New drug combo aims to improve leukemia treatment before transplant
NCT ID NCT07672262
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 07, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study is for adults with a certain type of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who are in remission and planning a stem cell transplant. It compares a combination of two drugs, venetoclax and azacitidine, against standard high-dose chemotherapy as a 'consolidation' step before the transplant. The goal is to see if the new combo helps keep patients cancer-free longer and with fewer 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
- Venetoclax and azacitidine
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a more effective and safer consolidation therapy for intermediate-risk AML patients before stem cell transplant, potentially reducing relapse.
- What could go wrong
- This is a phase 2 trial with 226 participants, so results are still preliminary. The combination may cause side effects like low blood counts or infections, and it may not prove better than standard chemotherapy.
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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 226 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2030
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: * Confirmed diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) according to WHO 2022 classification criteria; * Age ≥ 18 years; * Classified as intermediate-risk based on European LeukemiaNet (ELN) 2022 prognostic risk stratification; * Achieved first complete remission (CR) or CR with incomplete hematologic recovery (CRi) after ≤ 2 cycles of Venetoclax + Azacitidine (VA) induction therapy; * Has a suitable donor and is planned to undergo allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT); * ECOG performance status score 0 to 2 * Adequate organ function: creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min; AST and ALT ≤ 3 × ULN; total bilirubin ≤ 2 × ULN; LVEF ≥ 50%; life expectancy \> 8 weeks * Voluntarily signed informed consent form and able to comply with study requirements Exclusion Criteria: * Clinically active cardiovascular disease (uncontrolled arrhythmia/hypertension, NYHA Class 3/4 heart failure, myocardial infarction within 3 months) * Active central nervous system (CNS) leukemia or extramedullary infiltration * Other serious diseases limiting participation (e.g., severe infection, renal failure) * Known HIV infection or uncontrolled severe viral hepatitis * Pregnant or breastfeeding women * Inability to understand, comply with protocol, or sign informed consent * Any other conditions deemed unsuitable by the investigator
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
RECRUITINGSuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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