New combo therapy for AML enters early human testing
NCT ID NCT04150887
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-phase study tests a new drug called cusatuzumab alongside usual treatments for adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who cannot have intensive chemotherapy. The main goal is to check the safety and side effects of the combination. About 61 participants will receive the drug, and researchers will also measure how the body processes it and whether it helps control the leukemia.
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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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61 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2019
- Expected to finish
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May 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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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: * Diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) according to World Health Organization 2016 criteria . Participants with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) are not eligible * Must be ineligible for intensive chemotherapy * De novo or secondary AML * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1, or 2 * Previously untreated AML except: emergency leukapheresis, hydroxyurea, and/or 1 dose 1-2 gram per meter square (g/m\^2) cytarabine during the Screening Phase to control hyperleukocytosis. These treatments must be discontinued greater than or equal to (\>=) 24 hours prior to start of study drug. Empiric all trans retinoic acid (ATRA) treatment for presumed acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is permitted but APL must be ruled out and ATRA must be discontinued \>=24 hours prior to the start of study drug * Contraceptive use by men or women should be consistent with local regulations regarding the use of contraceptive methods for participants participating in clinical studies Exclusion Criteria: * Leukemic involvement of the central nervous system * Eligible for an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation at study entry * Received a live, attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to initiation of study drug * A history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody positive or tests positive for HIV if tested at screening * Known allergies, hypersensitivity, or intolerance to cusatuzumab, venetoclax, azacitidine, or their excipients (example: mannitol, an excipient of azacitidine)
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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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Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
Detroit, Michigan, 48201, United States
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City of Hope
Duarte, California, 91010, United States
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INSELSPITAL, Universitätsspital Bern
Bern, 3010, Switzerland
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Instytut Hematologii i Transfuzjologii
Warsaw, 02-776, Poland
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Kantonsspital St.Gallen
Sankt Gallen, 9007, Switzerland
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Klinikum der Universitaet Muenchen
München, 81377, Germany
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McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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Norton Cancer Institute
Louisville, Kentucky, 40207, United States
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Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, New York, 14203, United States
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Szpital Uniwersytecki w Krakowie
Krakow, 31-501, Poland
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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Tom Baker Cancer Centre
Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N2, Canada
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Universitaetsklinik Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, 20246, Germany
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Universitaetsklinikum Leipzig
Leipzig, 04103, Germany
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University of Alberta Hospital
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2B7, Canada
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University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232, United States
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University of Rochester
Rochester, New York, 14642, United States
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University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9, Canada
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University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont, 05401, United States
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Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York, 10021, United States
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Wisconsin Medical Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States
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Wojewodzkie Wielospecjalistyczne Centrum Onkologii i Traumatologii im. M. Kopernika w Lodzi
Lodz, 93-513, Poland
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