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
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Phase 3 Study of Venetoclax Co-Administered With Low Dose Cytarabine Versus Low Dose Cytarabine in Treatment Naïve Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Who Are Ineligible for Intensive Chemotherapy
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24 countries
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Brief 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).
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for phase_3
Started May 2017
Longer than P75 for phase_3
109 active sites
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
February 28, 2017
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
March 3, 2017
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
May 23, 2017
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
February 15, 2019
CompletedResults Posted
Study results publicly available
February 28, 2020
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
August 21, 2025
CompletedSeptember 30, 2025
August 1, 2025
1.7 years
February 28, 2017
February 14, 2020
September 10, 2025
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Overall Survival (OS)
Overall survival is defined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of death. Participants who had not died were censored at the date they were last known to be alive on or before the cutoff date. Overall survival was analyzed using Kaplan-Meier methodology.
From randomization until the primary analysis cut-off date of February 15 2019; the median follow-up time was 12.0 months (range: 0.2-17.0) in the placebo arm and 12.0 months (range: 0.1-17.6) in the venetoclax arm.
Secondary Outcomes (17)
Percentage of Participants With Complete Remission or Complete Remission With Incomplete Blood Count Recovery (CR + CRi)
Response was assessed at the end of Cycle 1 and every 3 cycles thereafter to the end of treatment. Median treatment duration at the 15 February 2019 cut-off date was 1.7 months (range: 0.1-14.2) and 3.9 months (range: 0.0-17.1) in each group respectively.
Percentage of Participants With Complete Remission or Complete Remission With Partial Hematologic Recovery (CR + CRh)
Response was assessed at the end of Cycle 1 and every 3 cycles thereafter to the end of treatment. Median treatment duration at the 15 February 2019 cut-off date was 1.7 months (range: 0.1-14.2) and 3.9 months (range: 0.0-17.1) in each group respectively.
Percentage of Participants With Complete Remission or Complete Remission With Incomplete Blood Count Recovery (CR + CRi) by Initiation of Cycle 2
Cycle 1, 28 days
Percentage of Participants With Complete Remission and Complete Remission With Partial Hematologic Recovery (CR + CRh) by Initiation of Cycle 2
Cycle 1, 28 days
Percentage of Participants With Complete Remission
Response was assessed at the end of Cycle 1 and every 3 cycles thereafter to the end of treatment. Median treatment duration at the 15 February 2019 cut-off date was 1.7 months (range: 0.1-14.2) and 3.9 months (range: 0.0-17.1) in each group respectively.
- +12 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (2)
Venetoclax + Low Dose Cytarabine (LDAC)
EXPERIMENTALVenetoclax 600 mg orally every day (QD) plus LDAC 20 mg/m² subcutaneously on Days 1 to 10 of each 28-day cycle.
Placebo + LDAC
PLACEBO COMPARATORMatching placebo to venetoclax orally QD plus LDAC 20 mg/m² subcutaneously on Days 1 to 10 of each 28-day cycle.
Interventions
Subcutaneous injection
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Participant must have histological confirmation of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) by World Health Organization criteria, be ineligible for intensive induction chemotherapy and either be:
- ≥ 75 years of age OR
- ≥ 18 to 74 years of age and fulfill at least one criteria associated with lack of fitness for intensive induction chemotherapy:
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 2 - 3
- Cardiac history of congestive heart failure (CHF) requiring treatment or ejection fraction ≤ 50% or chronic stable angina
- Diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) ≤ 65% or forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) ≤ 65%
- Creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min to \< 45 ml/min
- Moderate hepatic impairment with total bilirubin \> 1.5 to ≤ 3.0 × upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Other comorbidity that the physician judges to be incompatible with conventional intensive chemotherapy which must be reviewed and approved by the study medical monitor before study enrollment
- Participant must have an ECOG performance status:
- of 0 to 2 for subjects ≥ 75 years of age OR
- of 0 to 3 for subjects between 18 to 74 years of age
- Participant must have a projected life expectancy of at least 12 weeks.
- Participant must have adequate renal function as demonstrated by a creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min; calculated by the Cockcroft Gault formula or measured by 24-hour urine collection.
- Participant must have adequate liver function as demonstrated by:
- +16 more criteria
You may not qualify if:
- Participant has received any prior treatment for AML with the exception of hydroxyurea, allowed through the first cycle of study treatment. Note: Prior treatment for myelodysplastic syndrome is allowed except for use of cytarabine.
- Participant had an antecedent myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) including myelofibrosis, essential thrombocytosis, polycythemia vera, or chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) with or without BCR-ABL 1 translocation and AML with BCR-ABL 1 translocation.
- Participants that have acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL).
- Participant has known central nervous system (CNS) involvement with AML.
