Experimental drug targets rare blood condition in tiny pilot study
NCT ID NCT05102370
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-phase study tested a drug called enasidenib in 4 people with a rare blood condition (CCUS) and a specific gene change (IDH2). The goal was to see if the drug could safely improve low blood cell counts. The study is complete, but results are not yet reported.
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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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4 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2021
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- 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: * Age ≥18 years at the time of signing the informed consent form. * Willing and able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements. * Unexplained cytopenia for at least 6 months. Cytopenia is defined as the presence of ≥1 blood count indexes below the following thresholds: * Hgb \<10 g/dL * ANC \<1.8 × 10\^9/L * Platelets \<100 × 10\^9/L * Results of bone marrow biopsy within 1 month of study entry (screening bone marrow biopsy) must not indicate hematologic disease. * IDH2 gene mutation (R140 or R172), performed locally, at a frequency \>2%. * ECOG performance status of 0-2. * Adequate organ function, defined as: * Serum aspartate aminotransferase/serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (AST/SGOT) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT) ≤3x upper limit of normal (ULN), unless the subject has Gilbert's syndrome. * Serum total bilirubin \<1.5x ULN. Higher levels are acceptable if these can be attributed to ineffective erythropoiesis. In these cases, approval from the study Principal Investigator is required. * Creatinine clearance greater than 50 mL/min based on the Cockroft-Gault glomerular filtration rate estimation. * Patients being enrolled on study on the basis of anemia, will only be eligible if folate, B12, serum iron, serum ferritin, total iron binding capacity, haptoglobin and peripheral smear within normal limits * Women 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 h of starting treatment. * Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) and males with partners who are WOCBP must agree to abstain from sexual intercourse or to use 1 highly effective form of contraception during the study and for at least 4 months following the last dose of enasidenib. Males with partners who are WOCBP must agree to use a barrier method. Exclusion Criteria: * Active malignancy defined as \>1-cm disease on most recent CT scan in the past 6 months or recent history of cancer (i.e. within the past 5 years) with \>50% chance of cancer recurrence in the next 5 years. * Current or prior history of hematologic malignancy. * Therapy (including maintenance therapy) for solid-tumor malignancy within the last 6 months. * Known dysphagia, short-gut syndrome, gastroparesis, or other conditions that limit the ingestion or gastrointestinal absorption of drugs administered orally. * 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). * Positive direct Coombs test * Evidence of hypersplenism on physical exam * Pregnant or lactating (women).
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cleveland Clinic (Data Collection Only)
Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
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Mayo Clinic (Data Collection Only)
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited protocol activities)
Montvale, New Jersey, 07645, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All protocol activities)
Middletown, New Jersey, 07748, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited protocol activities)
Rockville Centre, New York, 11553, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk-Commack (Limited protocol activities)
Commack, New York, 11725, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All Protocol Activities)
Harrison, New York, 10604, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering at Basking Ridge (All Protocol Activities)
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 07920, United States
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Ohio State University (Data Collection Only)
Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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Oregon Health & Science University (Data Collection Only)
Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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Washington University (Data Collection and Specimen Analysis)
St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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