New pill aims to keep leukemia away after transplant
NCT ID NCT07304232
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase II trial tests whether the drug chidamide can help prevent acute myeloid leukemia (AML) from coming back after a stem cell transplant. About 134 adults with high-risk AML who are in remission after transplant will either take chidamide pills or receive standard observation. The study tracks how long patients stay cancer-free and any side effects.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Chidamide (a type of drug called a histone deacetylase inhibitor, taken as a pill)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new maintenance option to help prevent AML relapse after a stem cell transplant, potentially improving long-term survival.
- What could go wrong
- This is a mid-stage trial with only 134 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. Chidamide may cause side effects like fatigue or low blood counts, and it is not yet proven to extend survival.
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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 134 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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. AML patients meeting the following conditions (diagnosed per WHO 2022 AML criteria) who achieved first complete remission (CR) with intermediate-/high-risk cytogenetic abnormalities at the time of allogeneic transplantation. 2. Patients must achieve complete remission (CR) post-transplantation. 3. Enrollment must occur between 60 and 100 days after transplantation. 4. Age 18 to 75 years. 5. ECOG performance status 0-1. 6. Serum creatinine \< 1.5 × ULN (upper limit of normal). 7. Serum direct bilirubin \< 1.5 mg/dL (except in Gilbert's syndrome). 8. ALT and AST \< 2.5 × ULN. 9. Ability to understand and provide written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Receipt of any other investigational drugs post-transplantation. 2. FLT3 mutation-positive status. 3. Central nervous system (CNS) involvement. 4. Uncontrolled grade 2-4 graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). 5. Uncontrolled active infection. 6. Known or suspected hypersensitivity to Chidamide or its excipients. 7. Uncontrolled congestive heart failure (CHF) or other concomitant systemic diseases or severe complications that, in the investigator's judgment, would make the patient unsuitable for participation in this study or would significantly compromise the proper assessment of the safety and toxicity of the prescribed regimen. 8. Pregnancy or breastfeeding. 9. Any other condition that, in the investigator's judgment, would make the patient unsuitable for participation in this study.
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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 places running it
5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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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
Locations
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Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
RECRUITINGTianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300020, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGHarbin, Heilongjiang, 150001, China
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The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGShijiazhuang, Hebei, 050000, China
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Tianjin Medical University General Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGTianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300020, China
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Tianjin People's Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGTianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300020, China
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