Pilot Study of Reduced Venetoclax Exposure

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study 2. Ability to take oral medication and be willing to adhere to the study regimen 3. Diagnosed by current WHO or ICC criteria with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and treated for initial induction therapy with one of two regimens: 1. 5-Azacitidine administered subcutaneously at a dose of 75mg/m2/day X 7 days in combination with VEN (21-28 days/cycle) 2. Decitabine administered intravenously at a dose of 20mg/m2/day administered in combination with VEN (21-28 days/cycle) 4. Achieving morphological CR/CRi by bone marrow biopsy with \<5% blasts within 3 cycles. See Appendix 2 for definitions. 5. ECOG 0-3 6. Patient must be able to understand and sign informed consent and additional study documents 7. On C1D1 of trial, patient must have count recovery with ANC \>1000, platelets \> 50, Hemoglobin \> 7.7 and without transfusion support for 7 days. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Treatment with another investigational drug 2. Use of growth factor (G-CSF) within the last 14 days prior to C1D1 of trial treatment. 3. Subject has received treatment prior to induction with the following: i. Prior hypomethylating agent or BCL-2 inhibitor for either AML or MDS other than for induction prior to enrollment. ii. Prior CAR-T cell therapy. iii. Experimental or investigational drug therapy for 14 days prior to study entry leukemia-directed therapies. 4. Subject has: i. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) with t(15;17). ii. Presence of t(9;22) given the potential indication for concurrent tyrosine kinase therapy. iii. Known active CNS involvement with AML.