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Active, not recruitingNCT03839771HOVON150AMLUpdated Sep 22, 2026

A Study of Ivosidenib or Enasidenib in Combination With Induction Therapy and Consolidation Therapy, Followed by Maintenance Therapy in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Myedysplastic Syndrome EB2, With an IDH1 or IDH2 Mutation, Respectively, Eligible for Intensive Chemotherapy

A Phase 3 interventional study of AG-120 and Placebo for AG-120 in Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome With Excess Blasts-2, sponsored by Stichting Hemato-Oncologie voor Volwassenen Nederland. Active, not recruiting at 181 sites in 15 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-22.

Sponsored by Stichting Hemato-Oncologie voor Volwassenen Nederland · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
968
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

AML and MDS-EB2 are malignancies of the bone marrow. The standard treatment for these diseases is chemotherapy. Patients participating have a special type of this disease because the leukemia cells (blasts) have developed an error in the genetic material (DNA). This error is called an IDH1 mutation or an IDH2 mutation (a mutation is a change in the DNA), which leads to changes in specific substances in the leukemia cells. This trial will investigate whether the addition of the new drugs Ivosidenib (for patients with IDH1 mutation) or Enasidenib (for patients with IDH2 mutation) to the standard treatment of chemotherapy controle the disease more effectively and for a longer period.

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Conditions studied

  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia
  • Myelodysplastic Syndrome With Excess Blasts-2
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In context

Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute

3,667 studies on the registry are indexed under Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute; 816 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 968 is above the median of 40 across 3,005 interventional studies indexed under Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute.

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Lead sponsor

Stichting Hemato-Oncologie voor Volwassenen Nederland is the lead sponsor of 27 studies on the registry; 11 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Age ≥18 years
  • Newly diagnosed AML or MDS-EB2 defined according to WHO criteria, with a documented IDH1 or IDH2 gene mutation (as determined by the clinical trial assay) at a specific site (IDH1 R132, IDH2 R140, IDH2 R172). AML may be secondary to prior hematological disorders, including MDS, and/or therapy-related (in which prior disease should have been documented to have existed for at least 3 months). Patients may have had previous treatment with hypomethylating agents (HMAs) for MDS. HMAs have to be stopped at least four weeks before registration
  • Patients with dual mutant FLT3 and IDH1 or IDH2 mutations may be enrolled only if, for medical or other reasons, treatment with a FLT3 inhibitor is not considered.
  • Considered to be eligible for intensive chemotherapy.
  • performance status ≤ 2
  • Adequate hepatic function as evidenced by:

    • Serum total ≤ 2.5 × (ULN) unless considered due to Gilbert's disease (e.g. a mutation in UGT1A1) (only for patients in IDH2 cohort), or leukemic involvement of the liver - following written approval by the (Co)Principal Investigator.
    • (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) ≤ 3.0 × ULN, unless considered due to leukemic involvement of the liver, following written approval by the Principal Investigator.
  • Adequate renal function as evidenced by > 40 mL/min based on the Cockroft-Gault formula for (GFR).
  • Able to understand and willing to sign an form (ICF).
  • Written informed consent

Female patient must either:

o Be of nonchildbearing potential: (defined as at least 1 year without any menses) prior to screening, or Documented surgically sterile or status posthysterectomy (at least 1 month prior to screening)

o Or, if of : Agree not to try to become pregnant during the study and for 6 months after the final study drug administration And have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test at screening And, if heterosexually active, agree to consistently use highly effective* per locally accepted standards in addition to a barrier method starting at screening and throughout the study period and for 6 months after the final study drug administration.

  • Highly effective forms of birth control include:

    • Consistent and correct usage of established hormonal contraceptives that inhibit ovulation,
    • Established intrauterine device (IUD) or intrauterine system (IUS),
    • Bilateral tubal occlusion,
    • Vasectomy (A vasectomy is a highly effective contraception method provided the absence of sperm has been confirmed. If not, an additional highly effective method of contraception should be used.)
    • Male is sterile due to a bilateral orchiectomy.
    • Sexual abstinence is considered a highly effective method only if defined as refraining from heterosexual activity during the entire period of risk associated with the study drug. The reliability of sexual abstinence needs to be evaluated in relation to the duration of the clinical study and the preferred and usual lifestyle of the patient.
  • List is not all inclusive. Prior to enrollment, the investigator is responsible for confirming patient will utilize highly effective forms of birth control per the requirements of the CTFG Guidance document 'Recommendations related to contraception and pregnancy testing in clinical trials', September 2014 (and any updates thereof) during the protocol defined period.

    • Female patient must agree not to breastfeed starting at screening and throughout the study period, and for 2 months and 1 week after the final study drug administration.
    • Female patient must not donate ova starting at screening and throughout the study period, and for 6 months after the final study drug administration.

      • Male patient and their female partners who are of childbearing potential must be using highly effective contraception per locally accepted standards in addition to a barrier method starting at screening and continue throughout the study period and for 4 months and 1 week after the final study drug administration
      • Male patient must not donate sperm starting at screening and throughout the study period and for 4 months and 1 week after the final study drug administration.

