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NCT02598661
Study to Evaluate Imetelstat (GRN163L) in Participants With International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) Low or Intermediate-1 Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)
- NCT02598661 ↗
- Active, not recruiting
- Geron Corporation
- Focused
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Indexed commentary on NCT02598661 so far
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The trial
ClinicalTrials.gov- Official title
- A Study to Evaluate Imetelstat (GRN163L) in Transfusion-Dependent Subjects With IPSS Low or Intermediate-1 Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) That is Relapsed/Refractory to Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agent (ESA) Treatment
- Phase
- Phase 2/Phase 3
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Conditions
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Interventions
- Imetelstat Sodium; Placebo
- Arms
- Phase 2: Imetelstat Sodium · Experimental
- Phase 3: Imetelstat Sodium · Experimental
- Phase 3: Placebo · Placebo comparator
- QTc Substudy: Imetelstat Sodium · Experimental
- QTc Substudy: Placebo · Placebo comparator
- Extension Phase: Imetelstat Sodium · Experimental
- Extension Phase: Extended Follow-up · Experimental
- Enrollment
- 289
- Primary outcomes
- Phase 2: Percentage of Participants Without Any Red Blood Cell (RBC) Transfusion During Any Consecutive 8-Weeks Period (All Participants)
- Phase 2: Percentage of Participants Without Any RBC Transfusion During Any Consecutive 8-Weeks Period in Target Population
- Phase 3: Percentage of Participants Without Any RBC Transfusion During Any Consecutive 8-Weeks Period
- Sponsor
- Geron Corporation
- Start
- Jan 12, 2016
- Primary completion
- Oct 13, 2023
- Results posted
- Yes
- Registry record
- NCT02598661 · updated Jul 17, 2026
Publications
linked from the registry- Sekeres MA, Zeidan AM, Santini V, Komrokji RS, Fenaux P, Savona MR, Madanat YF, Valcarcel D, Regnault A, Creel K, Sun L, Wan Y, Navada S, Berry T, Feller F, Platzbecker U, Diez-Campelo M, Oliva EN. Imetelstat improves patient-reported outcomes and quality of life in lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes: results from the phase III IMerge study. Haematologica. 2026 Jul 1;111(7):2385-2396. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2025.288956. Epub 2026 Jan 22. PubMed 41568521
- Kim N, Pulte ED, Ehrlich LA, Ionan AC, Haupert S, Vallejo J, Green F, Zheng N, Wang Y, Liu J, Blanco JG, Dorff SE, Booth B, Choe M, Gehrke B, Bhatnagar V, Theoret M, Pazdur R, De Claro RA, Norsworthy KJ. US Food and Drug Administration Approval Summary: Imetelstat for Selected Patients With Low- to Intermediate-1 Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes With Transfusion-Dependent Anemia. J Clin Oncol. 2025 Dec 10;43(35):3760-3768. doi: 10.1200/JCO-25-01369. Epub 2025 Oct 24. PubMed 41135032
- Platzbecker U, Santini V, Fenaux P, Sekeres MA, Savona MR, Madanat YF, Diez-Campelo M, Valcarcel D, Illmer T, Jonasova A, Belohlavkova P, Sherman LJ, Berry T, Dougherty S, Shah S, Xia Q, Sun L, Wan Y, Huang F, Ikin A, Navada S, Feller F, Komrokji RS, Zeidan AM. Imetelstat in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes who have relapsed or are refractory to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (IMerge): a multinational, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2024 Jan 20;403(10423):249-260. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01724-5. Epub 2023 Dec 1. PubMed 38048786
- Steensma DP, Fenaux P, Van Eygen K, Raza A, Santini V, Germing U, Font P, Diez-Campelo M, Thepot S, Vellenga E, Patnaik MM, Jang JH, Varsos H, Bussolari J, Rose E, Sherman L, Sun L, Wan Y, Dougherty S, Huang F, Feller F, Rizo A, Platzbecker U. Imetelstat Achieves Meaningful and Durable Transfusion Independence in High Transfusion-Burden Patients With Lower-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes in a Phase II Study. J Clin Oncol. 2021 Jan 1;39(1):48-56. doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.01895. Epub 2020 Oct 27. PubMed 33108243