Venetoclax or Placebo in Combination With Reduced-Intensity Conditioning Hematopoietic Cell (Bone Marrow/Blood Stem Cell) Transplant and as Maintenance Therapy After Transplant in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia (A MyeloMATCH Treatment Trial)

This phase II MyeloMATCH treatment trial compares the effect of adding venetoclax or placebo to reduced intensity conditioning chemotherapy with fludarabine and busulfan or melphalan, with or without total body irradiation, followed by hematopoietic stem cell transplant and either venetoclax or placebo maintenance therapy after transplant, for the treatment of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Venetoclax is in a class of medications called B-cell lymphoma-2 (BCL-2) inhibitors. It may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking Bcl-2, a protein needed for cancer cell survival. Giving chemotherapy and total body irradiation before a donor stem cell transplant helps kill cancer cells in the body and helps make room in the patient’s bone marrow for new blood-forming cells (stem cells) to grow. When the healthy stem cells from a donor are infused into a patient, they may help the patient’s bone marrow make more healthy cells and platelets and may help destroy any remaining cancer cells. Adding venetoclax to conditioning therapy before, and giving it as maintenance therapy after, a hematopoietic stem cell transplant may be a more effective treatment option than the usual approach in patients with AML.