New hope for tough leukemia: Three-Drug combo trial launches
NCT ID NCT06621212
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 2 trial is testing a combination of three drugs—mitoxantrone liposome, cytarabine, and venetoclax—in 72 adults with acute myeloid leukemia that has come back or not responded to treatment. The goal is to see if this combo can help more patients achieve complete remission. Participants will receive the drugs in cycles and be monitored for response and side effects.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- mitoxantrone hydrochloride liposome, cytarabine, and venetoclax
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could offer a new treatment option for patients with hard-to-treat acute myeloid leukemia that has returned or not responded to prior therapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early phase 2 study with only 72 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The drug combination may cause significant side effects, and it is not yet known if it will improve long-term outcomes.
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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 72 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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: 1. Each subject must sign an informed consent form (ICF) indicating that he or she understands the purpose of and procedures required for the study and are willing to participate in the study. 2. Age ≥18 3. Clinically diagnosed relapsed/refractory AML, excluding acute promyelocytic leukemia. 1. Patients who failed after at least 1 courses of initial induction therapy. 2. Bone marrow blasts≥5% after CR/CRi, or reappearance of blasts in the blood in at least 2 peripheral blood samples at least one week apart, or leukemia cell infiltration appeared in extramedullary. 3. Conversion from MRD negativity to MRD positivity after CR/CRi. 4. Physical status score of Eastern Oncology Collaboration Group (ECOG) 0-2. 5. Life expectancy \> 3 months. 6. AST/ALT≤2.5 ULN (for subjects with hepatic infiltration≤5 ULN); Total bilirubin≤1.5 ULN (for subjects with hepatic infiltration≤3 ULN); Serum creatinine≤1.5 ULN. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Previous anti-tumor therapy meets one of the following criteria: 1. Prior therapy with mitoxantrone or mitoxantrone liposome; 2. Prior therapy with doxorubicin or anthracyclines, and the cumulative dose of doxorubicin \> 360 mg/m\^2 (1 mg doxorubicin was equivalent to 2 mg daunorubicin or 0.5 mg idarubicin); 3. Have received other anti-tumor therapy (including chemotherapy, targeted therapy, hormone therapy, Chinese medicines with anti-tumor activity, except those that do not affect the efficacy of the study as determined by the investigator) or participated in other clinical trials and received clinical trial drugs within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives of the drug before the study; 2. Subjects who received strong or moderate CYP3A inducers/inhibitors or P-glycoprotein (P-gp) inhibitors within 7 days before starting study treatment; 3. Subjects who are unable to take oral medications or have malabsorption syndrome; 4. Cardiovascular diseases, including but not limited to: 1. QTc interval \>480 ms or long QTc syndrome in screening; 2. Complete left bundle branch block, 2 or 3 grade atrioventricular block; 3. Requiring treatment of serious and uncontrolled arrhythmia; 4. New York Heart Association NYHA≥2; 5. Cardiac ejection fraction (EF) was less than 50%; 6. Myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris, severe unstable ventricular arrhythmia or any other history of arrhythmia or clinically serious pericardial disease that requires treatment within the first 6 months of enrollment, or electrocardiographic evidence of acute ischemic or active conduction system abnormalities. 5. Central nervous system leukemia; 6. Previous or current occurrence of other malignancies (in addition to non-melanoma basal cell carcinoma of the skin that is effectively controlled, breast/cervical carcinoma in situ, and other malignancies that have been effectively controlled without treatment within the past five years). 7. Subjects are suffering from any other uncontrollable disease (including but not limited to: uncontrolled diabetes and hypertension, and advanced infection); 8. HIV infection. 9. HBsAg or HBcAb positive, with HBV-DNA≥1x10\^3 copies/mL; or HCV-RNA≥1x10\^3 copies/mL; 10. A history of immediate or delayed allergy to similar drug and excipients of the investigate drug. 11. Pregnant, lactating female or subjects who refuse to use effective contraception during the study. 12. With a history of severe neurological or psychiatric illness. 13. Not suitable for this study as decided by the investigator.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, 310003, China
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