About this trial
This clinical trial aims to compare the efficacy and safety of venetoclax-based consolidation therapy versus conventional consolidation chemotherapy (intermediate/high-dose cytarabine) in newly diagnosed adult patients with intermediate-risk acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Participants must have achieved complete remission (CR) or CR with incomplete hematologic recovery (CRi) after induction therapy with venetoclax and azacitidine and are planned to undergo allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT).
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Confirmed diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) according to WHO 2022 classification criteria;
Age ≥ 18 years;
Classified as intermediate-risk based on European LeukemiaNet (ELN) 2022 prognostic risk stratification;
Achieved first complete remission (CR) or CR with incomplete hematologic recovery (CRi) after ≤ 2 cycles of Venetoclax + Azacitidine (VA) induction therapy;
Disqualifiers
Clinically active cardiovascular disease (uncontrolled arrhythmia/hypertension, NYHA Class 3/4 heart failure, myocardial infarction within 3 months)
Active central nervous system (CNS) leukemia or extramedullary infiltration
Other serious diseases limiting participation (e.g., severe infection, renal failure)
Known HIV infection or uncontrolled severe viral hepatitis
Trial design
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Venetoclax and Azacitidine
DrugVenetoclax: 400 mg, orally, once daily on Days 1-28. (Dose adjustment required per prescribing information/guidelines when combined with CYP3A4 inhibitors). Azacitidine: 75 mg/m²/day, subcutaneously or intravenously, on Days 1-7. Patients will receive 1-2 cycles of this regimen before proceeding to allo-HSCT.
Cytarabine ± Anthracycline
DrugCytarabine (AraC): ≥6g/m² per cycle (e.g., 1-2g/m², every 12 hours on days 1-3), administered intravenously. May be combined with anthracycline/anthraquinone agents per standard practice. Patients will receive 1-2 cycles of this regimen before proceeding to allo-HSCT.
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Leukemia-Free Survival (LFS)
Time from randomization to the first occurrence of relapse or death, whichever comes first.
Secondary outcomes
Pretransplantation MRD-Negative Rate
Proportion of patients who achieve minimal residual disease (MRD) negativity prior to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, as assessed by multi-parameter flow cytometry.
Overall Survival (OS)
Cumulative Incidence of Relapse (CIR)
Non-Relapse Mortality (NRM)
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