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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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ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 25 participants

A Phase 1 Trial of CD25/Treg-depleted DLI Plus Ipilimumab for Myeloid Disease Relapse After Matched-HCT

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

NCT03912064

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 22 participants

NTX-301 in MDS/AML

University of Alabama at Birmingham

NCT04167917

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 22 participants

Inqovi Maintenance Therapy in Myeloid Neoplasms

Massachusetts General Hospital

NCT04980404

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 20 participants

CPX-351 (Vyxeos™) for Transplant Eligible, Higher Risk Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Washington University School of Medicine

NCT03572764

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 16 participants

Combination Navitoclax, Venetoclax and Decitabine for Advanced Myeloid Neoplasms

Jacqueline Garcia, MD

NCT05455294

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 15 participants

Vorinostat Dose-escalation After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

NCT03843528

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 13 participants

Canakinumab With Darbepoetin Alfa in PTs With Lower-Risk MDS Who Have Failed ESA

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

NCT04798339

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 13 participants

CPX-351 as a Novel Approach for the Treatment of Older Patients With AML and MDS

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT04668885

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 10 participants

Study of Gene Modified Donor T Cell Infusion in Patients With Recurrent Disease After Allogeneic Transplant

Bellicum Pharmaceuticals

NCT02477878

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 3 participants

Haploidentical Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Using TCR Alpha/Beta and CD19 Depletion

Baylor College of Medicine

NCT05236764

COMPLETED 1,294 participants

S9910, Collecting and Storing Blood and Bone Marrow Samples From Patients With Hematologic Cancer

SWOG Cancer Research Network

NCT00919425

COMPLETED 459 participants

Flu Vaccine in Preventing Influenza Infection in Healthy Volunteers and in Patients Who Have Undergone Stem Cell Transplant

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT00964821

COMPLETED Phase 2 361 participants

Combination Chemotherapy and Donor Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Aplastic Anemia or Hematologic Cancer

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

NCT00003816

COMPLETED Phase 3 254 participants

Chemotherapy in Treating Children With Down Syndrome and Myeloproliferative Disorder, Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, or Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Children's Oncology Group

NCT00003593

COMPLETED Phase 2 213 participants

An Efficacy and Safety Study of Azacitidine Subcutaneous in Combination With Durvalumab (MEDI4736) in Previously Untreated Adults With Higher-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) or in Elderly Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Celgene

NCT02775903

COMPLETED Phase 3 198 participants

A Web-Based Stem Cell Transplant Support System or Standard Care in Young Patients Undergoing Stem Cell Transplant and Their Families

Tufts Medical Center

NCT00782145

COMPLETED Phase 2 182 participants

A Randomized Trial of Antithymocyte Globulin Versus Cyclosporine to Treat the Cytopenia of Myelodysplastic Syndrome

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)

NCT00001839

COMPLETED Phase 1 160 participants

Phase 1-2 Study of Low Dose ASTX727 (ASTX727 LD) in Lower Risk MDS

Taiho Oncology

NCT03502668

COMPLETED Phase 2 130 participants

S0020 Immunosuppressive Therapy in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome

SWOG Cancer Research Network

NCT00016419

COMPLETED Phase 2 120 participants

An Efficacy and Safety Study of Pevonedistat Plus Azacitidine Versus Single-Agent Azacitidine in Participants With Higher-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (HR MDS), Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML) and Low-Blast Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)

Millennium Pharmaceuticals

NCT02610777

COMPLETED 119 participants

Collect and Assess Tissue Samples From Subjects With Hematologic Malignancy

Notable Labs

NCT04014764

COMPLETED Phase 3 118 participants

Erythropoietin (EPO)+/- Filgrastim (G-CSF) vs. Supportive Therapy Alone for Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

NCT00003138

COMPLETED Phase 2 114 participants

Genomic Predictors of Decitabine Response in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Washington University School of Medicine

NCT01687400

COMPLETED Phase 2 113 participants

Study of Voreloxin (Vosaroxin) in Older Patients With Untreated Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Sunesis Pharmaceuticals

NCT00607997

COMPLETED Phase 2 100 participants

Topotecan in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

NCT00003675

COMPLETED Phase 3 98 participants

Opioid Titration Order Sheet or Standard Care in Treating Patients With Cancer Pain

