New combo aims to beat High-Risk leukemia and MDS
NCT ID NCT06802315
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase II trial tests whether adding targeted total marrow irradiation to standard chemotherapy before a stem cell transplant can improve outcomes for people with high-risk acute myeloid leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, or myelodysplastic syndromes. The study will enroll 38 adults aged 18 to 65. The goal is to see if this combination reduces the chance of relapse and graft-versus-host disease one year after transplant.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- total marrow irradiation, fludarabine, busulfan, cyclophosphamide
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could improve survival and reduce relapse and graft-versus-host disease for people with high-risk blood cancers.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial (38 people) with no control group, so results may not apply broadly. The intense conditioning carries risks like infection, organ damage, and graft failure.
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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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About 38 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2032
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 to 65 years
- 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\. Age 18-65 years. * 2\. Patients with CML, AML, or MDS who meet one of the following criteria: 2a. Relapsed or refractory AML (including AML in CR2) 2b. Poor-risk AML in first remission, with remission defined as \<5% bone marrow blasts morphologically: * AML arising from MDS, a myeloproliferative disorder, or secondary AML * Poor risk molecular features according to Leukemia Net including ASXL1, BCOR, EZH2, RUNX1, SF3B1, SRSF2, STAG2, U2AF1, and/or ZRSR2 * Poor-risk cytogenetics: Monosomal karyotype, complex karyotype (\> 3 abnormalities), inv (3), t(3;3), t(6;9), MLL rearrangement with the exception of t(9;11), or abnormalities of chromosome 5 or 7. 2c. Primary refractory disease 2d. MDS with at least one of the following poor-risk features: * Poor-risk cytogenetics including 3q abnormalities, 7/7q minus or complex cytogenetics (\>3 abnormalities). * Current or previous INT-2 or high IPSS score. * Treatment-related MDS. * MDS diagnosed before the age of 21 years. * Progression on or lack of response to standard DNA-methyltransferase inhibitor therapy. * Life-threatening cytopenias, including those requiring regular PRBC or platelet transfusions. 2e. CML with a history of accelerated or blast phase. Exclusion Criteria: * 1\. Presence of significant co-morbidity as shown by: * 1a. Left ventricular ejection fraction \< 50% * 2b. Creatinine clearance \<30ml/min. * 3c. Bilirubin \> 2.0 mg/dL (unless due to Gilbert's syndrome or hemolysis), and ALT and AST \> 5 x ULN. * 4d. FEV1 and FVC \< 50% of predicted or DLCO \<50% of predicted once corrected for anemia. * 5e. Karnofsky score \<70 * 6f. Active viral hepatitis or HIV infection. * 7g. Cirrhosis. * 2\. Pregnancy or breast feeding * 3\. Patients unable to sign informed consent. * 4\. Patients previously received radiation to \>20% of bone marrow-containing areas.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Illinois Cancer Center
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60612, United States
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