        • Subject agrees not to participate in another interventional study while on treatment

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Prior chemotherapy for AML or MDS-EB2 (with the exception of HMA). Hydroxyurea is allowed for the control of peripheral leukemic blasts in patients with leukocytosis (e.g., white blood cell [WBC] counts > 30x109/L).
  • Dual IDH1 and IDH2 mutations.
  • Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) with PML-RARA or one of the other pathognomonic variant fusion genes/chromosome translocations.
  • Blast crisis after chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).
  • Known allergy or suspected to Ivosidenib or Enasidenib and/or any exipients.
  • Taking medications with narrow therapeutic windows with potential interaction with medication (see Appendix I), unless the patient can be transferred to other medications prior to enrolling or unless the medications can be properly monitored during the study.
  • Taking P-glycoprotein (P-gp) or breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) transporter-sensitive substrate medications (see Appendix J) unless the patient can be transferred to other medications within ≥ 5 half-lives prior to administration of ivosidenib or enasidenib, or unless the medications can be properly monitored during the study.
  • Breast feeding at the start of study treatment.
  • Active infection, including or C or infection that is uncontrolled at randomization. An infection controlled with an approved or closely monitored antibiotic/antiviral/antifungal treatment is allowed.
  • Patients with a currently active second . Patients are not considered to have a currently active malignancy if they have completed therapy and are considered by their physician to be at \< 30% risk of relapse within one year. However, patients with the following history/concurrent conditions are allowed:

    • Basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
    • Carcinoma in situ of the cervix
    • Carcinoma in situ of the breast
    • Incidental histologic finding of prostate cancer
  • Significant active cardiac disease within 6 months prior to the start of study treatment, including (NYHA) Class III or IV congestive heart failure (appendix G); myocardial infarction, unstable angina and/or stroke; or (LVEF) \< 40% by ultrasound or MUGA scan obtained within 28 days prior to the start of study treatment.
  • using Fridericia's formula (QTcF) ≥ 450 msec or other factors that increase the risk of QT prolongation or arrhythmic events (e.g., heart failure,family history of long QT interval syndrome). Prolonged QTc interval associated with bundle branch block or pacemaking is permitted with written approval of the Principal Investigator.
  • Taking medications that are known to prolong the QT interval (see Appendix K), unless deemed critical and without a suitable alternative. In those cases, they may be administered, but with proper monitoring (see section 10.2, Table 13).
  • Dysphagia, short-gut syndrome, gastroparesis, or other conditions that limit the ingestion or gastrointestinal absorption of orally administered drugs.
  • Clinical symptoms suggestive of active central nervous system (CNS) leukemia or known CNS leukemia. Evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) during screening is only required if there is a clinical suspicion of CNS involvement by leukemia during screening.
  • A known medical history of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML).
  • Immediately life-threatening, severe complications of leukemia such as uncontrolled bleeding, pneumonia with hypoxia or shock, and/or severe disseminated intravascular coagulation
  • Any other medical condition deemed by the Investigator to be likely to interfere with a patient's ability to give or participate in the study.
  • Any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(18)

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ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

Creatinine clearance (CrCl)

How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.

GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².

Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Postmenopausal

Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.

LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction)

The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.

QT and QTc

On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.

The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator)
Enrollment
968 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Placebo comparator
    Arm A: Placebo

    Cycle 1: day 1-start cycle 2 \| Cycle 2: day 1 - start consolidation treatment \| Consolidation treatment: day 1 - start maintenance \| Maintenance treatment: day 1- day 730 (2 years) \| The dosage for Placebo for AG-120 (IDH1): 500 mg dose/day The dosage for Placebo for AG-221 (IDH2): 100mg dose/day

    Drug: Placebo for AG-120 · Drug: Placebo for AG-221

  • Experimental
    Arm B: Ivosidenib (IDH1) or Enasidenib (IDH2)

    Cycle 1: day 1-start cycle 2 \| Cycle 2: day 1 - start consolidation treatment \| Consolidation treatment: day 1 - start maintenance \| Maintenance treatment: day 1- day 730 (2 years) \| The dosage for AG-120 (IDH1): 500 mg dose/day The dosage for AG-221 (IDH2): 100mg dose/day

    Drug: AG-120 · Drug: AG-221

Interventions

  • DrugAG-120

    250mg tablets

    Also known as: Ivosidenib

  • DrugPlacebo for AG-120

    250mg tablets

  • DrugAG-221

    100mg tablets

    Also known as: Enasidenib

  • DrugPlacebo for AG-221

    100mg tablets

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Event-free survival (EFS)

    EFS is defined as the time from randomization to failure to achieve CR or CRi after remission induction, death after achieving CR or CRi or relapse after achieving CR or CRi, whichever occurs first. A patient is said to have failed to achieve CR or CRi after induction therapy, if his/her best response during or at completion of the induction treatment is less than CRi. Patients who achieved CR/CRi after remission induction and are not known to have relapsed or died will be censored at the date of last clinical assessment.

