Updated monitoring and treatment plan to improve outcomes for children and young adults with AML
Official title: UPdated Disease Monitoring And Treatment for Enhanced Outcomes for Pediatric AML: A Pilot Trial
Run by Baylor College of Medicine · NCT07059975 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This trial will test replacing two standard chemotherapy cycles with Ida‑FLA and a venetoclax‑containing regimen for children and young adults (1 month–30 years) with intermediate‑ or high‑risk newly diagnosed AML to see if survival is as good or better with fewer long‑term complications.
Quick facts
| Phase | Early Phase 1 |
|---|---|
| Study type | Interventional |
| Ages | 1 Month to 30 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Enrollment | 36 (estimated) |
| Sponsor | Baylor College of Medicine Academic / other |
| Drugs / interventions | Gemtuzumab, chemotherapy, fludarabine |
| Locations | 1 site (Houston, Texas) |
| Status | Recruiting |
| Started | October 22, 2025 |
| Main results expected | October 2028 |
| Study ends | August 2031 |
| Registry record updated | August 24, 2026 |
| Trial ID | NCT07059975 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
Is this trial a fit for you?
✓Likely a good fit
Newly diagnosed patients aged ≥1 month to ≤30 years with AML or myeloid sarcoma at intermediate or high risk who complete standard Induction 1 and lack a FLT3‑ITD mutation are the intended candidates.
✕Probably not a fit
Patients classified as low risk or those with FLT3‑ITD mutations (who are not eligible for the treatment portion) are unlikely to receive direct treatment benefit from this protocol.
A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.
What this trial studies
The trial enrolls newly diagnosed pediatric and young adult patients after completion of their first induction and substitutes two cycles (Ida‑FLA as Induction 2 and VIA—venetoclax+idarubicin+cytarabine—as an intensification) into the intermediate‑ and high‑risk treatment backbones. Researchers will monitor tolerability, side effects, and outcomes including survival and relapse over up to three years of follow‑up. The study also incorporates improved measurable residual disease (MRD) detection methods such as digital PCR and optional blood and bone marrow correlative studies to refine response assessment. Low‑risk patients receive standard therapy outside the protocol but may participate in non‑treatment research elements.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this approach could maintain or improve survival while reducing long‑term toxicities from standard chemotherapy in children and young adults with AML.
How similar studies have gone: Ida‑FLA has shown anti‑leukemic activity in relapsed pediatric AML and venetoclax is effective in adult AML, but combining these regimens in newly diagnosed pediatric AML remains largely untested.
Who can join: the full rules
Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Age Patients ≥ 1 months old to ≤ 30 years old are eligible
Patients must be diagnosed with AML or myeloid sarcoma according to the 2022 WHO classification with or without extramedullary disease. Patients with AML must have 1 of the following at initial diagnosis:
\- Diagnosis
1. ≥ 20% bone marrow blasts
• In cases where extensive fibrosis may result in a dry tap, blast count can be obtained from touch imprints or estimated from an adequate bone marrow core biopsy.
2. \< 20% bone marrow blasts with one or more of the genetic abnormalities below:
* t(8;21)(q22;q22.1) RUNX1::RUNX1T1
* inv(16)(p13.1q22) or t(16;16)(p13.1;q22) CBFB::MYH11
* Translocation involving 11q23.3 KMT2A rearrangement
* t(6;9)(p23;q34.1) DEK::NUP214
* inv(3)(q21.3q26.2) or t(3;3)(q21.3;q26.2) MECOM rearrangement
* Megakaryoblastic with t(1;22)(p13.3;q13.3) RBM15::MRTFA
* Mutated NPM1
* CEBPA bZIP mutation
* t(1;22)(p13.3;q13.1) RBM15(OTT) fusion
* t(7;12)(q36.3;p13.2) MNX1::ETV6
* t(8;16)(p11.2;p13.3) KAT6A::CREBBP - t(5;11)(q35.3;p15.5) NUP98::NSD1
* inv(16)(p13.3q24.3) CBFA2T3::GLIS2
* t(11;12)(p15.5;p13.5) NUP98::KDM5A
* 11q23.3 partial tandem duplication (PTD) KMT2A PTD
3. A complete blood count (CBC) documenting the presence of at least 1,000/µL circulating leukemic cells (blasts) if a bone marrow aspirate or biopsy cannot be performed (i.e., a WBC count ≥ 10,000/μL with ≥ 10% blasts or a WBC count of ≥ 5,000/μL with ≥ 20% blasts).
