Safety profile similar to IV decitabine1,2

MDS Safety

Adverse reactions and lab abnormalities in patients with MDS and CMML

  • Incidence of cytopenias was slightly higher in patients taking INQOVI during Cycle 1 compared with those receiving IV decitabine1,3
  • In the pooled safety population of Phases 2 and 3, 61% of patients receiving INQOVI were exposed for ≥6 months and 24% were exposed for >1 year1
  • In the long-term follow-up, the adverse event (AE) profile was similar to what was observed in the pooled safety population1,2
    • The incidence of serious adverse reactions (ARs) in Cycles 1 and 2 was 31% (40/130) with oral decitabine-cedazuridine and 18% (24/132) with IV decitabine2

Fatal ARs occurred in 6% of patients1

  • These included sepsis (1%), pneumonia (1%), respiratory failure (1%), septic shock (1%), and 1 case each of cerebral hemorrhage and sudden death1
  • Also in the long-term follow-up, 11 (8%) of 133 participants had fatal treatment-emergent serious ARs during the study. 5 of these deaths were deemed treatment related; 2 to oral therapy (sepsis and pneumonia) and 3 to IV treatment (septic shock [n=2] and pneumonia [n=1])2

Permanent discontinuation due to an AR occurred in 5% of patients1

  • 1 participant in each group discontinued treatment during the first 2 cycles due to an AR2
  • Overall treatment discontinuations due to an AR included 1 (out of 132) receiving IV decitabine and 2 (out of 130) receiving oral decitabine-cedazuridine2
  • The most frequent ARs resulting in permanent discontinuation were febrile neutropenia (1%) and pneumonia (1%)1
  • The most common reason for treatment discontinuation was undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) (27 [20%])2

Dose interruptions due to an AR occurred in 41% of patients1

  • ARs requiring dose interruptions in ≥5% of INQOVI patients included neutropenia (18%), febrile neutropenia (8%), thrombocytopenia (6%), and anemia (5%)

Dose reductions due to an AR occurred in 19% of patients1

  • ARs requiring dose reductions in >2% of patients included neutropenia (12%), anemia (3%), and thrombocytopenia (3%)

Additional safety profile information1

  • Clinically relevant ARs in <10% of patients who received INQOVI tablets included acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's syndrome) (1%) and tumor lysis syndrome (0.5%)
  • Serious ARs occurred in 68% of patients who received INQOVI. Serious ARs in >5% of patients included febrile neutropenia (30%), pneumonia (14%), and sepsis (13%)

Dosing guidance

Guidance on INQOVI dosing may help support treatment.

How to start patients

Patients can be started on INQOVI in both inpatient and outpatient settings.1

References: 1. INQOVI [package insert]. Princeton, NJ: Taiho Oncology, Inc.; 2026. 2. Garcia-Manero G, McCloskey J, Griffiths EA, et al. Oral decitabine-cedazuridine versus intravenous decitabine for myelodysplastic syndromes and chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia (ASCERTAIN): a registrational, randomised, crossover, pharmacokinetics, phase 3 study. Lancet Haematol. 2024;11(1):e15-e26. 3. Kim N, Norsworthy KJ, Subramaniam S, et al. FDA approval summary: decitabine and cedazuridine tablets for myelodysplastic syndromes. Clin Cancer Res. 2022;28(16):3411-3416.