- Participant has known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (due to potential drug-drug interactions between antiretroviral medications and venetoclax). HIV testing will be performed at Screening, if required per local guidelines or institutional standards.
- Participant has received strong or moderate cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A) inducers 7 days prior to the initiation of study treatment.
- Chinese subjects are excluded from receiving strong and/or moderate CYP3A inhibitors 7 days prior to the initiation of study treatment through the end of intensive pharmacokinetic (PK) collection (24 hours post dose on Cycle 1 Day 10).
- Participant has consumed grapefruit, grapefruit products, Seville oranges (including marmalade containing Seville oranges) or star fruit within 3 days prior to the initiation of study treatment.
- Participant has cardiovascular disability status of New York Heart Association Class \> 2. Class 2 is defined as cardiac disease which subjects are comfortable at rest but ordinary physical activity results in fatigue, palpitations, dyspnea, or angina pain. Class 3 is defined as cardiac disease which subjects are comfortable at rest but less than ordinary activity causes fatigue, palpitation, or dyspnea. Class 4 is defined as cardiac disease which subjects have an inability to carry on any physical activity without discomfort, symptoms of heart failure at rest, and if any physical activity is undertaken then discomfort increases.
- Participant has chronic respiratory disease that requires continuous oxygen, or significant history of renal, neurologic, psychiatric, endocrinologic, metabolic, immunologic, hepatic, cardiovascular disease, any other medical condition or known hypersensitivity to any of the study medications including excipients of LDAC that in the opinion of the investigator would adversely affect his/her participating in this study.
- Participant has a malabsorption syndrome or other condition that precludes enteral route of administration.
- Participant exhibits evidence of other clinically significant uncontrolled systemic infection requiring therapy (viral, bacterial or fungal).
- Participant has a history of other malignancies prior to study entry, with the exception of:
- Adequately treated in situ carcinoma of the cervix uteri or carcinoma in situ of breast;
- Basal cell carcinoma of the skin or localized squamous cell carcinoma of the skin;
- +3 more criteria
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- AbbVielead
Study Sites (109)
H. Lee Moffit Cancer Center /ID# 164273
Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States
Norton Cancer Institute /ID# 158998
Louisville, Kentucky, 40202-3700, United States
Univ of Pittsburgh Med Ctr /ID# 158997
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232, United States
Univ TX, MD Anderson /ID# 159678
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
Swedish Medical Center /ID# 161280
Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States
Gundersen Health System /ID# 164272
La Crosse, Wisconsin, 54601, United States
Cemic /Id# 159676
Buenos Aires, 1431, Argentina
Sanatorio Allende /ID# 159675
Córdoba, 5000, Argentina
Calvary Mater Newcastle /ID# 160123
Waratah, New South Wales, 2298, Australia
Westmead Hospital /ID# 160121
Westmead, New South Wales, 2145, Australia
Alfred Hospital /ID# 160125
Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia
Box Hill Hospital /ID# 162920
Melbourne, Victoria, 3128, Australia
Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen /ID# 159566
Edegem, Antwerpen, 2650, Belgium
Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc /ID# 159567
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels Capital, 1200, Belgium
Centro de Pesquisas Oncologicas /ID# 163567
Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, 88034-000, Brazil
Hospital de Cancer de Barretos /ID# 163568
Barretos, São Paulo, 14784-400, Brazil
Hospital do Cancer Mae de Deus /ID# 163416
Porto Alegre, 90470-150, Brazil
Casa de Saúde Santa Marcelina /ID# 163413
São Paulo, 08270-070, Brazil
University of Alberta Hospital /ID# 159646
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G3, Canada
CISSS de la Monteregie /ID# 159782
Greenfield Park, Quebec, J4V 2H1, Canada
Hospital Maisonneuve-Rosemont /ID# 159780
Montreal, Quebec, H1T 2M4, Canada
Hopital Sacre Coeur Montreal /ID# 160982
Montreal, Quebec, H4J 1C5, Canada
Fujian Medical Univ Union Hosp /ID# 167321
Fuzhou, Fujian, 350001, China
Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University /ID# 170147
Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510515, China
Jiangsu Province People's Hospital /ID# 167511
Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, China
