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Refractory Myelodysplastic Syndrome: early-phase trial registry

8 of 14 indexed Refractory Myelodysplastic Syndrome trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

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14 US clinical trials · 8 currently recruiting · #1,230 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Refractory Myelodysplastic Syndrome: 14 US clinical trials tracked, 8 recruiting.

Refractory Myelodysplastic Syndrome is the subject of 14 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 8 of them currently open to new participants. 0 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 14 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is National Cancer Institute (NCI), running 5 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition refractory-myelodysplastic-syndrome

OPEN 8 | RECR 57% | LATE 0 | EARLY 14 | RANK #1230 | SPON 5

Nearest open-share peer: ACL (57% recruiting · 7 trials)

Refractory Myelodysplast (th…57%Acute Respiratory Failure35.7%Adherence, Medication35.7%Acromegaly28.6%Abscess7.1%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Refractory Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Refractory Myelodysplastic Syndrome lists 8 open slots (57% of 14 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 Refractory Myelodysplastic Syndrome 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. Refractory Myelodysplastic Syndrome is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    8 of 14 indexed trials (57.1%) are open to enrollment, against a 46.5% average across 27,806 conditions with fewer than 20 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. One sponsor concentrates Refractory Myelodysplastic Syndrome research.

    National Cancer Institute (NCI) accounts for 5 of 14 trials (35.7%). 7 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

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

    Median target enrolment is 54 among the 14 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 12 of those (85.7%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Refractory Myelodysplastic Syndrome research is mostly interventional.

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

Phase 112Phase 22

Open and recent trials

14 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING Phase 1 120 participants

CLAG-M or FLAG-Ida Chemotherapy and Reduced-Intensity Conditioning Donor Stem Cell Transplant for the Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndrome, or Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

NCT04375631

RECRUITING Phase 1 120 participants

ONC201 in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Acute Leukemia or High-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT02392572

RECRUITING Phase 2 76 participants

A Phase II, Open-Label, Study of Subcutaneous Canakinumab, an Anti-IL-1β Human Monoclonal Antibody, for Patients With Low or Int-1 Risk IPSS/IPSS-R Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT04239157

RECRUITING Phase 1 60 participants

Eltanexor and Venetoclax in Relapsed or Refractory Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

NCT06399640

RECRUITING Phase 1 54 participants

Pembrolizumab and Decitabine With or Without Venetoclax in Treating Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndrome That Is Newly-Diagnosed, Recurrent, or Refractory

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT03969446

RECRUITING Phase 1 54 participants

Testing the Anti-cancer Drug, Cirtuvivint, and Its Combination With ASTX727 to Improve Outcomes in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndromes

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT06484062

RECRUITING Phase 1 52 participants

Liposomal Cytarabine and Daunorubicin (CPX-351) and Quizartinib for the Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia and High Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT04128748

RECRUITING Phase 1 42 participants

TAK-243 in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndromes With Increased Blasts

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT03816319

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 54 participants

Ipilimumab and Decitabine in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Myelodysplastic Syndrome or Acute Myeloid Leukemia

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT02890329

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 34 participants

Venetoclax and Azacitidine for the Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory High-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome or Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT04550442

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 14 participants

Using the Anticancer Drug Olaparib to Treat Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndrome With an Isocitrate Dehydrogenase (IDH) Mutation

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT03953898

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 8 participants

Highest Dose of Uproleselan in Combination With Fludarabine and Cytarabine for Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndrome, or Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia Relapsed or Refractory That Expresses E-selectin Ligand on the Cell Membrane

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT05146739

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 6 participants

Navitoclax in Relapsed or Refractory High-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Thomas Jefferson University

NCT05564650

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 2 participants

Ivosidenib and Combination Chemotherapy for the Treatment of IDH1 Mutant Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Northwestern University

NCT04250051

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 12
Phase 2 2

Named interventions

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

Biospecimen Collection Procedure
5 trials
Venetoclax Drug
5 trials
Cytarabine Drug
3 trials
Decitabine Drug
3 trials
Bone Marrow Aspiration Procedure
3 trials
Filgrastim Biological
2 trials
Echocardiography Test Procedure
2 trials
Bone Marrow Biopsy Procedure
2 trials

US sites by state

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

Texas 5 trials
Illinois 4 trials
California 4 trials
Ohio 3 trials
Georgia 3 trials
Florida 3 trials
Washington 2 trials
Virginia 2 trials

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

What to do with this Refractory Myelodysplastic Syndrome page

14 registered trials, 8 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 Refractory Myelodysplastic Syndrome condition card totals 14 registered trials; most-linked intervention Biospecimen Collection; top US site state Texas. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.