Could a pill keep AML at bay? new study tests maintenance therapy after chemo
NCT ID NCT06349239
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at whether taking oral azacitidine (Onureg) as maintenance therapy can help older adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) stay in remission longer after treatment with CPX-351 chemotherapy. The study included 100 patients aged 65 and older who had achieved remission. Researchers tracked overall survival and side effects to see if this approach is safe and effective for those who cannot undergo a stem cell transplant.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- oral azacitidine (Onureg)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a way to keep AML in remission longer for older patients who cannot have a stem cell transplant.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with no control group, so results may not be definitive. Oral azacitidine can cause side effects like nausea or low blood counts.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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100 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Finished
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Jun 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.
Who is studied
Patient with de novo AML, therapy-related AML or AML with myelodysplasia related changes in first remission (CR1, CRi1, CRh1 according to IWG) after CPX-351 induction with or without CPX-351 consolidation.
- Ages
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64 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: * Male or female subjects \> 64 years of age at the time of C1J1 CPX-351 * de novo AML including t-AML or AML-MRC according to WHO 2016 * Should have undergone induction therapy with CPX-351 with or without CPX-351 consolidation * Patients in first line of treatment * Should have achieved first CR/CRi/CRh status according to IWG criteria * ECOG performance status of 0,1,2,3 Exclusion Criteria: * Prior bone marrow or stem cell transplantation * patients having achieved CR/CRi following an added therapy * Patients alive at the start of the study who did not receive study information or who objected to the collection of data
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Nice
Nice, France
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