The First Hosp of Jilin Univ /ID# 167512
Changchun, Jilin, 130021, China
Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong /ID# 167325
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200025, China
West China Hospital /ID# 167514
Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
Blood disease hosp of Chinese Academy of Med Sciences(Institute of Hematology) /ID# 167509
Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300020, China
The First Affiliated Hospital,College of Medicine, Zhejiang University /ID# 167324
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310003, China
Qilu Hospital of Shandong Univ /ID# 167507
Jinan, 250014, China
Union Hospital Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technol /ID# 167515
Wuhan, 430022, China
Henan Cancer Hospital /ID# 167327
Zhengzhou, Henan, 450008, China
Fakultni Nemocnice Brno /ID# 159247
Brno, 625 00, Czechia
Univ Hosp Ostrava-Poruba /ID# 159246
Ostrava, 708 52, Czechia
Fakult Nem Kralovske Vinohrady /ID# 159248
Prague, 100 34, Czechia
Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud /ID# 159705
Pierre-Bénite, Rhone, 69495, France
Centre Hospitalier Le Mans /ID# 159702
Le Mans, Sarthe, 72037, France
Centre Hospitalier de la Cote /ID# 159697
Bayonne, 64100, France
CHU Bordeaux /ID# 159704
Pessac, 33600, France
CHU De Nancy /ID# 159700
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54511, France
Schwarzwald-Baar-Klinikum /ID# 159571
Villingen-Schwenningen, Baden-Wurttemberg, 78052, Germany
Vivantes Klinikum Am Urban /ID# 159569
Berlin, 10967, Germany
Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg /ID# 161760
Hamburg, 20246, Germany
General Hospital of Athens Laiko /ID# 157870
Athens, Attica, 115 27, Greece
Gen Univ Hosp Alexandroupolis /ID# 157868
Alexandroupoli, 68100, Greece
General Hospital of Athens Evaggelismos and Ophthalmiatrio of Athens Polyclinic /ID# 157869
Athens, 10676, Greece
University Gen Hosp of Patra /ID# 157871
Pátrai, 26504, Greece
General Hospital of Thessaloniki George Papanikolaou /ID# 157867
Thessaloniki, 57010, Greece
Dél-pesti Centrumkórház- Országos Hematológiai és Infektológiai Intézet /ID# 159127
Budapest IX, Budapest, 1097, Hungary
Pecsi Tudomanyegyetem /ID# 163161
Pécs, Pecs, 7624, Hungary
Semmelweis Egyetem I. Belklini /ID# 158180
Budapest, 1083, Hungary
Debreceni Egyetem Klinikai Koz /ID# 158178
Debrecen, 4032, Hungary
Petz Aladar Megyei Oktato Korh /ID# 161739
Győr, 9023, Hungary
Kaposi Mor Oktato Korhaz /ID# 158175
Kaposvár, 7400, Hungary
Bacs-Kiskun Megyei Korhaz /ID# 160973
Kecskemét, 6000, Hungary
St. James's Hospital /ID# 162730
Dublin, Dublin, D08 E9P6, Ireland
Beaumont Hospital /ID# 162733
Dublin, D09 XR63, Ireland
University Hospital Galway /ID# 162734
Galway, H91 YR71, Ireland
University Hospital Limerick /ID# 162735
Limerick, V94F858, Ireland
University of Fukui Hospital /ID# 159770
Yoshida-gun, Fukui, 910-1193, Japan
Kyushu University Hospital /ID# 159688
Fukuoka, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
Gunmaken Saiseikai Maebashi Hospital /ID# 160597
Maebashi, Gunma, 371-0821, Japan
National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center /ID# 162988
Higashi Ibaraki-gun, Ibaraki, 3113193, Japan
Kyoto Prefect Univ Med /ID# 160101
Kyoto, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan
Tohoku University Hospital /ID# 161151
Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
Nagasaki University Hospital /ID# 160233
Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
Osaka City University Hospital /ID# 159722
Osaka, Osaka, 545-0051, Japan
Kinki University -Osakasayama Campus /ID# 160777
Osakasayama-shi, Osaka, 589-8511, Japan
Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital /ID# 160759
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan
Tokyo Jikei Daisan Hospital /ID# 159769
Komae-shi, Tokyo, 201-8601, Japan
NTT Medical Center Tokyo /ID# 160678
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-8625, Japan
Yamagata University Hospital /ID# 161223
Yamagata, Yamagata, 990-9585, Japan
Akita University Hospital /ID# 160602
Akita, 100041, Japan
Saitama Med Univ Int Med Ctr /ID# 161308
Hidaka, 350-1241, Japan
NHO Nagoya Medical Center /ID# 159768
Nagoya, 460-0001, Japan
Dokkyo Medical University Hosp /ID# 159650
Shimotsuga, 321-0293, Japan
Juntendo University Hospital /ID# 159781
Tokyo, 113-8431, Japan
Instituto Nacional de Cancerol /ID# 159269
Mexico City, Mexico City, 14080, Mexico
Centro de Invest Clin Chapulte /ID# 162625
Morelia, Michoacán, 58260, Mexico
Hosp. Univ. Dr. Jose E. Gonz /ID# 159268
Monterrey, Nuevo León, 64320, Mexico
North Shore Hospital /ID# 160132
Auckland, 0622, New Zealand
Middlemore Clinical Trials /ID# 160131
Auckland, 2025, New Zealand
