New combo therapy for rare blood cancers put on hold
NCT ID NCT06661915
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Sep 02, 2026 · Updated 7 times
Summary
This phase 2 trial compares a drug combo (ASTX727 plus iadademstat) against ASTX727 alone for people with advanced myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), a group of rare blood cancers. The study aims to see if adding iadademstat improves complete response rates. However, the trial is currently suspended, and only 62 participants were planned.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ASTX727 (decitabine and cedazuridine) with or without iadademstat
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a more effective treatment for advanced myeloproliferative neoplasms, potentially improving response rates.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with only 62 participants, currently suspended. The combination may not prove more effective than ASTX727 alone, and side effects are unknown.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 78 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients must have morphologically confirmed diagnosis of Philadelphia-chromosome negative MPN in accelerated-phase (10-19% myeloid blasts) or blast-phase (≥ 20% myeloid blasts) arising from polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, primary myelofibrosis, secondary myelofibrosis, or MPN not otherwise specified, as per the World Health Organization (WHO) 2016 classification OR myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)/MPN overlap syndromes (e.g., chronic myelomonocytic leukemia \[CMML\]) with ≥ 10% blasts * Patients must not have received prior DNMTi. Previous use of janus kinase (JAK) inhibition, hydroxyurea, and interferon is allowed. There is no required washout period for JAK inhibition and interferon * Age ≥ 18 years * Because no dosing or adverse event data are currently available on the use of ASTX727 (35 mg decitabine + 100 mg cedazuridine) in combination with iadademstat in patients \< 18 years of age, children are excluded from this study * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤ 3 (Karnofsky ≥ 30) * Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) (unless elevated due to Gilbert's syndrome, thought to be related to MPN-AP/BP, or due to extrasvascular hemolysis. In these cases conjugated bilirubin should be ≤ 2.0 x ULN) * Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase \[SGOT\])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase \[SGPT\]) ≤ 3 x institutional ULN * Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 by Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) * Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients on effective anti-retroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months are eligible for this trial * For patients with evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the HBV viral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy, if indicated * Patients with a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must have been treated and cured. For patients with HCV infection who are currently on treatment, they are eligible if they have an undetectable HCV viral load * Patients with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen are eligible for this trial * Patients with known history or current symptoms of cardiac disease, or history of treatment with cardiotoxic agents, should have a clinical risk assessment of cardiac function using the New York Heart Association Functional Classification. To be eligible for this trial, patients should be class II or better * The effects of ASTX727 (35 mg decitabine + 100 mg cedazuridine) and/or iadademstat on the developing human fetus are unknown. For this reason and because DNMT inhibitor and LSD1 inhibitor agents are known to be teratogenic, women of child-bearing potential must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) for the duration of study participation and 6 months after completion of ASTX727 (35 mg decitabine + 100 mg cedazuridine) and/or iadademstat administration. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately. Men treated or enrolled on this protocol must also agree to use adequate contraception for the duration of study participation and 6 months after completion of ASTX727 (35 mg decitabine + 100 mg cedazuridine) and/or iadademstat administration * Women of child-bearing potential must agree not to donate or freeze egg(s) during the course of this study or within 180 days after receiving their last dose of study drug. Male patients must agree not to donate sperm during the course of this study or within 180 days after receiving their last dose of study drug * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. Legally authorized representatives may sign and give informed consent on behalf of study participants * Patient is able to swallow oral medications * Patients must have a body weight of at least 50 kg due to the use of flat doses. If a patient is on continued treatment and is receiving benefit, but falls below 50 kg, they may stay on the study per investigator discretion. Otherwise, they will have to come off the study * Peripheral white blood cell (WBC) count \< 25 x 10\^9/L on day 1 prior to treatment initiation. Hydroxyurea is allowed for cytoreduction until 24 hours prior to study treatment. Hydroxyurea may be resumed during cycle 1 if WBC count rises above 25 x 10\^9/L. Use of hydroxyurea beyond cycle 1 should be discussed with study chair Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have not recovered from adverse events due to prior anti-cancer therapy (i.e., have residual toxicities \> grade 1) with the exception of alopecia * Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents or had received any investigational products within 3 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is shorter) prior to first dose of study treatment * Patients with a Fridericia's corrected QT interval (QTcF) \> 450 ms * History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to ASTX727 (35 mg decitabine + 100 mg cedazuridine) or iadademstat * Patients medicated with anti-depressants reported to have KDM1A/LSD1 inhibitory activity: tranylcypromine or phenelzine * Patients with IDH1-mutated MPN blast phase (≥ 20% blasts). Patients with an IDH1-mutation with MPN-AP (10-19%) blasts are eligible for this study * Iadademstat concomitant medication considerations: Patients are not allowed to receive prophylactic hematopoietic colony stimulating factors, any complementary or alternative medicine \[any of various systems of healing or treating disease (as non-prescription supplements, herbal