Status:
COMPLETED
Cytarabine and Daunorubicin With or Without Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin in Treating Older Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Lead Sponsor:
Stichting Hemato-Oncologie voor Volwassenen Nederland
Conditions:
Leukemia
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Eligibility:
All Genders
61-120 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cytarabine and daunorubicin, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Mo...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: Primary * Compare the event-free and disease-free survival of older patients with acute myeloid leukemia, refractory anemia with excess blasts (RAEB), or RAEB in transformation treated w...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of 1 of the following:
- Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
- M0-M2 or M4-M7 FAB subtype
- No AML with cytogenetic abnormality t(15;17) (M3)
- Patients with secondary AML progressing from prior myelodysplasia\* or biphenotypic leukemia are eligible
- Refractory anemia with excess blasts (RAEB) or RAEB in transformation
- International Prognostic Scoring System score ≥ 1.5 NOTE: \*Any prior hematological disease of ≥ 4 months duration
- No chronic myelogenous leukemia in blastic crisis
- No prior polycythemia rubra vera
- No primary myelofibrosis
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Age
- 61 and over
- Performance status
- WHO 0-2
- Life expectancy
- Not specified
- Hematopoietic
- Not specified
- Hepatic
- ALT and/or AST ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)\*
- Bilirubin ≤ 2 times ULN\* NOTE: \*Unless elevation is caused by organ infiltration by AML
- Renal
- Creatinine ≤ 2 times ULN\* NOTE: \*Unless elevation is caused by organ infiltration by AML
- Cardiovascular
- No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
- LVEF \> 50% by MUGA, echocardiogram, or other methods
- No unstable angina
- No unstable cardiac arrhythmia
- No severe and/or uncontrolled hypertension
- Other
- No uncontrolled diabetes
- No severe and/or uncontrolled infection
- No other severe and/or uncontrolled medical condition
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- Biologic therapy
- Not specified
- Chemotherapy
- More than 6 months since prior chemotherapy
- Endocrine therapy
- Not specified
- Radiotherapy
- Not specified
- Surgery
- Not specified
- Other
- No prior induction therapy for AML or myelodysplastic syndromes
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
June 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
600 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00121303
Start Date
January 1 2005
End Date
June 1 2016
Last Update
September 20 2016
Active Locations (6)
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1
North Hampshire Hospital
Basingstoke, England, United Kingdom, RG24 9NA
2
Kent and Canterbury Hospital
Canterbury, England, United Kingdom, CT2 7NR
3
Medway Maritime Hospital
Gillingham Kent, England, United Kingdom, ME7 5NY
4
Maidstone Hospital
Maidstone, England, United Kingdom, ME16 9QQ