4. Biopsy-proven myeloid sarcoma with or without bone marrow involvement.
Note: patients with newly diagnosed AML, myelodysplasia-related (that are not from conditions listed in protocol section 4.2.1) ARE eligible while patients with therapy-related AML are excluded.
\- Prior Therapy Patients must receive DA10+GO (Cytarabine days 1-10 + Daunorubicin days 1,3,5 \[DA10\] + Gemtuzumab ozogamcin \[GO\]) as prescribed in AAML1831 or the TXCH practice standard for Induction 1. Patients may have received any number of intrathecal treatments and have any CNS status at the time of enrollment.
* Performance Status Patients must have a performance status corresponding to Karnofsky/Lansky score \>/=40. (Use Karnofsky for patients ≥16 years of age and Lanksy for patients \<16 years of age.)
* Organ Function Requirements All laboratory studies to determine eligibility must be performed within seven (7) days prior to enrollment unless otherwise indicated. Laboratory values used to assess eligibility must be no older than 7 days at the start of Induction 2 therapy and need not be repeated if therapy starts within 7 days of the eligibility labs. If a post-enrollment lab value is outside the limits of eligibility, or laboratory values are \>7 days old, then the following laboratory evaluations must be re-checked within 48 hours prior to initiating therapy: bilirubin, ALT (SGPT) and serum creatinine. If the recheck is outside the limits of eligibility, the patient should be followed with periodic labs but may not receive protocol therapy until the bilirubin, ALT, and/or serum creatinine meet eligibility criteria. If \>14 days have passed from the planned start of protocol therapy and the bilirubin, ALT, and/or serum creatinine are still outside the limits of eligibility, the patient may not receive protocol therapy and rather will be considered a screen failure.
Adequate renal function defined as:
• An estimated creatinine clearance or GFR ≥ 60 ml/min/1.73m2. Any calculation method is acceptable, including the automatic creatinine clearance provided within the Epic EMR.
Adequate liver function defined as:
* A direct bilirubin \< 2 mg/dL
* ALT \<5x ULN or 225 U/L, with the ULN being 45 U/L for the purpose of this study.
Adequate coagulation defined as:
• INR ≤ 1.5
Adequate cardiac function defined as:
* Ejection fraction (EF) ≥ 50% (preferred method Biplane Simpson's EF) or if EF unavailable, shortening fraction (SF) ≥ 24%, within 14 days prior to planned start of Induction 2 therapy.
* For patients with cardiac dysfunction (EF \< 50% or SF \<24% if EF is unavailable) prior to enrollment, if clinically safe and feasible, repeat echocardiogram is strongly advised in order to confirm cardiac dysfunction following clinical stabilization, particularly if occurring in the setting of sepsis or other transient physiologic stressor. If the repeat echocardiogram demonstrates an EF ≥ 50%, the patient is eligible to enroll.
* Informed Consent All patients and/or their parents or legally authorized representatives must sign a written informed consent. Assent, when appropriate, will be obtained according to institutional guidelines.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients with the following constitutional conditions are not eligible:
• Fanconi anemia
• Schwachman Diamond Syndrome
• Telomere Disorders
* Patients with constitutional trisomy 21 or with constitutional mosaicism of trisomy 21
* Germline predispositions known, or suspected by the treating physician, to increase risk of toxicity with AML therapy
* Therapy-related AML
* Patients with any of the following oncologic diagnoses are not eligible:
• Any concurrent malignancy
• Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
• Philadelphia chromosome positive AML
• Mixed phenotype acute leukemia
• Acute promyelocytic leukemia
• AML with FLT3 internal tandem duplication (FLT3-ITD) allelic ratio \>0.1
* Pregnancy and Breastfeeding • Female patients who are pregnant may not participate. A pregnancy test is required for female patients of childbearing potential.
* Lactating females who plan to breastfeed their infants are not eligible.
* Sexually active patients of reproductive potential who have not agreed to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of their study participation are not eligible.
Where it's running
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Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Center
Houston, Texas, United States Recruiting
Study contacts
- Study coordinator: Joanna S Yi, MD
- Email: jsyi@texaschildrens.org
- Phone: 832-824-6699
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How to take part
- Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
- Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
- Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.