🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-08-21

Venetoclax in Children With Relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) (NCT05183035)

A Randomized Phase 3 Trial of Fludarabine/Cytarabine/Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin With or Without Venetoclax in Children With Relapsed AML

🟢 Recruiting Phase3 💊 Investigational Drug / Biologic Sponsor: PedAL BCU, LLC

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

A study to evaluate if the randomized addition of venetoclax to a chemotherapy backbone (fludarabine/cytarabine/gemtuzumab ozogamicin \[GO\]) improves survival of children/adolescents/young adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in 1st relapse who are unable to receive additional anthracyclines, or in 2nd relapse.

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (37 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (21 items).

Location: Phoenix Children's Hospital — Phoenix, Arizona

Age range: 29 Days to 21 Years

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria
  • Participants who in the opinion of the investigator may not be able to comply with the study requirements of the study, are not eligible.
  • Participants with Down syndrome.
  • Participants with Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) or Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML).
  • Participants with isolated CNS3 disease or symptomatic CNS3 disease.
  • Participants with malabsorption syndrome or any other condition that precludes enteral administration of venetoclax.
  • Participants who are currently receiving an investigational drug other than those specified for this study.
  • Participants with Fanconi anemia, Kostmann syndrome, Shwachman syndrome or any other known congenital bone marrow failure syndrome.
  • Participants with known prior allergy to any of the medications used in protocol therapy.
  • Participants with documented active, uncontrolled infection at the time of study entry.
  • Known hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis B virus (HBV) (known positive hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen (HBsAg) results), or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
  • Concomitant Medications

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (90 Sites)

Showing the first 25 of 90 sites.

  • Phoenix Children's Hospital — Phoenix, Arizona
  • Arkansas Children's Hospital — Little Rock, Arkansas
  • MemorialCare Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach — Long Beach, California
  • Children's Hospital of Orange County Main Campus - Orange — Orange, California
  • Benioff Children's Hospital - Mission Bay — San Francisco, California
  • Children's Hospital Colorado — Aurora, Colorado
  • Yale University — New Haven, Connecticut
  • Nemours Alfred I. Dupont Hospital for Children — Wilmington, Delaware
  • Children's National - Main Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
  • Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida — Fort Myers, Florida
  • University of Florida Health Shands Children's Hospital — Gainesville, Florida
  • Nemours Children's Specialty Care Jacksonville — Jacksonville, Florida
  • Nemours Children's Hospital - Orlando — Orlando, Florida
  • Saint Joseph's Hospital - Tampa — Tampa, Florida
  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta — Atlanta, Georgia
  • Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children — Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois
  • Comer Children's Hospital — Chicago, Illinois
  • Indiana University School of Medicine — Indianapolis, Indiana
  • University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital — Iowa City, Iowa
  • Norton Children's Hospital — Louisville, Kentucky
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute — Boston, Massachusetts
  • C.S. Mott Children's Hospital — Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Children's Hospital of Michigan — Detroit, Michigan
  • Masonic Cancer Center — Minneapolis, Minnesota

📞 Contact the Study Coordinator

Phone: (914) 821-8217

Email: gwen.nichols@lls.org

Coordinator details come directly from the registered NIH protocol. Confirm the study is still recruiting before traveling.

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.
  • 💵 Compensation indicated: In Arm A (control arm), participants will receive azacitidine in monotherapy.

💡 How to Participate

  1. Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
  2. Contact the study coordinator using the phone/email above.
  3. Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
  4. Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.
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