Positive data has been reported for the cancer drug Venclexta (venetoclax) in combination with azacitidine chemotherapy in a Phase 3 trial of patients with previously untreated acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), according to the co-developers AbbVie Inc and Roche. The trial, VIALE-A and a second study, VAILE-C, are being conducted in order to confirm an accelerated approval of Venclexta for AML which was issued by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2018.
