Geron Announces New Data and Analyses from IMerge Phase 3 Presented at EHA Reporting Robust Durability of Transfusion Independence, Evidence of Disease-Modifying Activity and Favorable Fatigue PRO in Imetelstat-Treated Lower Risk MDS Patients
This is the first Phase 3 trial we know of to show an improvement in fatigue in lower risk MDS patients,” stated Dr. Platzbecker.
- This is the first Phase 3 trial we know of to show an improvement in fatigue in lower risk MDS patients,” stated Dr. Platzbecker.
- For patients treated with imetelstat, there was a numerically higher percentage of patients reporting any episode of sustained meaningful improvement in fatigue.
- Further, patients receiving imetelstat experienced a shorter median time to first sustained clinically meaningful improvement in fatigue vs placebo (28.3 vs 65.0 weeks).
- In addition to these IMerge Phase 3 presentations, Geron collaborators presented a translational analysis from a subset of IMerge Phase 2 patients, as well as imetelstat myelofibrosis (MF) pre-clinical results.