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

NCT00666211

COMPLETED Phase 1 92 participants

Study Evaluating AMD3100 for Transplantation of Sibling Donor Stem Cells in Patients With Hematological Malignancies

Washington University School of Medicine

NCT00241358

COMPLETED 92 participants

Study of Quality of Life in Older vs. Younger Adult Patients Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research

NCT03558386

COMPLETED Phase 2 90 participants

Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation in Treating Patients With Hematologic Cancer or Other Hematologic or Metabolic Diseases

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

NCT00003662

COMPLETED Phase 2 82 participants

Donor Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Relapsed Hematologic Cancer

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

NCT00053196

COMPLETED Phase 1 75 participants

Safety Assessment of Two Schedules of Intravenous Infusions of SNS-595 for the Treatment of Hematologic Malignancies

Sunesis Pharmaceuticals

NCT00246662

COMPLETED Phase 2 57 participants

Study of AP23573 in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Hematologic Malignancies (8669-024)(COMPLETED)

Merck Sharp & Dohme

NCT00086125

COMPLETED Phase 1 55 participants

Study of Itacitinib for the Prophylaxis of Graft-Versus-Host Disease and Cytokine Release Syndrome After T-cell Replete Haploidentical Peripheral Blood Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Washington University School of Medicine

NCT03755414

COMPLETED Phase 1 55 participants

Safety Study of ALRN-6924 in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Advanced Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Aileron Therapeutics

NCT02909972

COMPLETED Phase 2 53 participants

Alemtuzumab and Glucocorticoids in Treating Newly Diagnosed Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease in Patients Who Have Undergone a Donor Stem Cell Transplant

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

NCT00410657

COMPLETED 50 participants

Ascorbic Acid Levels in MDS, AML, and CMML Patients

Van Andel Research Institute

NCT03526666

COMPLETED Phase 1 49 participants

INCB18424 in Treating Young Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Solid Tumor, Leukemia, or Myeloproliferative Disease

Children's Oncology Group

NCT01164163

COMPLETED Phase 4 49 participants

A Randomized Phase IV Control Trial of Single High Dose Oral Vitamin D3 in Pediatric Patients Undergoing HSCT

Phoenix Children's Hospital

NCT03176849

COMPLETED Phase 4 45 participants

Bone Marrow Transplantation in Treating Patients With Hematologic Cancer

University of Maryland, Baltimore

NCT00003398

COMPLETED Phase 1 41 participants

T-Regulatory Cell Infusion Post Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant in Patients With Advanced Hematologic Cancer

Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota

NCT00602693

COMPLETED NA 40 participants

Effects of Prebiotics on Gut Microbiome in Patients Undergoing HSCT

University of Virginia

NCT04629430

COMPLETED NA 39 participants

Donor Lymphocyte Infusion in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Persistent Hematologic Cancer After Donor Stem Cell Transplant

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

NCT00534118

COMPLETED Phase 2 38 participants

A Dose Confirmation Study of Oral Clofarabine for Adult Patients Previously Treated for Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

Genzyme, a Sanofi Company

NCT00531232

COMPLETED Phase 1 38 participants

Clofarabine, Melphalan, and Thiotepa Followed By a Donor Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With High-Risk and/or Advanced Hematologic Cancer or Other Disease

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT00423514

COMPLETED Phase 1 35 participants

Vosaroxin and Azacitidine in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Washington University School of Medicine

NCT01913951

COMPLETED Phase 2 34 participants

Donor Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Hematologic Cancer

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT00054327

COMPLETED Phase 2 34 participants

Study to Separately Evaluate the Activity of Talacotuzumab (JNJ-56022473) or Daratumumab in Transfusion-Dependent Participants With Low or Intermediate-1 Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Who Are Relapsed or Refractory to Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agent (ESA) Treatment

Janssen Research & Development

NCT03011034

COMPLETED Phase 2 34 participants

Campath-1H + FK506 and Methylprednisolone for GVHD

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT00109993

COMPLETED Phase 2 32 participants

Sirolimus, Tacrolimus, and Antithymocyte Globulin in Preventing Graft-Versus-Host Disease in Patients Undergoing a Donor Stem Cell Transplant For Hematological Cancer

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT00589563

COMPLETED Phase 2 30 participants

Sirolimus With Tacrolimus for Graft-vs-Host Disease Prophylaxis After Un-Related Stem Cell Transplantation

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

NCT00144677

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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.