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Motixafortide for Determination of Measurable Residual Disease Level in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Trial Status: approved

This phase II trial tests how well motixafortide works on determining measurable residual disease (MRD) level in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) after completion of treatment. One of the ways doctors monitor the status of disease like AML is by looking in the bone marrow for “measurable residual disease,” or MRD. Unfortunately, sometimes people who do not have MRD relapse anyway. Some researchers think that, because of how the MRD testing is done (by drawing a small amount of bone marrow from a person’s hip), it’s possible that there are other sites in the body where disease still exists even when the testing does not show MRD. Motixafortide helps stem cells move from the bone marrow to the blood so they can be collected. Researchers want to see if the drug motixafortide, when given to people whose AML is in complete remission, can expose disease that is still present.