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Acute Myeloid LeukemiaNCT04263181

AML/MDS Drug Sensitization by in Vivo Chemotherapy Administration

An observational study of Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndromes, run by Washington University School of Medicine at 1 site in United States.

Active, not recruiting

Under way, not looking for participants. Everyone needed has enrolled. The study is still running.

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Trial summary

In this study, the investigators will explore the feasibility of ex vivo drug screening to predict sensitivity to chemotherapy resistance and to identify novel synergy between chemotherapies. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Peripheral blood draw, Bone marrow aspirate and Buccal swab
How many people
80 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
29 Jan 2020to 31 Jan 2027
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: -The study population consists of patients seen at Siteman Cancer Center.

Who may be able to join

  • Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)
  • Peripheral blood blasts > 1%
  • Peripheral white blood cell count > 1,000/µl.
  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • Anticipated treatment with any of the following regimens (Cohort 0) or:
  • Cohort 1: A standard induction protocol with infusional cytarabine
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  • Cohort 2: Decitabine (either 5-day or 10-day regimens)
  • Cohort 3: Azacitidine (either intravenous or subcutaneous administration)
  • Cohort 4: Decitabine (either 5-day or 10-day) + venetoclax
  • Cohort 5: Azacitidine (either intravenous or subcutaneous administration on 7 day or 5+2+2 schedule) + venetoclax
  • Patients may receive these therapies as part of other on-going clinical trials or as standard of care treatment.
  • Patients in Cohort 1 may receive SOC midostaurin or gemtuzumab ozogamicin, provided these start after the Day 2 sample is collected. Patients in Cohort 1 may receive a standard combination of cytarabine/idarubicin, cytarabine/daunorubicin, or Vyxeos, a liposomal formulation of cytarabine and daunorubicin.
  • ECOG performance status ≤ 3
  • Ability to understand and willingness to sign an IRB approved written informed consent document.

Who cannot join

  • Pregnant or currently nursing
  • Prior chemotherapy with hypomethylating agents
  • Known history of positive HIV serology.
  • Known positive Hepatitis C serology.
  • Patient must not have received any chemotherapy within 7 days of enrollment, and any acute treatment-related toxicities must have returned to baseline. Patients may have received hydrea as long as they fulfill peripheral blood blast and peripheral WBC inclusion criteria. Prior TKI therapy is allowed, but must be discontinued within 3 days of baseline blood collection.
  • Currently receiving any other investigational agents.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Washington University School of Medicine

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110

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About this study

Official title: Identification of AML/MDS Drug Sensitization by in Vivo Chemotherapy Administration

In this study, the investigators will explore the feasibility of ex vivo drug screening to predict sensitivity to chemotherapy resistance and to identify novel synergy between chemotherapies.

Being tested
Peripheral blood draw, Bone marrow aspirate, Buccal swab
Medical subject headings
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, Myelodysplastic Syndromes

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Peripheral blood drawProcedure or surgery

    • All cohorts will have peripheral blood drawn at baseline no more than 4 days prior to the first dose of chemotherapy and must also occur before the first dose of chemotherapy
    • Cohort 0 or 1 - peripheral blood draw on Day 2
    • Cohorts 0, 2, 3, 4 and 5 - peripheral blood draw on Day 3
    • Cohort 0 or 1 - peripheral blood draw on Day 35 (at count recovery)
    • Cohorts 0, 2, 3, 4, and 5 - peripheral blood draw on Cycles 2 or 3 and 4 or 5, Day 28
  • Bone marrow aspirateProcedure or surgery

    • Cohort 0 or 1 - bone marrow aspirate on Day 14
    • Cohort 0 or 1 - bone marrow aspirate on Day 35 (at count recovery)
    • Cohorts 0, 2, 3, 4, and 5 - bone marrow aspirate on Cycles 2 or 3 and 4 or 5, Day 28
  • Buccal swabProcedure or surgery

