Recruiting
Phase 2

Cladribine & Venetoclax

Sponsor:

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Code:

NCT05365035

Conditions

Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Myeloproliferative Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Cladribine

Cytarabine

Venetoclax

Azacitidine

Study Details

Brief summary:

To learn if the combination of cladribine, cytarabine, venetoclax, and azacitidine can help to control higher-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with excess blasts and/or higher-risk chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML).

Conditions

Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Myeloproliferative Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia

Study ID

NCT05365035

Start date

Sep 23, 2022

Status verified date

Jun, 2026

Completion date

Dec 31, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 31, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age >/= 18 years.
2. Diagnosis of MDS or CMML by WHO and:

  • MDS relapsed cohort (Cohort A): MDS with IPSS-R score >3.5 and >5% blasts with no response after 6 cycles of azacitidine, decitabine, guadecitabine or ASTX727 (decitabine/cedazuridine) or relapse or progression after any number of cycles
  • CMML relapsed cohort (Cohort B): CMML 1 or 2 with no response after 6 cycles of azacitidine, decitabine, guadecitabine or ASTX727 (decitabine/cedazuridine) or relapse or progression after any number of cycles
  • MDS HMA-naïve cohort (Cohort C): MDS with IPSS-R score >3.5 and >/= 10% blasts
  • CMML HMA-naïve cohort (Cohort D): CMML-2; OR CMML-1 with at least one of the following high-risk features: extramedullary disease, splenomegaly of >5cm below costal margin or by sonographic volumetric assessment, platelets <100x109/L, Hgb level <10g/dL, WBC >13x109/L, clonal cytogenetic abnormality (other than monosomy Y) or high risk mutations (ASXL1, RUNX1, SETBP1, BRAF, NRAS, KRAS, PTPN11, NF1, CBL).
  • MDS/MPN relapsed cohort (Cohort E): MDS/MPN-NOS, MDS/MPN with neutrophilia (atypical CML) or MDS/MPN-RS-T with >5% blasts with no response after 6 cycles of azacitidine, decitabine, guadecitabine or ASTX727 (decitabine/cedazuridine) or relapse or progression after any number of cycles
  • MDS/MPN HMA-naïve cohort (Cohort F): MDS/MPN-NOS or MDS/MPN with neutrophilia (atypical CML) with

  • >/=10% blasts or
  • with >5% blasts at least one of the following high-risk features: splenomegaly >5cm below costal margin, WBC >13x109/L, high risk cytogenetic or molecular features (ASXL1, SETBP1, i(17q), TP53) or
  • who might not be deemed to benefit from HMA therapy due to proliferative or extramedullary disease.
3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of </= 2
4. Creatinine clearance > 30 ml/min no end/stage renal disease (using Cockcroft-Gault)
5. Adequate hepatic function with total bilirubin 2x ULN, AST or ALT 2.5 xULN unless deemed to be due to underlying disease involvement.
6. Willing to adhere to and comply with all prohibitions and restrictions specified in the protocol.
7. Patient must have signed an informed consent document indicating that the patient understands the purpose of and procedures required for the study and is willing to participate in the study.
8. English and Non-English speaking patients will be allowed

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Uncontrolled infection not adequately responding to appropriate antibiotics
2. New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV congestive heart failure or LVEF <50% by echocardiogram or multigated acquisition (MUGA) scan.
3. History of myocardial infarction within the last 6 months or unstable/uncontrolled angina pectoris or history of severe and/or uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias.
4. Female patients who are pregnant or lactating.
5. Patients with reproductive potential who are unwilling to following contraception requirements (including condom use for males with sexual partners, and for females: prescription oral contraceptives \[birth control pills\], contraceptive injections, intrauterine devices \[IUD\], double-barrier method \[spermidical jelly or foam with condoms or diaphragm\], contraceptive patch, or surgical sterilization) throughout the study.
6. Female patients with reproductive potential who do not have a negative urine or blood beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (beta HCG) pregnancy test at screening.
7. Patients receiving any other concurrent investigational agent or chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or immunotherapy.

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: cladribine, cytarabine, venetoclax, and azacitidine

Participants will receive cladribine, cytarabine, and venetoclax for 2 cycles and then azacitidine and venetoclax for 2 cycles. Participants will repeat this pattern of 2 cycles each for up to a total of 18

Interventions

Cladribine

Given by Vein (IV)

Cytarabine

Given under the skin; subcutaneous injection (SQ)

Venetoclax

Given by PO

Azacitidine

Given by IV or subcutaneous injection (SQ)

Primary outcome measure

  • To establish the overall survival (OS). [ Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

M D Anderson Cancer Center

Recruiting

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Guillermo Bravo, MD

More Information

Sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Last update posted

Jun 5, 2026

Last verified

Jun, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center on 2026-06-05.