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Not yet recruitingNCT06841952Updated Feb 24, 2025

Study of Tretinoin Capsules in Combination With Azacitidine and Venetoclax in Treatment Naïve Participants With Acute Myeloid Leukemia

An interventional study of ATRA+Venetoclax+Azacitidine and Chemotherapy drug in AML, Adult, sponsored by The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 60 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-02-24.

Sponsored by The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
158
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 60 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study was a prospective, two-arm, multicenter clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tretinoin capsules combined with azacitidine and venetoclax in the treatment of newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia. Azacitidine, venetoclax, and tretinoin may arrest cancer cell growth by demethylation, promoting cell differentiation, or killing cells, while reducing blood-related adverse effects by promoting cell differentiation.

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This is a multi-center, non-controlled, open-label, Phase 3 interventional study.Young (≥18 and ≤60 years old) patients with newly diagnosed non M3, acute myeloid leukemia will receive a combination of AZA+Venetoclax+ATRA(AVA regimen) or daunorubicin +cytarabine(DA regimen) as induction treatment for 2 cycles.

According to standard procedures, patients will receive one of the following consolidation regimens separately, including the AVA regimen, or medium-dose cytarabine alone or in combination with anthracyclines regimen for 2cycle. After consolidation therapy, maintenance treatment could be given once a month for 4 times, then once every 3 months until progression.

After the second induction therapy, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation was recommended for patients with suitable donors.

The primary endpoint is ORR after second induction therapy.Outcome measures included complete remission (CR)/complete remission with incomplete hematologic recovery (CRi) .

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Conditions studied

  • AML, Adult

Keywords

  • tretinoin
  • azacitidine
  • venetoclax
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In context

Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute

3,035 studies on the registry are indexed under Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute; 746 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 158 is above the median of 40 across 2,561 interventional studies indexed under Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute.

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Lead sponsor

The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University is the lead sponsor of 258 studies on the registry; 149 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 60 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Patients initially diagnosed with AML (excluding APL) according to WHO diagnostic criteria.
  • Patients who have not previously received other induction therapies (excluding hydroxyurea and leukapheresis).
  • Total white blood cell (WBC) count ≤ 25 × 10\^9/L.
  • Ages 18 to 60 years, inclusive, with no gender restrictions.
  • ECOG Performance Status score of 0-2.
  • Total bilirubin ≤ 3 times the upper limit of normal (ULN); Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 3 times ULN; Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 3 times ULN; (excluding leukemia infiltration).
  • Endogenous creatinine clearance rate ≥ 30 ml/min.
  • Enrolled patients must be capable of understanding and willing to participate in the study, and must sign the informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL).
  • Patients with concomitant central nervous system leukemia or extramedullary leukemia involvement, such as testicular infiltration.
  • Patients with current or historical immunodeficiency virus infection.
  • Patients with active Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C infection.
  • Patients with a history of drug allergy, including but not limited to etoposide, azacitidine, venetoclax, daunorubicin, and cytarabine.
  • Patients with active or progressive malignant tumors or severe infections.
  • Patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of less than 30%, classified as New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or above, and those deemed ineligible for enrollment by the investigator.
  • Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
  • Patients who refuse to participate in the study.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
158 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    ATRA+VEN+AZA arm

    (1)Inductive therapy: AZA 75mg/m² per day for days 1-7 and venetoclax 100mg orally for day 1 , 200mg orally for day 2, 300mg orally for day3-5, 400mg orally for day6-9,ATRA capsule 45mg/m² orally for day 11-28, every 28 days for 2 cycles or progression; (2)Consolidate therapy:AZA 75mg/m² per day for days 1-7 and venetoclax 100mg orally for day 1 , 200mg orally for day 2, 300mg orally for day3-5, 400mg orally for day6-9,ATRA capsule 45mg/m² orally for day 11-28, every 28 days for 2 cycles or progression; (3) Maintenance therapy:ATRA 45mg/m2 orally for d1-21 every 28 days,AZA 75mg/m² per day for days 1-7.Maintenance treatment was given once a month for 4 times, then once every 3 months until progression. After the second induction therapy, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation was recommended for patients with suitable donors.

    Drug: ATRA+Venetoclax+Azacitidine

  • Active comparator
    DNR+ Ara-C arm

    (1)Inductive therapy: Daunorubicin 60mg/m² d1-3,cytarabine100mg/m² d1-7, every 28 days for 2 cycles or progression; (2)Consolidate therapy:Intermediate-dose cytarabine alone or combined with anthracyclines is recommended (cytarabine 1.5-2g/m²), every 28 days for 2 cycles or till progression. (3) Maintenance therapy:AZA 75mg/m² per day for days 1-7 every 28 days.Maintenance treatment was given once a month for 4 times, then once every 3 months until progression. After the second induction therapy, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation was recommended for patients with suitable donors.

    Drug: Chemotherapy drug

Interventions

  • DrugATRA+Venetoclax+Azacitidine

    Drug pages: Tretinoin · Venetoclax · Azacitidine

    Participants will receive a standard dose of azacitidine (75mg/m²/day),venetoclax (target dose, 400 mg),ATRA 45mg/m²/day

  • DrugChemotherapy drug

    Participants will receive commercially available cytarabine (cytosine arabinoside) and anthracycline (daunorubicin).

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The overall response rate (ORR) after the second therapy

    ORR rate was defifined as patients achieving a CRc or PR

    Time frame: Efficacy was assessed within 2 weeks after completion of the second course of therapy or within 1 week before the third course of therapy

  2. The composite complete remission rate (CRc) after the second therapy

    complete response (CR) plus complete response with incomplete blood count recovery (CRi)\] after 2 cycles of treatment.

    Time frame: Efficacy was assessed within 2 weeks after completion of the second course of therapy or within 1 week before the third course of therapy

Secondary outcomes

  1. Composite complete response (CRc) after the first therapy

    CRc rate was defifined as patients achieving a CR or CRi

    Time frame: Efficacy was assessed within 2 weeks after completion of the first course of induction therapy or within 1 week before the second course of therapy

  2. The overall response rate (ORR) after the first therapy

    ORR rate was defifined as patients achieving a CRc or PR

    Time frame: Efficacy was assessed within 2 weeks after completion of the first course of induction therapy or within 1 week before the second course of therapy

  3. Rate of transfusion independence

    Rate of transfusion independence (TI) , including platelet transfusion independence rate and red blood cell transfusion independence rate.

    Time frame: Up to 28 days after the start of therapy

  4. Overall Survival (OS)

    (OS) refers to the length of time from randomization until the death of the patient from any cause.

    Time frame: up to 2 years after the date of the last enrolled participants

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Study locations

1 site
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
    Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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References and documents

Study documents

  • Study protocol · Feb 2, 2025

Documents are hosted by the registry — open the source record to download them.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 24, 2025, 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
NCT06841952
Responsible party
HAN Yue (Chief of Service, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 24, 2025
Start date
Feb 15, 2025 (estimated)
Primary completion
Dec 15, 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 15, 2030 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 24, 2025

Study contacts

Yue Han
Contact
hanyuesz@163.com
86+0512-67781856
Chengyuan Gu
Contact
guchengyuan@suda.edu.cn
86+18068016508

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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Studies of the drugs tested here: Tretinoin · Venetoclax · Azacitidine

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