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Myelodysplastic Syndromes: early-phase trial registry

73 of 193 indexed Myelodysplastic Syndromes trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #55 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

193 US clinical trials · 73 currently recruiting · #55 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Myelodysplastic Syndromes: 193 US clinical trials tracked, 73 recruiting.

Myelodysplastic Syndromes is the subject of 193 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 73 of them currently open to new participants. 11 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 148 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Washington University School of Medicine, running 13 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition myelodysplastic-syndromes

OPEN 73 | RECR 38% | LATE 11 | EARLY 148 | RANK #55 | SPON 13

Nearest open-share peer: Multiple Sclerosis (38% recruiting · 317 trials)

Advanced Solid Tumor70%Solid Tumor52.8%Pregnancy39.7%Myelodysplastic Syndrome (th…38%Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia34.4%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Myelodysplastic Syndromes lists 73 open slots (38% of 193 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 Syndromes 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 Syndromes recruits in line with its size-band peers.

    73 of 193 indexed trials (37.8%) are open to enrollment, against a 37.1% average across 139 conditions with 100+ trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Myelodysplastic Syndromes trials is spread across many organizations.

    Washington University School of Medicine accounts for 13 of 193 trials (6.7%). 98 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Myelodysplastic Syndromes trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 50 among the 174 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 118 of those (67.8%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Myelodysplastic Syndromes research is mostly interventional.

    177 interventional and 16 observational studies make up this index (91.7% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 180Phase 268Phase 39Phase 42

Open and recent trials

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RECRUITING Phase 2 37 participants

A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Feasibility of Post-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Prophylaxis With Decitabine Combined With Filgrastim for Children and Young Adults With AML, MDS and Related Myeloid Malignancies

Franziska Wachter

NCT05796570

RECRUITING Phase 1 36 participants

Prevention of GvHD in Participants With Hematological Malignancies Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT)

Tr1X

NCT06462365

RECRUITING Phase 2 36 participants

Co-Transplant of an Unmodified Haplo-Identical Graft With Cord Blood

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT06904482

RECRUITING Phase 1 30 participants

IS-free Treg HaploHCT

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

NCT04678401

RECRUITING 30 participants

Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation From Unrelated Donors

University of Rochester

NCT03016806

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Home Blood Transfusions

Thomas Jefferson University

NCT07121140

RECRUITING Phase 2 29 participants

Trial of 2 Step ATG for Acute GVHD Prevention Post Myeloablative Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant

University of Alabama at Birmingham

NCT06315309

RECRUITING Phase 1 27 participants

Study to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Oral Decitabine and Cedazuridine in Cancer Patients With Hepatic Impairment

Taiho Oncology

NCT04953910

RECRUITING Phase 1 26 participants

Leflunomide in Combination With Decitabine for Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Myelodysplastic Syndromes

West Virginia University

NCT06923488

RECRUITING Phase 2 25 participants

Eltrombopag as a Novel Therapeutic Approach for Low-risk MDS and CMML With TET2 Mutations

Abhay Singh, MD MPH

NCT06630221

RECRUITING Early Phase 1 24 participants

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Allogeneic Peripheral Blood Stem Cell (PBSC) Transplant

Omar Aljitawi

NCT03964506

RECRUITING Phase 1 24 participants

Phase I Trial for Patients w/ Advanced Hematologic Malignancies Undergoing Allogeneic HCT

Stanford University

NCT06551584

RECRUITING Phase 1 23 participants

Phase Ib Study of CD33 FPBMC in Patients With MRD+ AML or MDS

University of Virginia

NCT07270978

RECRUITING Phase 1 20 participants

Trial of Novel Anti-leukemia Agents in Flu/Mel RIC Transplant for Myeloid Malignancies

University of Alabama at Birmingham

NCT07044544

RECRUITING Phase 2 20 participants

ABBA CORD: dCBT w/ Abatacept for aGVHD Prophylaxis

Leland Metheny

NCT06680661

RECRUITING Early Phase 1 20 participants

5-Azacitidine and Decitabine Epigenetic Therapy for Myeloid Malignancies

Benjamin Tomlinson

NCT04187703

RECRUITING Phase 2 20 participants

Alpha/Beta T Cell and CD19+ B Cell Depletion in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients With Malignant Diseases

University of Florida

NCT05800210

RECRUITING Phase 1 18 participants

Study to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Oral Decitabine and Cedazuridine in Cancer Patients With Renal Impairment

Taiho Oncology

NCT04953897

RECRUITING Phase 2 16 participants

Statins in Patients With Clonal Cytopenia of Undetermined Significance (CCUS) and Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

Washington University School of Medicine

NCT05483010

RECRUITING Phase 2 15 participants

A Phase 2 Study Evaluating Olutasidenib in Patients With IDH1-mutated Clonal Cytopenia of Undetermined Significance and Lower-risk Myelodysplastic/Syndromes/Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia.

