A Phase II Study of Cladribine and Low Dose Cytarabine in Combination With Venetoclax, Alternating With Azacitidine and Venetoclax, in Patients With Higher-risk Myeloproliferative Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia or Higher-risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes With Excess Blasts
To learn if the combination of cladribine, cytarabine, venetoclax, and azacitidine can help to control higher-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with excess blasts and/or higher-risk chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML).
• Age \>/= 18 years.
• Diagnosis of MDS or CMML by WHO and:
‣ MDS relapsed cohort (Cohort A): MDS with IPSS-R score \>3.5 and \>5% blasts with no response after 6 cycles of azacitidine, decitabine, guadecitabine or ASTX727 (decitabine/cedazuridine) or relapse or progression after any number of cycles
⁃ CMML relapsed cohort (Cohort B): CMML 1 or 2 with no response after 6 cycles of azacitidine, decitabine, guadecitabine or ASTX727 (decitabine/cedazuridine) or relapse or progression after any number of cycles
⁃ MDS HMA-naïve cohort (Cohort C): MDS with IPSS-R score \>3.5 and \>/= 10% blasts
⁃ CMML HMA-naïve cohort (Cohort D): CMML-2; OR CMML-1 with at least one of the following high-risk features: extramedullary disease, splenomegaly of \>5cm below costal margin or by sonographic volumetric assessment, platelets \<100x109/L, Hgb level \<10g/dL, WBC \>13x109/L, clonal cytogenetic abnormality (other than monosomy Y) or high risk mutations (ASXL1, RUNX1, SETBP1, BRAF, NRAS, KRAS, PTPN11, NF1, CBL).
⁃ MDS/MPN relapsed cohort (Cohort E): MDS/MPN-NOS, MDS/MPN with neutrophilia (atypical CML) or MDS/MPN-RS-T with \>5% blasts with no response after 6 cycles of azacitidine, decitabine, guadecitabine or ASTX727 (decitabine/cedazuridine) or relapse or progression after any number of cycles
⁃ MDS/MPN HMA-naïve cohort (Cohort F): MDS/MPN-NOS or MDS/MPN with neutrophilia (atypical CML) with
• \>/=10% blasts or
∙ with \>5% blasts at least one of the following high-risk features: splenomegaly \>5cm below costal margin, WBC \>13x109/L, high risk cytogenetic or molecular features (ASXL1, SETBP1, i(17q), TP53) or
∙ who might not be deemed to benefit from HMA therapy due to proliferative or extramedullary disease.
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of \</= 2
• Creatinine clearance \> 30 ml/min no end/stage renal disease (using Cockcroft-Gault)
• Adequate hepatic function with total bilirubin 2x ULN, AST or ALT 2.5 xULN unless deemed to be due to underlying disease involvement.
• Willing to adhere to and comply with all prohibitions and restrictions specified in the protocol.
• Patient must have signed an informed consent document indicating that the patient understands the purpose of and procedures required for the study and is willing to participate in the study.
• English and Non-English speaking patients will be allowed