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Navitoclax in Relapsed or Refractory High-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Sponsor: Thomas Jefferson University
Summary
This trial tests the safety, side effects, and best dose of navitoclax in combination with venetoclax and decitabine in treating patients with higher risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) that has come back after initial treatment or was not responsive to initial treatment. This study will also look at the effectiveness of the treatment combination and patient's quality of life while on these medications. Navitoclax is an oral drug that works as an inhibitor of the BCL-2 family of proteins, which are often overly expressed in a wide variety of cancers and are linked to tumor drug resistance. This drug blocks some of the enzymes that keep cancer cells from dying. Venetoclax is an oral drug that works as an inhibitor of BCL-2 proteins that works very similarly to navitoclax by blocking the action of a certain proteins in the body that helps cancer cells survive which helps to kill cancer cells. Decitabine is an intravenous drug. It is a hypomethylating agent which means it interferes with deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) methylation. DNA methylation is a major factor that regulates gene expression in cells, and an increase in DNA methylation can block the genes that regulate cell division and growth. When these genes are blocked the overall result allows or promotes cancer as there is no control over cell growth. Decitabine stops cells from making DNA and may kill cancer cells. Participation in this trial may improve the understanding of both chemotherapy response in MDS and mechanisms of resistance to current therapies.
Official title: A Phase Ib/II Study Evaluating Navitoclax After Failure of Hypomethylating Agent and Venetoclax for Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory High-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
6
Start Date
2023-01-12
Completion Date
2026-05-08
Last Updated
2025-12-08
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Navitoclax
Given PO
Venetoclax
Given PO
Decitabine
Given IV
Bone Marrow Biopsy
Undergo bone marrow biopsy
Biospecimen Collection
Undergo collection of blood
Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
Quality-of-Life Assessment
Ancillary studies
Locations (1)
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States