Experimental pill targets Hard-to-Treat blood cancers
NCT ID NCT05024994
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a daily pill called E7820 in 12 adults with relapsed or treatment-resistant acute myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndromes, or chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. All participants had specific mutations in splicing factor genes. The goal was to see if the drug could improve survival at one year. The trial has been completed.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- E7820 (a drug taken as a daily pill)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a new treatment option for people with hard-to-treat blood cancers that have specific genetic mutations.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early-phase trial with only 12 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The drug may not improve survival or could cause side effects.
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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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12 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2021
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- 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 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: 1\. Subject is ≥ 18 years of age at the time of signing informed consent 2. Subject is willing and able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements. 3. Subject has relapsed or refractory MDS, AML or CMML with a previously defined hotspot splicing factor mutation in SF3B1, SRSF2, U2AF1, or U2AF2 (with hotspot mutations as defined by OncoKB) or a nonsense or frameshift mutation in ZRSR2. A splicing factor mutation is required to be detected on next generation sequencing from bone marrow aspirate or peripheral blood at any timepoint within the 6 months prior to screening for the study. a. Relapsed AML is defined as: i. The appearance of 5% or greater myeloblasts in the bone marrow or peripheral blood after achieving a CR (MRD positive or negative), CRh, or CRi 1\. Patients with mutations in FLT3, IDH1 or IDH2 must have failed or been intolerant of an FDA approved FLT3, IDH1 or IDH2 inhibitor before enrolling on study. b. Refractory AML is defined as failure to achieve a CR, CRh, or CRi after one of the following regimens: i. Two cycles of intensive induction chemotherapy with a cytarabine containing regimen (e.g. 7+3, MEC, HIDAC, etc.) ii. Two cycles of HMA/venetoclax or LDAC/glasdegib iii. 4 cycles of HMA monotherapy c. Relapsed MDS is defined as: i. Any relapse after achieving an IWG defined response. d. Refractory MDS is defined as: i. For patients with intermediate, high or very high risk disease by IPSS-R, the failure to achieve a response (as per IWG 2006 criteria) after 4 cycles of HMA monotherapy or 2 cycles of HMA + venetoclax. ii. For patients with very low and low risk disease by IPSS-R failure to achieve hematologic improvement or loss of hematologic improvement after treatment with standard of care agents such as ESAs, Luspatercept (for MDS with ringed sideroblasts) and lenalidomide (for pts with a 5q-). e. Relapsed CMML is defined as: i. Any relapse after achieving an IWG defined response. f. Refractory CMML is defined as: i. Failure to achieve a response (as per IWG 2006 criteria) after 4 cycles of HMA monotherapy or 2 cycles of HMA + venetoclax. 4\. Subject has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-3 5. Subject has adequate organ function defined as: 1. Serum aspartate aminotransferase/serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (AST/SGOT) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT) ≤ 3 x ULN, unless considered due to organ involvement by the patient's myeloid malignancy (in that case a cut off of ≤ 5 x ULN will be used) 2. Serum direct bilirubin \< 1.5 x ULN. 3. Creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min based on the Cockroft-Gault glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimation. 4. Females of childbearing potential may participate provided they have a negative serum pregnancy test at screening and a negative serum OR urine pregnancy test within 72 hours of starting on treatment. Females and male participants with female partners of childbearing potential also must agree to either abstain from sexual intercourse or use a highly effective method of contraception while on study and for 4 months after completing the study treatment. 6\. There are no limits on transfusion and/or growth factor support for enrollment. 7\. In case of leukemic organ involvement, patients with creatinine clearance \> 30 ml/min and bilirubin ≤ 2.0 x ULN will be eligible to be included. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia 2. Subject has immediate life-threatening, severe complications of their myeloid malignancy such as uncontrolled bleeding, pneumonia with hypoxia or shock, and/or disseminated intravascular coagulation 3. Subject has significant active cardiac disease within 6 months prior to the start of study treatment, including New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV congestive heart failure; acute coronary syndrome (ACS); and/or stroke or left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \<40% by echocardiogram (ECHO) or multi-gated acquisition (MUGA) scan obtained within 28 days prior to the start of study treatment. 4. Subject has active viral infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), or active infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV). Patients with HIV that is controlled with HAART are eligible to participate. 5. Subject is known to have dysphagia, short-gut syndrome, gastroparesis, or other conditions that limit the ingestion or gastrointestinal absorption of drugs administered orally. 6. Subject has active uncontrolled systemic fungal, bacterial, or viral infection (defined as ongoing signs/symptoms related to the infection without improvement despite appropriate antibiotics, antiviral therapy, and/or other treatment). 7. Subject has QTc interval (i.e., Fridericia's correction \[QTcF\]) ≥ 480 ms or other factors that increase the risk of QT prolongation or arrhythmic events (e.g., heart failure family history of long QT interval syndrome) at screening. Patients with left bundle branch block or right bundle branch block with prolonged QTc will be allowed to enroll on the trial with medical monitor approval. 8. Female subject who is pregnant or lactating. 9. Subject with known hypersensitivity to sulfa medications
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 07920, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen
Montvale, New Jersey, 07645, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack
Commack, New York, 11725, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth
Middletown, New Jersey, 07748, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau
Uniondale, New York, 11553, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All protocol activities)
Harrison, New York, 10604, United States
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University of Miami (Data Collection AND Specimen Analysis Only)
Miami, Florida, 33136, United States
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