A Study of Venetoclax in Combination With Low Dose Cytarabine Versus Low Dose Cytarabine Alone in Treatment Naive Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Who Are Ineligible for Intensive Chemotherapy

Summary

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate if venetoclax when co administered with low-dose cytarabine (LDAC) improves overall survival (OS) versus LDAC and placebo, in treatment-naïve patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Timeline

Start

2017-05-23

Primary completion

2019-02-15

Completion

2025-08-21

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

registry Placebo + Low Dose Cytarabine (LDAC) vs Venetoclax + Low Dose Cytarabine (LDAC); p = 0.114 NCT03069352 ↗

paper At the primary analysis, the study did not meet its primary endpoint of a statistically significant improvement in overall survival (OS), however, PMID 34599139 ↗

Publications

• Background Wei AH, Montesinos P, Ivanov V, DiNardo CD, Novak J, Laribi K, Kim I, Stevens DA, Fiedler W, Pagoni M, Samoilova O, Hu Y, Anagnostopoulos A, Bergeron J, Hou JZ, Murthy V, Yamauchi T, McDonald A, Chyla B, Gopalakrishnan S, Jiang Q, Mendes W, Hayslip J, Panayiotidis P. Venetoclax plus LDAC for newly diagnosed AML ineligible for intensive chemotherapy: a phase 3 randomized placebo-controlled trial. Blood. 2020 Jun 11;135(24):2137-2145. doi: 10.1182/blood.2020004856.
• Wei AH, Panayiotidis P, Montesinos P, Laribi K, Ivanov V, Kim I, Novak J, Champion R, Fiedler W, Pagoni M, Bergeron J, Ting SB, Hou JZ, Yamauchi T, Wang J, Strickland SA, Savona MR, Lin TL, Enjeti A, Tiong IS, Lee S, Roboz GJ, Popovic R, Jiang Q, Liu Z, Sun Y, Mendes W, Chyla B, DiNardo CD. Risk stratification of low-dose cytarabine and venetoclax in patients with AML ineligible for intensive chemotherapy. Blood Adv. 2026 Feb 24;10(4):987-998. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2025017083.
• Badawi M, Chen X, Marroum P, Suleiman AA, Mensing S, Koenigsdorfer A, Schiele JT, Palenski T, Samineni D, Hoffman D, Menon R, Salem AH. Bioavailability Evaluation of Venetoclax Lower-Strength Tablets and Oral Powder Formulations to Establish Interchangeability with the 100 mg Tablet. Clin Drug Investig. 2022 Aug;42(8):657-668. doi: 10.1007/s40261-022-01172-4. Epub 2022 Jul 13.
• Wei AH, Panayiotidis P, Montesinos P, Laribi K, Ivanov V, Kim I, Novak J, Stevens DA, Fiedler W, Pagoni M, Bergeron J, Ting SB, Hou JZ, Anagnostopoulos A, McDonald A, Murthy V, Yamauchi T, Wang J, Chyla B, Sun Y, Jiang Q, Mendes W, Hayslip J, DiNardo CD. 6-month follow-up of VIALE-C demonstrates improved and durable efficacy in patients with untreated AML ineligible for intensive chemotherapy (141/150). Blood Cancer J. 2021 Oct 1;11(10):163. doi: 10.1038/s41408-021-00555-8.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Venetoclax	Small molecule	600 mg	Oral
Background	Cytarabine	Small molecule	20 mg/m2	Subcutaneous

Indications