    • Cohort 0 or 1 - buccal swab on Day 35 (at count recovery)
    • Cohorts 0, 2, 3, 4, and 5 - buccal swab on Cycle 2 or 3 and 4 or 5, Day 28
Study groups in NCT04263181
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Cohort 0-A technical run-in of 5 patients with any of the following: * Standard cytarabine/idarubicin induction, includes cytarabine 200 mg/m2 CIVI in 0.9% normal saline over 24 hours for 7 consecutive days (Days 1-7) \& idarubicin 12 mg/m2 per day for 3 consecutive days (Days 1-3). Other standard cytarabine-based induction protocols are allowed * Decitabine 20 mg/m2/day as a 1-hour infusion on consecutive Days 1-5 or 1-10 of each 28-day cycle. * Azacitidine 75 mg/m2/day as a subcutaneous injection on Days 1-7 or on day 1-5 and 8-9 of each 28-day cycle * Decitabine 20 mg/m2/day as a 1-hour infusion on consecutive Days 1-5 or 1-10 of each 28-day cycle. Patients will receive venetoclax PO 100 mg on Day 1, 200 mg on Day 2, and 400 mg daily thereafter. * Azacitidine 75 mg/m2/day as a 1-hour infusion or by subcutaneous injection on consecutive Days 1-7 or on day 1-5 and 8-9 of each 28-day cycle. Patients will receive venetoclax PO 100 mg on Day 1, 200 mg on Day 2, and 400 mg daily thereafter.
Receives: Procedure: Peripheral blood draw; Procedure: Bone marrow aspirate; Procedure: Buccal swab
Cohort 1* Patients treated with cytarabine/idarubicin induction therapy * Patients will receive a standard cytarabine/idarubicin induction, which includes cytarabine 200 mg/m2 CIVI in 0.9% normal saline over 24 hours for 7 consecutive days (Days 1-7) and idarubicin 12 mg/m2 per day in 0.9% normal saline over 15-30 minutes for 3 consecutive days (Days 1-3). Other standard cytarabine-based induction protocols are allowed (e.g. cytarabine/daunorubicin or Vyxeos).
Receives: Procedure: Peripheral blood draw; Procedure: Bone marrow aspirate; Procedure: Buccal swab
Cohort 2* Patients treated with decitabine * Patients will receive decitabine 20 mg/m2/day as a 1-hour infusion on consecutive Days 1-5 or 1-10 (per treating physician discretion) of each 28-day cycle.
Receives: Procedure: Peripheral blood draw; Procedure: Bone marrow aspirate; Procedure: Buccal swab
Cohort 3* Patients treated with azacitidine * Patients will receive azacitidine 75 mg/m2/day as a subcutaneous injection on Days 1-7 or on day 1-5 and 8-9 (per treating physician discretion) of each 28-day cycle
Receives: Procedure: Peripheral blood draw; Procedure: Bone marrow aspirate; Procedure: Buccal swab
Cohort 4* Patients treated with decitabine + venetoclax * Patients will receive decitabine 20 mg/m2/day as a 1-hour infusion on consecutive Days 1-5 or 1-10 (per treating physician discretion) of each 28-day cycle. Patients will receive venetoclax PO 100 mg on Day 1, 200 mg on Day 2, and 400 mg daily thereafter.
Receives: Procedure: Peripheral blood draw; Procedure: Bone marrow aspirate; Procedure: Buccal swab
Cohort 5* Patients treated with azacitidine + venetoclax * Patients will receive azacitidine 75 mg/m2/day as a 1-hour infusion or by subcutaneous injection on consecutive Days 1-7 or on day 1-5 and 8-9 (per treating physician discretion) of each 28-day cycle. Patients will receive venetoclax PO 100 mg on Day 1, 200 mg on Day 2, and 400 mg daily thereafter.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Determine whether ex vivo drug sensitivity obtained for Day 0 ex vivo treatments for all cohorts as measured by a 384 well high throughput flow-based viability assay correlates with clinical assay

    Measured: 90 days

Secondary outcomes (10)
  1. Ex vivo drug sensitivity obtained for Day 0 ex vivo treatments as measured by a 384 well high throughput flow-based viability assay correlates with molecular responses as measured by founding clone mutation reduction <2% and exome sequencing

    Measured: 90 days

  2. Determine whether an increase in ex vivo drug resistance on day 2 (cohorts 0 or 1) or day 3 (cohorts 2, 3, 4 and 5), as measured by a 384 well high-throughput flow-based viability assay, correlates with reduced clinical responses

    Measured: 90 days

  3. Determine whether reduced ex vivo drug sensitivity on day 2 (cohorts 0 or 1) or day 3 (cohorts 2, 3, 4, and 5), as measured by a 384 well high throughput flow-based viability assay, correlates with reduced molecular responses

    Measured: 90 days

  4. Determine whether reduced drug ex vivo drug sensitivity on day 2 (cohorts 0 or 1) or 3 (cohorts 2, 3, 4, and 5), as measured by a 384 well high throughput flow-based viability assay, correlates with reduced disease-free survival

    Measured: 1 year

  5. Determine whether reduced ex vivo drug sensitivity, as measured by a 384 well high throughput flow-based viability assay, correlates with reduced survival

    Measured: 1 year

  6. Determine whether in vivo chemotherapy leads to increased ex vivo sensitivity to any class of drugs in more than 20% of patients treated on any study arm as measured by a 384 well high throughput flow-based viability assay

    Measured: Day 3

  7. Determine whether decitabine and azacitidine are associated with overlapping or unique profiles in drug sensitivity changes as measured by a 384 well high throughput flow-based viability assay

    Measured: Day 3

  8. Determine whether ex vivo drug sensitivity, as measured by a 384 well high throughput flow-based viability assay, correlates with the presence of clinically available mutations, as measured by exome sequencing

    Measured: 90 days

  9. Determine whether MDS and AML have overlapping or unique profiles in ex vivo drug sensitivity, as measured by a 384 well high throughput flow-based viability assay

    Measured: Day 0

  10. Determine whether MDS and AML have overlapping or unique profiles in ex vivo drug sensitivity as measured by a 384 well high throughput flow-based viability assay

    Measured: Day 3

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted10 Feb 2020
  2. Study start29 Jan 2020
  3. Primary completion31 Jan 2027 (estimated)
  4. Study completion31 Jan 2027 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
80 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04263181
Sponsor's protocol ID
201911201
Status last verified
Feb 2026
First submitted
6 Feb 2020
Last updated
2 Mar 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: Blood, buccal cells, and data will be shared. The researchers may be doing research at Washington University, at other research centers and institutions, or industry sponsors of research. Data may also be shared with large data repositories. The researchers may be doing research in areas similar to this research or in other unrelated areas.

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndromes, run by Washington University School of Medicine at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 14 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Mar 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Determine whether ex vivo drug sensitivity obtained for Day 0 ex vivo treatments for all cohorts as measured by a 384 well high throughput flow-based viability assay correlates with clinical assay (time frame: 90 days). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Mar 2026.

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