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Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS): early-phase trial registry

5 of 20 indexed Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

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20 US clinical trials · 5 currently recruiting · #848 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS): 20 US clinical trials tracked, 5 recruiting.

Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) is the subject of 20 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 5 of them currently open to new participants. 2 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 17 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, running 3 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition myelodysplastic-syndrome-mds

OPEN 5 | RECR 25% | LATE 2 | EARLY 17 | RANK #848 | SPON 3

Nearest open-share peer: Abdominal Cancer (25% recruiting · 8 trials)

Advanced or Metastatic Solid55%ALS50%Abdominal Pain25%Acute Myocardial Infarction25%Myelodysplastic Syndrome (th…25%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)

Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) lists 5 open slots (25% of 20 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    5 of 20 indexed trials (25%) are open to enrollment, against a 39.7% average across 762 conditions with 20-99 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. One sponsor concentrates Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) research.

    St. Jude Children's Research Hospital accounts for 3 of 20 trials (15%). 15 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 40 among the 20 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 16 of those (80%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) research is mostly interventional.

    20 interventional and 0 observational studies make up this index (100% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 112Phase 25Phase 32

Open and recent trials

20 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING Phase 2 70 participants

HSCT for Patients With Fanconi Anemia Using Risk-Adjusted Chemotherapy

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

NCT02143830

RECRUITING Phase 1 60 participants

CLN-049 in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) or Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)

Cullinan Therapeutics

NCT05143996

RECRUITING Phase 1 40 participants

A Phase 1B/2A Trial of NADUNOLIMAB in Combination With Azacitidine (With/Without Venetoclax) in Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) and Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT06548230

RECRUITING Phase 1 37 participants

Unrelated Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation for Severe Aplastic Anemia and Hypo-plastic MDS Using CordIn(TM), Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Ex Vivo Expanded Stem and Progenitor Cells to Expedite Engraftment and Improve Transplant Outcome

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NCT03173937

RECRUITING Phase 1 36 participants

Effect of Moderate Renal Impairment and Race/Ethnicity on Treosulfan Pharmacokinetics

medac

NCT05534620

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 531 participants

Study Of Venetoclax Tablet With Intravenous or Subcutaneous Azacitidine to Assess Change in Disease Activity In Adult Participants With Newly Diagnosed Higher-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome

AbbVie

NCT04401748

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 260 participants

Study of Oral LY3410738 in Patients With Advanced Hematologic Malignancies With IDH1 or IDH2 Mutations

Eli Lilly and Company

NCT04603001

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 170 participants

Provision of TCRγδ T Cells and Memory T Cells Plus Selected Use of Blinatumomab in Naïve T-cell Depleted Haploidentical Donor Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Hematologic Malignancies Relapsed or Refractory Despite Prior Transplantation

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

NCT02790515

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 102 participants

Venetoclax Added to Fludarabine + Busulfan Prior to Transplant and to Maintenance Therapy for AML, MDS, and MDS/MPN

Jacqueline Garcia, MD

NCT03613532

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 14 participants

CD34+ (Malignant) Stem Cell Selection for Patients Receiving Allogenic Stem Cell Transplant

Diane George

NCT02061800

COMPLETED Phase 2 80 participants

HLA-Mismatched Unrelated Donor Bone Marrow Transplantation With Post-Transplantation Cyclophosphamide

Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research

NCT02793544

COMPLETED Phase 3 57 participants

Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation for Patients With Hematologic Malignancies

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

NCT00186823

COMPLETED Phase 1 43 participants

Improving Blood Stem Cell Collection and Transplant Procedures

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NCT01517035

COMPLETED Phase 2 40 participants

Treosulfan/Fludarabine/Low Dose TBI as a Preparative Regimen for Children With AML/MDS Undergoing Allo HCT

Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research

NCT01772953

COMPLETED Phase 1 36 participants

Transplantation of NiCord®, Umbilical Cord Blood-derived Ex Vivo Expanded Cells, in Patients With HM

Gamida Cell

NCT01816230

COMPLETED Phase 1 19 participants

Selinexor With Fludarabine and Cytarabine for Treatment of Refractory or Relapsed Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndrome

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

NCT02212561

COMPLETED Early Phase 1 15 participants

TPO-Mimetic Use in Children for Hematopoietic Failure

Anjali Sharathkumar

NCT04478227

COMPLETED Phase 2 10 participants

Peptide Vaccinations to Treat Patients With Low-Risk Myeloid Cancers

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NCT00488592

COMPLETED NA 10 participants

Bone Marrow and Kidney Transplant for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and Blood Disorders

Massachusetts General Hospital

NCT01758042

COMPLETED Phase 1 3 participants

Unrelated Cord Blood Transplant Plus a Haplo-Identical (Half-Matched), T-Cell Depleted Stem Transplant From a Related Donor for Subjects With High Risk Malignancies

Joanne Kurtzberg, MD

NCT00673114

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 12
Phase 2 5
Phase 3 2

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Fludarabine Drug
6 trials
Azacitidine Drug
4 trials
Venetoclax Drug
4 trials
Busulfan Drug
3 trials
Cyclophosphamide Drug
3 trials
Stem Cell Transplantation Procedure
2 trials
Treosulfan Drug
2 trials
G-CSF Drug
2 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

New York 7 trials
Tennessee 6 trials
Ohio 6 trials
North Carolina 6 trials
California 6 trials
Texas 5 trials
Illinois 5 trials
Florida 5 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) page

20 registered trials, 5 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) condition card totals 20 registered trials; most-linked intervention Fludarabine; top US site state New York. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.