New drug aimed at genetic weakness in blood disorders

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: To be considered eligible to participate in this study, a patient must meet ALL inclusion criteria as follows: 1. Pathologically proven CCUS or lower-risk MDS/CMML. 1. CCUS is defined as the presence of cytopenia (absolute neutrophil count \< 1.8 x 10\^9/L, hemoglobin \< 13 g/dL in males or \< 12 g/dL in females, and/or platelets \< 150 x 10\^9/L) for at least 30 days that are otherwise unexplained and with no diagnostic hematopathologic features of myeloid neoplasms. Patients with known Duffy-null phenotype must have absolute neutrophil counts less than their lower limit of normal. 2. Lower-risk MDS/CMML includes patients with International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) low- or intermediate-1-risk disease and Revised IPSS (IPSS-R) score ≤ 3.5 and Molecular IPSS (IPSS-M) very low-, low-, or moderate low-risk categories. 2. Patients must have a documented IDH1 mutation with variant allele frequency (VAF) ≥ 0.02. 3. Patients ≥ 18 years old. 4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 2 (Appendix A) 5. Acceptable liver function 1. Bilirubin ≤ 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN) or ≤ 3 times ULN in patients with Gilbert Syndrome. 2. Aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), and alkaline phosphatase ≤ 3 times ULN. 6. Acceptable renal function with serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 times ULN or calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min (as assessed by Cockcroft-Gault, Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Formula \[MDRD\], or Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology \[CKD-Epi\] validated measures). 7. Negative serum or urine pregnancy test if female of childbearing potential. 8. For fertile men and women, agreement to use highly effective contraceptive methods for the duration of study participation and 90 days after the last dose of study medication. Appropriate highly effective method(s) of contraception include oral or injectable hormonal birth control, intrauterine device (IUD), and double barrier methods (for example a condom in combination with a spermicide). 9. Agreement for male patients not to donate sperm and for female patients of childbearing potential not to donate ova during the study and for 90 days after the final dose of study drug. 10. Ability and willingness to signed informed consent prior to beginning study and undergoing procedures. Exclusion Criteria: To be eligible for entry into the study, the patient must NOT meet any of the exclusion criteria listed below: 1. Patients unable to swallow oral medications, or patients with gastrointestinal conditions (e.g., malabsorption, resection, etc.) deemed by the Investigator to jeopardize intestinal absorption. 2. Patients with any concurrent uncontrolled clinically significant medical condition, including life-threatening severe infection or psychiatric illness, which could place the patient at unacceptable risk of study treatment. 3. Known active hepatitis B (hepatitis B virus \[HBV\]) or hepatitis C (hepatitis C virus \[HCV\]) or HIV infection. 4. Pregnant or nursing women or women of childbearing potential not using highly effective contraception; male patients not using highly effective contraception as defined in the inclusion criteria. 5. Subject with white blood cell count \> 25 x10\^9/L. * Note: hydroxyurea use is permitted to meet this criterion with no washout required. 6. Unwillingness or inability to comply with procedures either required in this protocol or considered standard of care.