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Hypomethylating Agent Discontinuation for Negative MRD in AML Patients

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Study Aim

This study aims to evaluate if stopping hypomethylating agents after achieving measurable residual disease negativity can maintain complete response in adults with acute myeloid leukemia.

What is being tested

Azacitidine

+ Decitabine

+ Venetoclax

Drug
Who is being recruted

Hematologic Diseases+4

+ Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases

+ Leukemia

Over 18 Years
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Phase 2
Interventional
Study Start: November 2024
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Summary

Principal SponsorH. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Study ContactGina Bellenger
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Study start date: November 7, 2024

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

This study investigates whether patients with newly diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), who have been successfully treated and have no measurable signs of leukemia left, can safely stop taking their medication after a year without increasing the risk of the disease returning. The medications involved are azacitidine or decitabine, used in combination with venetoclax. This research is important as it aims to find out if patients can take a break from chemotherapy, which can reduce side effects and improve quality of life while still effectively managing the disease. Participants in this study continue their regular treatment for a year and then stop taking the medication to see how their bodies respond. The study closely monitors their health to ensure the leukemia does not return. This is done by regular check-ups and tests that look for any signs of the disease coming back. The study evaluates whether discontinuing the treatment is safe and does not compromise the effectiveness of the initial treatment.

Official TitleDiscontinuation of Hypomethylating Agent and Venetoclax in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Who Have Achieved Negative Measurable Residual Disease (MRD)
NCT06511882
Principal SponsorH. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Study ContactGina Bellenger
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

37 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.



Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

Over 18 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Hematologic DiseasesHemic and Lymphatic DiseasesLeukemiaLeukemia, MyeloidNeoplasmsNeoplasms by Histologic TypeLeukemia, Myeloid, Acute

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Adults 18 years of age or older at the time of obtaining informed consent. * Diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) (non-M3) as defined by 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) * Eastern Cooperative Group (ECOG) performance status score ≤ 2 * Currently on frontline therapy with HMA (azacitidine or decitabine)/VEN and achieved Complete Remission (CR)/Complete Remission with incomplete marrow recovery (CRi) with MRD negativity defined as \< 0.1% by Multiparameter Flow Cytometry (MFC) * Within 12 months of starting HMA (azacitidine or decitabine)/VEN * Ineligible for or declined allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document * Must agree to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements * Patients must be able to provide adequate Bone Marrow (BM) aspirate and biopsy specimens for histopathological and Measurable Residual Disease analysis during the screening procedure Exclusion Criteria: * Use of cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agents, or experimental agents (agents that are not commercially available) for the treatment of AML within 28 days, or 5 half-lives, at the start of the study. Only patients who are receiving frontline HMA (azacitidine or decitabine)/VEN are potentially eligible, but if they had received a course of hydroxyurea prior to achieving CR/CRi, this is allowed. * Any serious medical condition or uncontrolled current illness including, but not limited to ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements or will place the subject at unacceptable risk if he/she participates in the study. Controlled infections or other medical conditions on long-term therapy is allowed. * Patients who harbored TP53 mutation at diagnosis * AML with extramedullary involvement including central nervous system (CNS) involvement, myeloid sarcoma, and leukemia cutis requiring directed therapy at the time of enrollment. * Patient is pregnant.

Study Plan

Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.
Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

One single intervention group is designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Consolidation: Patient will receive HMA (azacitidine or decitabine)/VEN (venetoclax) as part of standard of care treatment. At the conclusion of consolidation, if the results of the bone marrow biopsy are a negative Measurable Residual Disease (MRD), patient will continue to Discontinuation. Discontinuation: Monthly clinic visits with laboratory assessment and bone marrow biopsies (BMBs) with MRD testing every 3 months to closely monitor disease status. At any point of the study if molecular relapse (including MRD emergence), or morphologic relapse, therapy will be reinitiated. If only molecular relapse, HMA (azacitidine or decitabine)/VEN (venetoclax) will be reinitiated with the same monitoring schedule as before. If morphologic relapse, HMA (azacitidine or decitabine)/VEN (venetoclax) will be reinitiated for 2 cycles. If no response (NR), patient will be taken off Study.

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

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Moffitt Cancer Center

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