New hope for japanese AML patients: experimental drug ziftomenib enters trial
NCT ID NCT07623616
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests an experimental drug called ziftomenib in 6 Japanese adults with a specific type of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that has returned or not responded to treatment. The drug is taken as a pill once daily. The goal is to see if it can help control the disease and how safe it is.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ziftomenib
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new treatment option for Japanese patients with a specific type of AML that has come back or not responded to other therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early-phase study with only 6 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The drug may not work or could cause side effects.
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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 6 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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: * Voluntary written informed consent and willingness to comply with all study procedures * Age ≥ 18 years * Confirmed diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) * Patients with R/R AML with NPM1-m * No available standard of care expected to provide clinical benefit, ineligible for or declined standard therapy. * ECOG performance status 0-2. * White blood cell count ≤ 30,000/mm³ at screening (hydroxyurea permitted for cytoreduction). * Adequate organ function according to protocol requirements. * Women of childbearing potential must be willing to use a highly effective method of contraception throughout the study and for at least 187 days after the last dose of study treatment. * Males with female partners of childbearing potential must agree to use a highly effective method of contraception throughout the study and for at least 97 days after the last dose of study treatment. Exclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of acute promyelocytic leukemia. * Donor lymphocyte infusion \< 30 days prior to study entry. * Clinically active central nervous system (CNS) leukemia. * Prior hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) without adequate hematologic recovery. * Active Grade ≥ 2 acute graft-versus-host disease or moderate/severe chronic graft-versus-host disease. * Prior treatment with a menin inhibitor. * Receipt of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy, or investigational therapy within 14 days or 5 half-lives prior to first dose. * Unresolved toxicities from prior therapy \> Grade 1. * Requirement for strong CYP3A4 inducers. * Active or uncontrolled infection, including hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or HIV. * Conditions predisposing to serious or life-threatening infection or significant immunodeficiency. * Cardiovascular disease or QTcF \> 480 ms. * Interstitial lung disease. * Major surgery within 4 weeks prior to first dose. * Women who are pregnant or lactating * Any medical, psychiatric, or social condition that may interfere with study participation or safety, or that makes the patient unsuitable in the investigator's judgment.
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
20 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Chiba Aoba Municipal Hospital
RECRUITINGChiba, Japan
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Dokkyo Medical University Hospital
RECRUITINGTochigi, Japan
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Gifu Municipal Hospital
RECRUITINGGifu, Japan
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Hyogo Medical University Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGHyōgo, Japan
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Imamura General Hospital
RECRUITINGKagoshima, Japan
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Jichi Medical University Hospital
RECRUITINGTochigi, Japan
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Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGSaitama, Japan
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Kanagawa Cancer Center
RECRUITINGKanagawa, Japan
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Kansai Medical University Hospital
RECRUITINGOsaka, Japan
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Keio University Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGTokyo, Japan
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Kurashiki Central Hospital
RECRUITINGOkayama, Japan
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Kyoto University Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGKyoto, Japan
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Matsumoto National Hospital
RECRUITINGNagano, Japan
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Mito Medical Center
RECRUITINGIbaraki, Japan
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Nagasaki University Hospital
RECRUITINGNagasaki, Japan
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Nippon Medical School Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGTokyo, Japan
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Okayama University Hospital
RECRUITINGOkayama, Japan
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Osaka Metropolitan University Hospital
RECRUITINGOsaka, Japan
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Tohoku University Hospital
RECRUITINGMiyagi, Japan
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Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital
RECRUITINGTokyo, Japan
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