New combo aims to stop leukemia return in High-Risk patients
NCT ID NCT05361057
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether combining venetoclax with either azacytidine or a DA chemotherapy regimen could prevent relapse in acute myeloid leukemia patients who still have detectable cancer cells (MRD positive) after standard treatment. The trial planned to enroll 20 adults in complete remission but with high-risk MRD. Unfortunately, the study was terminated early, so full results are not available.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Venetoclax combined with azacytidine or daunorubicin and cytarabine
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help prevent leukemia relapse in patients with persistent minimal residual disease who cannot undergo stem cell transplant.
- What could go wrong
- The trial was terminated early with only 20 participants, so results are limited. The combination drugs have significant side effects like low blood counts and infection risk.
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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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20 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2022
- Finished
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Jan 2024
- 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. Diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia 2. Received chemotherapy within 24 months and has completed the consolidation treatment plan 3. In complete remission 4. With MRD positive: abnormal myeloid cells in bone marrow ≥ 0.1%, or NPM1 gene mutation and other fusion gene positive(RUNX 1-RUNX1T 1、CBFB-MYH11 and DEK-NUP214), the PCR quantification ≥1%. 5. Age≥ 18 years #male or female 6. ECOG-PS score 0-2 7. Aboratory tests#within 7 days before chemotherapy# 1). Serum total bilirubin≤1.5xULN# 2). Serum AST and ALT≤2.5xULN 3). Serum creatinine≤2xULN# 4). Cardiac enzymes≤2xULN 5). Ejection fraction \>50% by ECHO# 8. Written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: 1. Hematological relapse (the proportion of blast cells in bone marrow is greater than 5%) 2. Receive hematopoietic stem cell transplantation within 4 weeks 3. APL 4. Have been treated with venetoclax in the past 6 months (who can be enrolled after stopping for more than 6 months) 5. Suffering from malignant tumors of other organs (those requiring treatment) 6. Pregnant or lactating women 7. Active heart diseases 8. Severe active infection 9. Unfit for enrollment evaluated by investigator
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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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HBDH
Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300020, China
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