Blood test could predict leukemia survival
NCT ID NCT04641910
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether measuring two substances in the blood—FLT3L and IL-6—during chemotherapy can help predict survival in people with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Researchers will track 201 newly diagnosed AML patients across 25 French hospitals. The goal is to confirm that these blood markers can separate patients into good, intermediate, and high-risk groups, which could guide future treatment decisions.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could give doctors a better tool to predict which AML patients need more or less aggressive treatment.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational validation study, not a treatment trial. It may confirm the approach works only in this specific group and not in others.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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201 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2021
- Finished
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Aug 2024
- 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.
Who is studied
Any newly diagnosed AML patients treated intensively in centres belonging to the FILO group will be eligible for the FLAMVAL study.
- 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 old * Confirmed diagnosis of AML according to World Health Organization (WHO) 2016 classification (Arber et al., 2016) * Non previously treated AML (first-line therapy) * Patients eligible to standard 3+7 induction chemotherapy with a minimum of 3 days of daunorubicin at 45mg/m2/day or a minimum of 5 days of idarubicin at 8mg/m2/day and a minimum of 7 days of cytarabin at 100mg/m2/day * Patients receiving any "third drug" combined to the "3+7" scheme, i.e. lomustine, corticotherapy, elthrombopag, gemtuzumab-ozogamycin, any FLT3 inhibitors… are eligible * Patients receiving CPX-351 (Vyxeos ®) are eligible * Patients requiring leukapheresis are eligible * Signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Patients diagnosed with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (AML-3) * Adults under guardianship, subjects under protection.
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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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AP-HP Cochin Hospital
Paris, 75014, France
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Angers University Hospital
Angers, Maine-et-Loire, 49000, France
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Basque coast hospital center
Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 64102, France
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Besançon University Hospital
Besançon, Doubs, 25000, France
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Bordeaux University Hospital
Bordeaux, Gironde, 33076, France
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Brest University Hospital
Brest, Finistère, 29200, France
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Béziers Hospital Center
Béziers, Hérault, 34500, France
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Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital
Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, 63000, France
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Grenoble University Hospital
Grenoble, Isère, 38000, France
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Lyon University Hospital
Lyon, Rhône, 69000, France
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Mercy Regional Hospital
Metz, Moselle, 57000, France
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Montpellier University Hospital
Montpellier, Hérault, 34295, France
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Mulhouse Hospital Center
Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, 68100, France
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Nancy University Hospital
Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, 54000, France
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Nantes University Hospital
Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, 44093, France
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Nîmes University Hospital
Nîmes, Gard, 30000, France
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Paoli-Calmette Institute
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, 13000, France
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Poitiers University Hospital
Poitiers, 86000, France
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Reims University Hospital
Reims, Marne, 51100, France
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Rennes University Hospital
Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, 35033, France
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Saint-Etienne University Hospital
Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc, Pays de la Loire Region, 42000, France
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Saint-Jean Hospital Center
Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, 66000, France
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Strasbourg University Hospital
Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, 67200, France
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Toulouse University Cancer Institute
Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, 31000, France
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Tours University Hospital
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, 37000, France
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