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Exploring the Safety and Effectiveness of Combined Azacitidine and Ruxolitinib Therapy for Acute Erythroid Leukemia

Safety and efficacy of azacitidine and ruxolitinib for acute myeloid leukemia with erythroid predominance or genomic abnormalities associated with activated JAK-STAT signaling pathway. - AZARUX for AEL study

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-jRCTs051240090
Enrollment
15
Registered
2024-07-17
Start date
2024-08-05
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

AML or high-risk MDS with erythroid predominance or genomic abnormalities acute erythroid leukemia, JAK-STAT signaling pathway

Interventions

1 cycle is 4 weeks. azacitidine
administer 50-75mg/m^2 subcutaneous/intravenous drip injection daily day1-5/ 4week ruxolitinib
take 5-25 g orally twice daily every 12h for 4 weeks.
ruxolitinib, azacitidine

Sponsors

Kanda Junya
Lead Sponsor
Ogawa Seishi
Collaborator
Nagai Sumimasa
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients fulfilling all of the following 1. - 4. 1.ECOG Performance Status (PS) is 0, 1 or 2. 2.Confirmed acute myeloid leukemia or high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome by bone marrow/peripheral blood analysis. 3.Meets either a) or b) below. a) Patients in which 50% or more erythroblasts with dysplasia of all nucleated BM cells , or patients in which 20% or more erythroblasts are observed in the peripheral blood. b) Patients with mutations involved in JAK-STAT signaling, including JAK2, EPOR, MPL, JAK3, and JAK1 amplification or mutation. 4.Patients with AML whose disease has relapsed, is refractory or who are intolerant to the 1st line treatment.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. ECOG Performance Status (PS) of 3 or 4. 2. Known allergies, hypersensitivity, or intolerance to azacitidine/ruxolitinib 3. Prior treatment with any JAK1 or JAK2 inhibitor for hematological disease. 4. Presented with active uncontrolled infection requiring treatment, including high levels of HBV viral load (at levels requiring treatment). 5. Patients who had severely impaired renal function defined by: Creatinine clearance less than 30 mL/min (Cockcroft-Gault Formula). 6. History or current diagnosis of uncontrolled or significant cardiac disease, including any of the following. a. Myocardial infarction within last 6 months b. Uncontrolled congestive heart failure c. Unstable angina within last 6 months d. Clinically significant (symptomatic) cardiac arrhythmias (e.g. bradyarrhythmia, sustained ventricular tachycardia, and clinically significant second- or third-degree AV block without a pacemaker). 7. Cholestatic disorders, or unresolved sinusoidal obstructive syndrome/veno-occlusive disease of the liver (defined as persistent bilirubin abnormalities not attributable to aGvHD and ongoing organ dysfunction). 8. ALT >=200 IU/L or both total bilirubin >=3.0mg/dL and direct bilirubin >=2.0mg/dL, unrelated to AMLor MDS. 9. Significant respiratory disease including patients who were on mechanical ventilation or who have resting O2 saturation <90% by pulse-oximetry in ambient air, unrelated to AML or MDS. 10. Impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may significantly alter the absorption of ruxolitinib. 11. Patients with a history or current diagnosis of progressive multifocal leuko-encephalopathy. 12. Fertile women who refuse or cannot use effective contraception; Women pregnant or nursing; Women with positive test pregnancy (test before treatment initiation)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To determine the maximum tolerated dose

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To evaluate of efficacy and response rate

Contacts

Public ContactJunya Kanda

Kyoto Univeristy Hospital

jkanda16@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-751-3152

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026