A Randomized Phase 2 Study of Pacritinib vs. Hydroxyurea in Patients With Advanced Proliferative Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if pacritinib works better than hydroxyurea to treat advanced proliferative chronic myelomonocytic leukemia in adults. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does pacritinib improve disease control compared to hydroxyurea? * What medical problems do participants have when taking pacritinib or hydroxyurea? Researchers will compare pacritinib to hydroxyurea to see if pacritinib is more effective and better tolerated in people with advanced proliferative chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either pacritinib twice a day or hydroxyurea for up to 48 weeks. After treatment ends, participants will be followed for up to one year.
• Diagnosis of CMML-1 (5th WHO classification), with \<10% bone marrow blasts on morphology and \<5% peripheral blood blasts.
• Proliferative disease, defined as white blood cell count ≥13 × 10⁹/L.
• Advanced disease, defined as at least one of the following features during screening: spleen palpable ≥5cm below the lower costal margin in the midclavicular line; TSS ≥20; or platelet count \<100 × 10⁹/L. For participants in whom spleen palpation is not feasible, an ultrasound exam may be performed for assessment of spleen craniocaudal length (length ≥12 cm by ultrasound is considered splenomegaly).
• ECOG performance status ≤2.
• Adequate organ function: AST and ALT ≤3 × ULN, total bilirubin ≤4 × ULN (≤8 × ULN in participants with Gilbert's syndrome), creatinine clearance \>30 mL/min, absolute neutrophil count ≥0.5 × 10⁹/L, PT and PTT ≤1.5 × ULN.
• Women of child-bearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to enrollment and, along with male participants, must agree to use a highly effective method of contraception from the first dose through 90 days after the last dose.