Shorter treatment course may ease side effects for AML patients
NCT ID NCT05833438
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new way of giving two drugs—venetoclax and azacitidine—to adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who are not healthy enough for standard chemotherapy. Instead of the usual 7 days of azacitidine, this approach uses only 5 days per cycle to try to reduce infections and hospital stays. The goal is to see if the shorter regimen still works well while being easier to tolerate.
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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 45 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2023
- Expected to finish
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May 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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Key Inclusion Criteria: * Confirmed diagnosis of AML by World Health Organization (WHO) criteria 2016 * Ineligible for treatment with a standard cytarabine and anthracycline induction regimen due to age or comorbidities * Age ≥ 18 years * Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks Key Exclusion Criteria: * Prior treatment for AML or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with one of the following: * Hypomethylating agent (HMA) * Chemotherapeutic agent * Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy * Experimental therapies * Note: Prior use of hydroxyurea is allowed * History of myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) * Diagnosis of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) * Presence of favorable-risk karyotype abnormalities: t(15;17), t(8;21), inv(16) or t(16;16)
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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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Carl-Thiem-Klinikum Cottbus gGmbH
Cottbus, 03048, Germany
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Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch Klinik für Hämatologie und Stammzelltransplantation
Berlin, 13125, Germany
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Kliniken Maria Hilf GmbH, Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Gastroenterologie
Mönchengladbach, 41063, Germany
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Kliniken Sindelfingen,Medizinische Klinik I
Sindelfingen, 71065, Germany
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Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH Klinik für lnnere Medizin Ill
Chemnitz, 09116, Germany
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Klinikum rechts der lsar der TU München, Klinik und Poliklinik für lnnere Medizin Ill
München, 81675, Germany
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Rotkreuzklinikum München, III. Medizinische Abteilung
München, 80364, Germany
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Universitatsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden an der TU Dresden Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik 1 Bereich Hamatologie
Dresden, 01307, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Innere Medizin V; Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Rheumatologie
Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Klinik und Poliklinik für Hämatologie, Zelltherapie und Hämostaseologie
Leipzig, Germany
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