%0 Clinical Trial, Phase I %T Phase Ib study of sabatolimab (MBG453), a novel immunotherapy targeting TIM-3 antibody, in combination with decitabine or azacitidine in high- or very high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes. %A Brunner AM %A Esteve J %A Porkka K %A Knapper S %A Traer E %A Scholl S %A Garcia-Manero G %A Vey N %A Wermke M %A Janssen JJWM %A Narayan R %A Fleming S %A Loo S %A Tovar N %A Kontro M %A Ottmann OG %A Naidu P %A Sun H %A Han M %A White R %A Zhang N %A Mohammed A %A Sabatos-Peyton CA %A Steensma DP %A Rinne ML %A Borate UM %A Wei AH %J Am J Hematol %V 99 %N 2 %D 2024 02 22 %M 37994196 %F 13.265 %R 10.1002/ajh.27161 %X The safety and efficacy of sabatolimab, a novel immunotherapy targeting T-cell immunoglobulin domain and mucin domain-3 (TIM-3), was assessed in combination with hypomethylating agents (HMAs) in patients with HMA-naive revised International Prognostic System Score (IPSS-R) high- or very high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (HR/vHR-MDS) or chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML). Sabatolimab + HMA had a safety profile similar to that reported for HMA alone and demonstrated durable clinical responses in patients with HR/vHR-MDS. These results support the ongoing evaluation of sabatolimab-based combination therapy in MDS, CMML, and acute myeloid leukemia.