or CT-scan assessment or by palpable spleen measuring ≥ 5 cm below the left costal margin.
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Subject has been previously exposed to ruxolitinib, while diagnosed with MF (PMF, post-ET MF or post-PV MF), and must meet at least one of the following criteria (a or b)
- Treatment with ruxolitinib for ≥ 3 months
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Treatment with ruxolitinib for ≥ 28 days complicated by any of the following:
- Development of a red blood cell transfusion requirement (at least 2 units/month for 2 months) or
- Grade ≥ 3 AEs of thrombocytopenia, anemia, hematoma, and/or hemorrhage while on treatment with ruxolitinib
- Subject must have treatment-related toxicities from prior therapy resolved to Grade 1 or pretreatment baseline before start of last therapy prior to fedratinib treatment.
- Subject must understand and voluntarily sign an ICF prior to any study-related assessments/procedures being conducted
- Subject is willing and able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements
- Participants must agree to use effective contraception
Exclusion Criteria:
Main Study Exclusion Criteria
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Any of the following laboratory abnormalities:
- Platelets < 50,000/μL
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) < 1.0 x 109/L
- White blood count (WBC) > 100 x 10^9/L
- Myeloblasts > 5 % in peripheral blood
- Estimated glomerular filtration rate < 30 mL/min/1.73 m^2 (as per the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease [MDRD] formula)
- Serum amylase or lipase > 1.5 x ULN (upper limit of normal)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) > 3 x ULN
- Total bilirubin > 1.5 x ULN, subject's total bilirubin between 1.5 - 3.0 x ULN are eligible if the direct bilirubin fraction is < 25% of the total bilirubin
- Subject is pregnant or lactating female
- Subject with previous splenectomy
- Subject with previous or planned hematopoietic cell transplant
- Subject with prior history of encephalopathy, including Wernicke's
- Subject with signs or symptoms of encephalopathy including Wernicke's (eg, severe ataxia, ocular paralysis or cerebellar signs)
- Subject with thiamine deficiency, defined as thiamine levels in whole blood below normal range according to institutional standard and not corrected prior to enrollment on the study
- Subject with concomitant treatment with or use of pharmaceutical, herbal agents or food known to be strong or moderate inducers of Cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4), or dual CYP2C19 and CYP3A4 inhibitors
- Subject on any chemotherapy, immunomodulatory drug therapy (eg, thalidomide, interferon-alpha), anagrelide, immunosuppressive therapy, systemic corticosteroids > 10 mg/day prednisone or equivalent. Subjects who have had prior exposure to hydroxyurea (eg, Hydrea) in the past may be enrolled into the study as long as it has not been administered within 14 days prior to the start of fedratinib treatment
- Subject has received ruxolitinib within 14 days prior to the start of fedratinib
- Subject on treatment with myeloid growth factor (eg, granulocyte-colony stimulating factor [G-CSF]) within 14 days prior to the start of fedratinib treatment
- Subject with previous exposure to Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor(s) for more than 1 cycle other than ruxolitinib treatment
- Subject on treatment with aspirin with doses > 150 mg daily
- Subject with major surgery within 28 days before starting fedratinib treatment
- Subject with diagnosis of chronic liver disease (eg, chronic alcoholic liver disease, autoimmune hepatitis, sclerosing cholangitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, hemochromatosis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis)
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Subject with prior malignancy other than the disease under study unless the subject has not required treatment for the malignancy for at least 3 years prior to enrollment.
However, subject with the following history/concurrent conditions provided successfully treated may enroll: non-invasive skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, carcinoma in situ of the breast, incidental histologic finding of prostate cancer (T1a or T1b using the tumor, nodes, metastasis [TNM] clinical staging system), or is free of disease and on hormonal treatment only
- Subject with uncontrolled congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association Classification 3 or 4)
- Subject with known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), known active infectious Hepatitis B (HepB), and/or known active infectious Hepatitis C (HepC)
- Subject with serious active infection
- Subject with presence of any significant gastric or other disorder that would inhibit absorption of oral medication
- Subject is unable to swallow capsule
- Subject has any significant medical condition, laboratory abnormality, or psychiatric illness that would prevent the subject from participating in the study
- Subject has any condition including the presence of laboratory abnormalities, which places the subject at unacceptable risk if he/she were to participate in the study
- Subject has any condition that confounds the ability to interpret data from the study
- Subject with participation in any study of an investigational agent (drug, biologic, device) within 30 days prior to start of fedratinib treatment
- Subject with life expectancy of less than 6 months.

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03755518

Study Director: | Bristol-Myers Squibb | Bristol-Myers Squibb |
Responsible Party: | Celgene |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03755518 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
FEDR-MF-001 U1111-1223-2862 ( Other Identifier: WHO ) 2018-002237-38 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | November 28, 2018 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 9, 2022 |
Last Verified: | August 2022 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Myelofibrosis (MF) Primary Myelofibrosis (PMF) Post-Polycythemia Vera Myelofibrosis (Post-PV) Post-essential thrombocythemia Myelofibrosis (Post-ET) Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) |
Polycythemia Vera Primary Myelofibrosis Polycythemia Thrombocytosis Thrombocythemia, Essential Myeloproliferative Disorders Bone Marrow Diseases Hematologic Diseases |
Bone Marrow Neoplasms Hematologic Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Blood Platelet Disorders Blood Coagulation Disorders Hemorrhagic Disorders |