Could a common cancer drug prevent relapse after transplant?
NCT ID NCT03850418
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests whether low-dose azacitidine can help maintain donor cell levels (chimerism) in patients with MDS, AML, or related blood cancers after an allogeneic stem cell transplant. About 43 adults whose donor cell levels are dropping will receive azacitidine for at least 4 cycles. The goal is to see if this can reduce the risk of cancer relapse without increasing graft-versus-host disease.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- azacitidine
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a way to prevent relapse in patients with myeloid cancers after a stem cell transplant.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 43 participants. The drug may not improve chimerism or could cause side effects like low blood counts or graft-versus-host disease.
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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 43 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2019
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- 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: 1. Patients with AML/MDS/MPN, CMML post Allogeneic SCT who experience any drop in total or myeloid chimerism any time after day 30, or their day 30 or day100 myeloid donor chimerism is below 98% without concurrent hematologic relapse (that is, patients with \<5% bone marrow blasts as obtained at that time point) will be offered treatment with azacitidine 2. \>=30 -180 days post SCT and patients must have ANC\> 1000, PLT \> 50,000 3. Age 18-75 years old 4. Performance score of at least 70% by Karnofsky 5. Adequate kidney and liver function as demonstrated by: 1. Creatinine clearance should be \>60 ml/min 2. Total Bilirubin \<1.5, ALT/AST/Alk Phos \< 2.5 x normal. No evidence of chronic active hepatitis or cirrhosis. 6. Negative Beta HCG test in a woman with child bearing potential, defined as not post-menopausal for 12 months or no previous surgical sterilization. Women of child bearing potential must be willing to use an effective contraceptive measure while on study. 7. Patient or patient's legal representative, parent(s) or guardian able to sign informed consent. 8. Patients must be off any prior chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or other investigational therapy within 2 weeks prior to start treatment Exclusion Criteria: 1. Positive for HIV, HBsAg, HCV or other viral hepatitis or cirrhosis from any cause 2. Active or prior CNS leukemia, unless in complete remission for at least 2 months. 3. History of serious chronic mental disorder or drug-abuse accompanied by documented problems of compliance with therapeutic programs. 4. Uncontrolled infection 5. Grade III, IV graft versus host disease (GVHD
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Henry ford hospital
RECRUITINGDetroit, Michigan, 48202, United States
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