    Time frame: Approximately up to 60 months following first patient enrollment

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall survival (OS)

    OS is defined as the time from date of randomization to date of death due to any cause. Patients still alive or lost to follow up will be censored at the time they were last known to be alive.

    Time frame: Approximately up to 84 months following first patient enrollment

  2. Relapse-free survival (RFS) after CR/CRi

    RFS is defined as time from the date of achievement of CR/CRi until relapse or death from any cause, whichever comes first. Patients still in first CR/CRi and alive or lost to follow up will be censored at the date of last clinical assessment.

    Time frame: Approximately up to 60 months following first patient enrollment

  3. Cumulative incidence of relapse (CIR) after CR/CRi

    CIR is measured from the date of achievement of CR/CRi until the date of relapse. Patients not known to have relapsed will be censored on the date of last clinical assessment. Patients who died without relapse will be counted as a competing cause of failure.

    Time frame: Approximately up to 60 months following first patient enrollment

  4. Cumulative incidence of death (CID) after CR/CRi

    CID is measured from the date of achievement of CR/CRi until the date of death from any cause. Patients not known to have died will be censored on the date they were last known to be alive. Patients who experienced relapse in CR/CRi will be counted as competing cause of failure.

    Time frame: Approximately up to 60 months following first patient enrollment

  5. Complete remission without minimal residual disease (CRMRD-) rate after induction cycle 2

    CRMRD- rate is defined as the percentage of patients who achieved CR or CRi with no evidence of MRD in bone marrow

    Time frame: Approximately up to 60 months following first patient enrollment

  6. Frequency and severity of adverse events according to CTCAE version 5.0

    Adverse events will be evaluated using the National Cancer Institute's Common Terminology Criteria for AEs (CTCAE) version 5.0

    Time frame: Continuously throughout the study, starting from informed consent until 30 days following the last administration of any study drug

  7. CR/CRi rates after induction cycle 1 and 2

    CR and CRi are determined by the Investigator based on the European LeukemiaNet (ELN2017) recommended response criteria

    Time frame: Approximately up to 60 months following first patient enrollment

  8. CR/CRi rate after remission induction (i.e., CR or CRi as best response during or at completion of induction therapy)

    CR+CRi rate after remission induction is defined as the percentage of patients with best response of CR or CRi during or at completion of induction therapy

    Time frame: Approximately up to 60 months following first patient enrollment

  9. Time to hematopoietic recovery after each chemotherapy treatment cycle

    Time to hematopoietic recovery is defined as the time from the start of the cycle until recovery

    Time frame: Approximately up to 60 months following first patient enrollment

  10. EQ-5D-5L visual analogue scale (VAS)

    The EQ-5D-5L is a 5 item questionnaire that assesses 5 domains including mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression plus a visual analog scale rating "health today". Each domain has 5 levels. Each level has a 1 digit number expressing the level selected for that dimension. These levels are summed up and the self-rated health is recorded on a 20 cm vertical, visual analogue scale, with endpoints labelled 'the best health you can imagine' and 'the worst health you can imagine'.

    Time frame: At entry, 1st day of maintenance, every 3 months during the first year of maintenance, every 6 months during the second year of maintenance until relapse or treatment discontinuation (approximately up to 84 months following first patient enrollment)

  11. EORTC-QLQ-C30 global health status/QoL scale.

    The EORTC QLQ-C30 is a 30-item questionnaire that assesses 5 functional subdomains (physical functioning, role functioning, emotional functioning, cognitive functioning and social functioning), 1 global health status, 3 symptom subdomains (fatigue, nausea and vomiting and pain) and 6 single items (dyspnea, insomnia, appetite loss, constipation, diarrhea, and financial difficulties). All of the scales and single-item measures range in score from 0 to 100. A high scale score represents a higher response level. Estimate the average of the items that contribute to the scale; this is the raw score. a higher score represents a higher ("better") level of functioning, or a higher ("worse") level of symptoms.

    Time frame: At entry, 1st day of maintenance, every 3 months during the first year of maintenance, every 6 months during the second year of maintenance until relapse or treatment discontinuation (approximately up to 84 months following first patient enrollment)

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Study locations

181 sites

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References and documents

Related links

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Mar 2019 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Apr 2027, 97 months after the start.

Of 78 non-industry phase 3 interventional studies under Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, half reached primary completion within 87 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 66 and three quarters within 111. This study's planned 97 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 120 studies reached it within 74 months; a quarter within 39 and three quarters within 99.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Feb 6, 2019
First posted
Feb 15, 2019
StartActual
Mar 1, 2019
Primary completionEst.
Apr 17, 2027
CompletionEst.
Sep 19, 2034
Last update
Sep 22, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 22, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03839771
Lead sponsor
Stichting Hemato-Oncologie voor Volwassenen Nederland
Collaborators
University of Ulm
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 15, 2019
Start date
Mar 1, 2019
Primary completion
Apr 17, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 19, 2034 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 22, 2026

Study contacts

B.J. Wouters
principal investigator · Erasmus MC / HOVON

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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