Haukeland University Hospital /ID# 165630
Bergen, Hordaland, 5021, Norway
Sykehuset Ostfold Kalnes /ID# 165632
Grålum, 1714, Norway
VA Caribbean Healthcare System /ID# 158999
San Juan, 00921-3201, Puerto Rico
Kemerovo Regional Clinical Hospital n.a. S.V. Belyaev /ID# 162991
Kemerovo, Kemerovo Oblast, 650066, Russia
Nizhniy Novgorod regional clinical hospital named N. A. Semashko /ID# 163186
Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, 603126, Russia
State Institution of Health of the Ryazan Regional Clinical Hospital /ID# 163126
Ryazan, Ryazan Oblast, 390039, Russia
City Clinical Hospital Botkina /ID# 164086
Moscow, 125284, Russia
Almazov North-West Federal Med /ID# 162170
Saint Petersburg, 197341, Russia
Saint Petersburg State Institu /ID# 162171
Saint Petersburg, 198205, Russia
Samara State Medical Universit /ID# 164173
Samara, 443099, Russia
saratov state medical /ID# 163130
Saratov, 41002, Russia
Yaroslavl Regional Clinic Hosp /ID# 162172
Yaroslavl, 150062, Russia
Netcare Pretoria East Hospital /ID# 157373
Pretoria, Gauteng, 0001, South Africa
Tshwane District Hospital /ID# 157361
Pretoria, Gauteng, 0001, South Africa
Pusan National University Hosp /ID# 158725
Busan, Busan Gwang Yeogsi, 602-739, South Korea
Chungnam National University Hospital /ID# 158726
Junggu, Daejeon Gwang Yeogsi, 35015, South Korea
Cath Univ Seoul St Mary's Hosp /ID# 158724
Seoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 06591, South Korea
Seoul National University Hospital /ID# 162253
Seoul, 03080, South Korea
Hospital Universitario y Politecnico La Fe /ID# 161181
Valencia, Valenciana, 46026, Spain
Hospital Infanta Leonor /ID# 161180
Madrid, 28031, Spain
National Taiwan Univ Hosp /ID# 162781
Taipei City, Taipei, 10002, Taiwan
Tri-Service General Hospital /ID# 161683
Taipei City, Taipei, 11490, Taiwan
Kaohsiung Medical University /ID# 161693
Kaohsiung City, 80708, Taiwan
Heartlands Hospital /ID# 163534
Birmingham, B9 5SS, United Kingdom
University Hospital of Wales /ID# 162726
Cardiff, CF14 4EN, United Kingdom
Northwick Park Hospital /ID# 162727
Harrow, HA1 3UJ, United Kingdom
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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.
PMID: 32219442BACKGROUNDWei 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 AK, Tiong IS, Lee S, Roboz GJ, Popovic R, Jiang Q, Liu Z, Sun Y, Mendes WL, Chyla B, DiNardo CD. Risk stratification of low-dose cytarabine and venetoclax in patients with AML ineligible for intensive chemotherapy. Blood Adv. 2025 Nov 21:bloodadvances.2025017083. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2025017083. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 41269778DERIVEDBadawi 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.
PMID: 35829925DERIVEDWei 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.
PMID: 34599139DERIVED
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MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Results Point of Contact
- Title
- Global Medical Services
- Organization
- AbbVie
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
AbbVie Inc.
AbbVie
Publication Agreements
- PI is Sponsor Employee
- No
- Restriction Type
- OTHER
- Restrictive Agreement
- Yes
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 3
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- QUADRUPLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
- Expanded Access
- Yes
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
February 28, 2017
First Posted
March 3, 2017
Study Start
May 23, 2017
Primary Completion
February 15, 2019
Study Completion
August 21, 2025
Last Updated
September 30, 2025
Results First Posted
February 28, 2020
Record last verified: 2025-08
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, CSR
- Time Frame
- Data requests can be submitted at any time and the data will be accessible for 12 months, with possible extensions considered.
- Access Criteria
- Access to this clinical trial data can be requested by any qualified researchers who engage in rigorous, independent scientific research, and will be provided following review and approval of a research proposal and Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) and execution of a Data Sharing Agreement (DSA). For more information on the process, or to submit a request, visit the following link.
AbbVie is committed to responsible data sharing regarding the clinical trials we sponsor. This includes access to anonymized, individual and trial-level data (analysis data sets), as well as other information (e.g., protocols and clinical study reports), as long as the trials are not part of an ongoing or planned regulatory submission. This includes requests for clinical trial data for unlicensed products and indications.