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT06566742

RECRUITING Phase 1 15 participants

Preemptive CIML NK Cell Therapy After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

NCT06138587

RECRUITING Phase 1 12 participants

Iadademstat With Hypomethylating Agent in Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Medical College of Wisconsin

NCT06502145

RECRUITING

3'-Deoxy-3'-[18F] Fluorothymidine PET Imaging in Patients With Cancer

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

NCT00935090

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 363 participants

A Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Luspatercept (ACE-536) Versus Epoetin Alfa for the Treatment of Anemia Due to IPSS-R Very Low, Low, or Intermediate Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Participants Who Require Red Blood Cell Transfusions and Are ESA Naïve

Celgene

NCT03682536

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 320 participants

A Collaborative Palliative and Leukemia Care Model for Patients With AML and MDS Receiving Non-Intensive Therapy

Massachusetts General Hospital

NCT03310918

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 313 participants

HLA-Mismatched Unrelated Donor Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation With Reduced Dose Post Transplantation Cyclophosphamide GvHD Prophylaxis

Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research

NCT06001385

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 300 participants

HLA-Mismatched Unrelated Donor Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation With Post-Transplantation Cyclophosphamide

Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research

NCT04904588

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 289 participants

Study to Evaluate Imetelstat (GRN163L) in Participants With International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) Low or Intermediate-1 Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)

Geron Corporation

NCT02598661

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 255 participants

Precision-T: A Study of Orca-T in Recipients Undergoing Allogeneic Transplantation for Hematologic Malignancies

Orca Biosystems

NCT04013685

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 230 participants

A Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Oral Azacitidine Plus Best Supportive Care (BSC) Versus Placebo Plus BSC in Participants With International Prognostic Scoring System Revised (IPSS-R) Low- or Intermediate-risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)

Bristol-Myers Squibb

NCT05469737

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 206 participants

A Trial of Epigenetic Priming in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

NCT03164057

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 181 participants

A Study to Assess Safety, Tolerability and Preliminary Efficacy of Bexmarilimab in Combination With Standard of Care in Patients With Hematological Malignancies

Faron Pharmaceuticals

NCT05428969

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 120 participants

Study of Gene Modified Donor T-cells Following TCR Alpha Beta Positive Depleted Stem Cell Transplant

Bellicum Pharmaceuticals

NCT03301168

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 109 participants

Epigenetics, Vitamin C, and Abnormal Blood Cell Formation - Vitamin C in Patients With Low-Risk Myeloid Malignancies

Rigshospitalet, Denmark

NCT03682029

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 106 participants

A Study to Assess Luspatercept in Lower-risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome Participants

Bristol-Myers Squibb

NCT06045689

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 105 participants

Palliative Care Oncology in Patients With Relapsed, Refractory, and High-Risk Leukemias or MDS

University of Virginia

NCT04482894

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 100 participants

Acquired Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency In Clonal Myeloid Neoplasms

Massachusetts General Hospital

NCT04902833

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 88 participants

PRGN-3006 Adoptive Cellular Therapy for CD33-Positive Relapsed or Refractory AML, MRD Positive AML or Higher Risk MDS

Precigen

NCT03927261

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 87 participants

A Study of Tebapivat (AG-946) in Participants With Anemia Due to Lower-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (LR-MDS)

Agios Pharmaceuticals

NCT05490446

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 80 participants

AML/MDS Drug Sensitization by in Vivo Chemotherapy Administration

Washington University School of Medicine

NCT04263181

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 75 participants

Helical Tomotherapy, Fludarabine Phosphate, and Melphalan Followed By Allo-HSCT in Hematological Malignancies

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT00544466

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 72 participants

A Study of CFI-400945 With or Without Azacitidine in Patients With AML, MDS or CMML

Treadwell Therapeutics

NCT04730258

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Electronic Health Mindfulness-based Music Therapy Intervention for Patients Undergoing Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

University of Miami

NCT05968963

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 50 participants

A Pilot Trial of Atorvastatin in Tumor Protein 53 (p53) -Mutant and p53 Wild-Type Malignancies

Joaquina Baranda

NCT03560882

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 43 participants

Vorinostat for Graft vs Host Disease Prevention in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults Undergoing Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplantation

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center

NCT03842696

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 40 participants

A Phase 1, Open-Label, Sequential Cross-over, Bioavailability/Bioequivalence Study to Compare the Pharmacokinetics of Oral Cladribine With the Reference Listed Drug, Intravenous Cladribine

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT06021600

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 38 participants

Study of Intensity Modulated Total Marrow Irradiation (IM-TMI) in Addition to Fludarabine/Busulfan Conditioning for Allogeneic Transplantation in High Risk AML and Myelodysplastic Syndromes

University of Illinois at Chicago

NCT03121014

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 36 participants

Safety Study of Gene Modified Donor T-cells Following Partially Mismatched Stem Cell Transplant

Bellicum Pharmaceuticals

NCT01744223

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 33 participants

Roll-over Study for Patients Who Have Completed a Prior Novartis-sponsored Sabatolimab (MBG453) Study and Are Judged by the Investigator to Benefit From Continued Treatment With Sabatolimab.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

NCT05201066

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 32 participants

Itacitinib With High-dose Posttransplantation Cyclophosphamide in Older Patients

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

NCT05823571

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 80
Phase 2 68
Phase 3 9
Phase 4 2

Named interventions

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

Azacitidine Drug
12 trials
busulfan Drug
11 trials
cyclophosphamide Drug
11 trials
Decitabine Drug
11 trials
Fludarabine Drug
10 trials
anti-thymocyte globulin Biological
9 trials
Cyclophosphamide Drug
8 trials
fludarabine phosphate Drug
7 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Myelodysplastic Syndromes trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

New York 58 trials
California 49 trials
Florida 46 trials
Texas 42 trials
Missouri 33 trials
Massachusetts 31 trials
Ohio 29 trials
Maryland 26 trials

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

What to do with this Myelodysplastic Syndromes page

193 registered trials, 73 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 Syndromes condition card totals 193 registered trials; most-linked intervention Azacitidine; 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.