New combo therapy targets tough leukemia mutations
NCT ID NCT05453903
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 28, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This early-stage study tests a new drug called bleximenib combined with other leukemia treatments for people with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that has specific genetic changes (KMT2A or NPM1). The main goals are to find the best dose and check for side effects. About 196 participants, including some teens, will take part.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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196 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2022
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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12 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: * Adolescent participants (defined as greater than or equal to \[\>=\] 12 and less than \[\<\] 18 years of age) are only eligible for the relapsed/refractory (R/R) cohort (Arm A, cohort A4) * Diagnosis of AML according to World Health Organization (WHO) criteria: a) De novo or secondary AML; b) relapsed/refractory (Arm A only); c) harboring KMT2A, NPM1, NUP98, or NUP214 alterations; d) Participants may receive emergency leukapheresis and/or cytarabine as cytoreductive therapy according to local practice guidelines * Pretreatment clinical laboratory values meeting the following criteria -listed below: White blood cell (WBC) count: less than or equal to (\<=) 25\*10\^9 per liter (/L), adequate liver and renal function * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status grade of 0, 1 or 2. Adolescent participants only: Performance status \>70 by Lansky scale (for participants \<16 years of age) or \>70 Karnofsky scale (for participants \>16 years of age) * A female of childbearing potential must have a negative highly sensitive serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin at screening and within 48 hours prior to the first dose of study treatment * Must sign an informed consent form (ICF) indicating participant (or their legally authorized representative) understands the purpose of the study and procedures required for the study and is willing to participate in the study * Willing and able to adhere to the prohibitions and restrictions specified in this protocol Exclusion Criteria: * Acute promyelocytic leukemia, diagnosis of Down syndrome associated leukemia or juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia according to WHO 2016 criteria * Leukemic involvement of the central nervous system * Recipient of solid organ transplant * Cardiovascular disease that is uncontrolled, increases risk for Torsades de Pointes or that was diagnosed within 6 months prior to the first dose of study treatment including, but not limited to: (a) Myocardial infarction; (b) Severe or unstable angina; (c) Clinically significant cardiac arrhythmias, including bradycardia (\<50 beats per minute); (d) Uncontrolled (persistent) hypertension: (example, blood pressure greater than \[\>\] 140/90 millimeters of mercury \[mm Hg\]; (e) Acute neurologic events such as stroke or transient ischemic attack, intracranial or subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracranial trauma; (f) Venous thromboembolic events (example, pulmonary embolism) within 1 month prior to the first dose of study treatment ;(g) Congestive heart failure (NYHA class III to IV); (h) Pericarditis or clinically significant pericardial effusion; (i) Myocarditis; (j) Endocarditis (k) Clinically significant hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia (corrected for hypoalbuminemia) * Any toxicity (except for alopecia, stable peripheral neuropathy, thrombocytopenia, neutropenia, anemia) from previous anticancer therapy that has not resolved to baseline or to grade 1 or less * Pulmonary compromise that requires the need for supplemental oxygen use to maintain adequate oxygenation * Participants with diagnosis of Fanconi anemia, Kostmann syndrome, Shwachman diamond syndrome, or any other known bone marrow failure syndrome
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda
Milan, 20162, Italy
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Albert Einstein College Of Medicine
New York, New York, 10461, United States
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Azienda Opedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico Sant'orsola Malpighi di Bologna
Bologna, 40138, Italy
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CHU de Tours - Hôpital de Bretonneau
Tours, 37044, France
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Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin
Berlin, 13353, Germany
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Christie Hospital NHS Trust
Manchester, M20 4BX, United Kingdom
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Chu Rennes Hopital Pontchaillou
Rennes, 35033, France
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City of Hope
Duarte, California, 91010, United States
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Clinica Univ. de Navarra
Pamplona, 31008, Spain
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Hosp Clinic de Barcelona
Barcelona, 08036, Spain
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Hosp Univ Fund Jimenez Diaz
Madrid, 28040, Spain
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Hosp Univ Vall D Hebron
Barcelona, 8035, Spain
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Hosp. de La Santa Creu I Sant Pau
Barcelona, 08041, Spain
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IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas
Rozzano, 20089, Italy
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Institut Paoli Calmettes
Marseille, 13273, France
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Institut Universitaire du Cancer Toulouse Oncopole
Toulouse, 31100, France
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Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori
Meldola, 47014, Italy
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MD Anderson
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Monash Medical Centre
Clayton, 3168, Australia
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Novant Health
Charlotte, North Carolina, 28204, United States
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Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27103, United States
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Oxfordshire, OX3 7LE, United Kingdom
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Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Melbourne, 3000, Australia
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Princess Margaret Cancer Centre University Health Network
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1Z5, Canada
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States
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Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg
Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
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Universitaetsklinikum Leipzig
Leipzig, 04103, Germany
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Universitatsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden
Dresden, 01307, Germany
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Universitatsklinikum Ulm
Ulm, 89081, Germany
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University College London Hospitals NHSFT
London, NW1 2PG, United Kingdom
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Westmead Hospital
Westmead, 2145, Australia
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