medicine and homeopathy)\]. Of note, patients may receive granulocyte colony-stimulating factor for management of febrile neutropenia or for prolonged neutropenia * Patients may not receive administration of live or live-attenuated vaccines. Administration of non-live vaccines included ribonucleic acid (RNA)-based vaccines is allowed and is recommended for pneumococcal, coronavirus, and influenza vaccines * Patients with uncontrolled intercurrent illness or any other significant condition(s) that would make participation in this protocol unreasonably hazardous * Pregnant women are excluded from this study because iadademstat is an LSD1 inhibitor agent with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with iadademstat, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with iadademstat. These potential risks also apply to the ASTX727 (35 mg decitabine + 100 mg cedazuridine) used in this study * Patients who require treatment while on study with concomitant drugs that target the 5HT2B receptor or the sigma nonspecific receptor (e.g., escitalopram, fluoxetine, sertraline) except for drugs that are considered absolutely essential for the care of the patient and with appropriate treatment monitoring
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The study's own enquiry address
This study publishes an address for enquiries. See it below .
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The places running it
31 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
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Locations
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Atrium Health Cabarrus/LCI-Concord
RECRUITINGConcord, North Carolina, 28025, United States
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Carolinas Medical Center/Levine Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGCharlotte, North Carolina, 28203, United States
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Huntsman Cancer Institute/University of Utah
RECRUITINGSalt Lake City, Utah, 84112, United States
Contact Email: •••••@•••••
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Moffitt Cancer Center
RECRUITINGTampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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NYP/Weill Cornell Medical Center
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10065, United States
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Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
RECRUITINGColumbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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Oregon Health and Science University
RECRUITINGPortland, Oregon, 97239, United States
Contact Email: •••••@•••••
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Stanford Cancer Institute Palo Alto
RECRUITINGPalo Alto, California, 94304, United States
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UC Comprehensive Cancer Center at Silver Cross
RECRUITINGNew Lenox, Illinois, 60451, United States
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UC Irvine Health/Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
RECRUITINGOrange, California, 92868, United States
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UCI Health - Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ambulatory Care
RECRUITINGIrvine, California, 92612, United States
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UChicago Medicine Northwest Indiana
RECRUITINGCrown Point, Indiana, 46307, United States
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UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at Coral Gables
RECRUITINGCoral Gables, Florida, 33146, United States
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UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at Coral Springs
RECRUITINGCoral Springs, Florida, 33065, United States
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UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at Deerfield Beach
RECRUITINGDeerfield Beach, Florida, 33442, United States
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UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at Doral
RECRUITINGDoral, Florida, 33166, United States
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UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at Hollywood
RECRUITINGHollywood, Florida, 33021, United States
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UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at Kendall
RECRUITINGMiami, Florida, 33176, United States
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UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at Plantation
RECRUITINGPlantation, Florida, 33324, United States
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University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
RECRUITINGSacramento, California, 95817, United States
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University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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University of Chicago Medicine-Orland Park
RECRUITINGOrland Park, Illinois, 60462, United States
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University of Kansas Cancer Center
RECRUITINGKansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States
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University of Kansas Clinical Research Center
RECRUITINGFairway, Kansas, 66205, United States
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University of Kansas Hospital-Indian Creek Campus
RECRUITINGOverland Park, Kansas, 66211, United States
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University of Kansas Hospital-Westwood Cancer Center
RECRUITINGWestwood, Kansas, 66205, United States
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University of Miami Miller School of Medicine-Sylvester Cancer Center
RECRUITINGMiami, Florida, 33136, United States
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University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at Sole Mia
RECRUITINGNorth Miami, Florida, 33181, United States
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University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
RECRUITINGOklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States
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VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
RECRUITINGRichmond, Virginia, 23298, United States
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Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center
RECRUITINGNashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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