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Treatment of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Myelodysplasia

Contact Information

Stanford University School of Medicine 300 Pasteur Drive Stanford, CA 94305

Primary Contact:

LPCH New Patient Coordinator (650) 725-1072
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Brief

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of two multi-agent chemotherapy regimens using different dosages of cytarabine to eliminate all detectable leukemia.

Recruiting Status:

No longer recruiting

Stanford Recruiting Status:

No longer recruiting

Intervention(s):

  • Drug: Cladribine, Cyclophosphamide, Cytarabine, Daunorubicin, Dexamethasone
  • Drug: Etoposide, Gemtuzumab, L-asparaginase, Mercaptopurine, methotrexate, Mitoxantrone, Prednisone, Vincristine

Phase:

Phase 3

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:

Any Age to 21 years

Genders Eligible for Study:

Male and Female

Health of Volunteers:

People with the conditions listed in this trial can participate as controls.

Key Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia by immunophenotyping, morphology, and cytochemical staining; myelodysplasia; or biphenotypic leukemia.

- Age less than or equal to 21 years at time of study entry.

- No prior therapy for this malignancy (patients with secondary AML following treatment of primary malignancy are eligible) except for one dose of intrathecal therapy.

- Negative pregnancy test

- Patient does not have Down syndrome, acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), or juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML)

Key Exclusion Criteria:

- Positive pregnancy test

- Down syndrome, acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), or juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML)

Additional Study Details

Official Title:

A Collaborative Trial for the Treatment of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Myelodysplasia

Anticipated start date:

11/5/2002

Lead Sponsor:

St. Jude Children

Collaborator(s):

  • NIH

Study Type:

Interventional

Purpose:

Treatment

Allocation:

Randomized

Masking:

Open

Control:

none

Assignment:

Parallel

Endpoints:

Efficacy

Primary Outcomes:

  • Detection of minimal residual disease (MRD) following one course of chemotherapy.

Total Number to be Enrolled:

200

Total Number to be Enrolled at Stanford:

65

More Information

Trial Unique Id: SU-07232007-394

Secondary ID(s):

  • 78496
  • AML2002
  • NCT00136084
  • PEDSAML2002

Locations & Contacts

Stanford Locations & Contacts:

Stanford University School of Medicine 300 Pasteur Drive Stanford, CA 94305

Primary Contact:

LPCH New Patient Coordinator (650) 725-1072

Non-Stanford Locations:

The Stanford website does not have any locations outside of Stanford listed for this trial. You may want to check clinicaltrials.gov for posible additional locations.

This listing was last updated:

4/22/2009

PLEASE NOTE:

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