Phase 2 Study Adding Pracinostat to a Hypomethylating Agent (HMA) in Patients With MDS Who Failed to Respond to Single Agent HMA

Histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACi) Pracinostat is to be taken before HMA administration 3 times/week (e.g., Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) for 3 weeks, followed by 1 week of rest as a 28-day cycle. Pracinostat administration will be at the clinic on Day 1 of Cycles 1 and 2 and subject will self-administer at home on all other days

All patients will receive the dose and schedule of azacitadine to which they previously failed to respond. (e.g. 75 mg/m2 via subcutaneous (SC) injection or intravenous infusion if SC injections are intolerable; 7 days of each 28 day cycle, either Days 1-7, or Days 1-5, rest on Days 6-7, and azacitadine dosing on Days 8-9)

"All patients will receive the dose and schedule of decitabine to which they previously failed to respond. Common 28 day treatment regimens include: 20 mg/m2 IV for either 5 or 10 days of each 28-day cycle, 10 mg/m2 given intravenously daily for first 10 days of each 28 day cycle, or 20 mg/m2 given subcutaneously daily for the first 5 days of each 28 day cycle.~The 6-week regimen utilizes a dose of 15 mg/m2 by continuous intravenous infusion over 3 hours repeated every 8 hours for 3 days repeated every 6 weeks."