Study Title
Treatment of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Myelodysplasia (NCT00136084)
Trial Description
The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of two multi-agent chemotherapy regimens using different dosages of cytarabine (DepoCyt®; Sigma Tau Pharmaceuticals) to eliminate all detectable leukemia.
This trial is sponsored by St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital/ National Cancer Institute (NCI). [1]
Study Data
- Condition: Acute Myelocytic Leukemia
- Interventions:
- Drugs used in this trial
- Multi-Agent Chemotherapy Regime I:
- cladribine (Leustatin; Janssen Pharmaceuticals)
- cyclophosphamide (ProCytox®;Baxter Co)
- cytarabine (DepoCyt®; Sigma Tau Pharmaceuticals)
- daunorubicin (DaunoXome®; Gilead Sciences Inc.)
- dexamethasone (Ozurdex®; Allergan)
- Multi-Agent Chemotherapy Regime II:
- etoposide (Toposar®; Pfitzer, Inc.)
- cytarabine (DepoCyt®; Sigma Tau Pharmaceuticals)
- gemtuzumab ozogamicin (Mylotarg®; Pfizer/Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories)
- asparaginase (Elspar®; Merck & Co.)
- mercaptopurine (Purixan®; Rare Disease Therapeutics Inc.)
- methotrexate (Trexall®; Teva Pharmaceuticals)
- mitoxantrone hydrochloride (Novantrone®; EMD Serono/Merck & Co.)
- prednisolone (Orapred®; Concordia Healthcare Corp.)
- vincristine (Oncovin®; Thornton & Ross Ltd./ Genus Pharmaceuticals)
- Multi-Agent Chemotherapy Regime I:
- Drugs used in this trial
- Phase: III
- Enrollment: 238
- Start: August 2002
- Completion: June 2012
- Last verified: November 2012
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Last Editorial review: July 24, 2015
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