Chemotherapy and Bone Marrow Transplantation in Treating Patients Acute Myeloid With Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes

In brief

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with bone marrow transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy and kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of bone marrow transplantation following combination chemotherapy in treating patients with acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome .

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00002547
Run by
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
People needed
280
Starts
1987-08-01
Expected to finish
2003-10-01
Last updated by the study team
2012-08-07

Who can join

Age: any, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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