New drug cocktail takes on Hard-to-Treat leukemia
NCT ID NCT05396859
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-phase trial tests a combination of two drugs—entrectinib and ASTX727—in people with a specific, hard-to-treat form of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that has returned or not responded to treatment. The study aims to find the safest dose and watch for side effects in 13 adults whose leukemia has a TP53 gene mutation. The hope is that the two drugs together can kill more cancer cells than either alone.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- entrectinib and ASTX727 (decitabine and cedazuridine)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a new treatment option for people with a hard-to-treat form of AML that has come back or not responded to therapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early, small Phase I trial with only 13 participants, focused on safety and dosing. It is too soon to know if the combination will be effective, and there may be significant 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 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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13 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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 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: * Must be able to understand and willing to sign an informed consent document. * Participants aged 18 years or older. * Morphologically documented AML in patients with relapsed/refractory disease, defined as having \>= 20% blasts in bone marrow or peripheral blood. * Documented TP53 mutation as seen on standard diagnostics in AML. * Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) \< 3 × upper limit of normal (ULN). * Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \< 3 × ULN. * Total bilirubin \< 1.5 × ULN (except for patients with known Gilbert's syndrome). * Adequate renal function as defined by calculated creatinine clearance (according to the Cockcroft-Gault equation) \> 40 mL/min OR serum creatinine \< 1.5 × ULN. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) =\< 2. * Must be able to take oral medication. * Individuals of childbearing potential (IOCBP) must agree to use highly-effective method(s) of contraception during the study and six months after the last dose of study drugs. IOCBP must have a negative pregnancy test prior to study enrollment. * Sperm producing individuals must agree to use an adequate method of contraception starting with the first dose of study therapy through 3 months after the last dose of study drugs. * Participants must be recovered from any clinically relevant toxic effects of any prior surgery, radiotherapy, or other therapy intended for the treatment of their cancer. Exclusion Criteria: * Isolated myeloid sarcoma (patients must have blood or marrow involvement with AML to enter the study). * Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3). * Active central nervous system (CNS) involvement by AML. * Clinical signs/symptoms of leukostasis which has failed urgent therapy of at least 3 days duration, which may have included hydroxyurea or leukapheresis. * Known active human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), active hepatitis B or active hepatitis C infection. * Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy with active bleeding or signs of thrombosis. * Patients who have received an investigational agent (for any indication) within 5 half-lives of the agent or who have agent-related toxicity that has not resolved to grade 1 or less. If the half-life of an investigational agent is unknown, patients must wait 1 week after discontinuing it before receiving the first dose of study treatment. An investigational agent is one for which there is no approved indication by the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA). * Prior entrectinib for other malignancies (prior decitabine therapy will not be excluded). * Patients with psychological, familial, social, or geographic factors that otherwise preclude them from giving informed consent, following the protocol, or potentially hamper compliance with study treatment and follow-up. * Patients who are otherwise felt unable to comply with the protocol, in the opinion of the investigator. * Any other significant medical condition, including psychiatric illness or laboratory abnormality, that would preclude the patient participating in the trial or would confound the interpretation of the results of the trial. * Patients with the following will be excluded: uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, symptomatic (New York Heart Association \[NYHA\] class III or IV) congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, serious cardiac arrhythmia, myocardial infarction at presentation of AML, severe uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias, or electrocardiographic evidence of acute ischemia or active conduction system abnormalities. Patients with medical comorbidities that will preclude safety evaluation of the combination should not be enrolled. * Patients with uncontrolled infection shall not be enrolled until infection is treated and controlled. * Participants with prior documented history of malabsorption syndrome (e.g., short gut syndrome) that might limit the bioavailability of study medications will be excluded.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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