Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Children With Newly Diagnosed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Leukemia

In brief

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug and giving them in different ways may kill more cancer cells. It is not yet known which regimen of combination chemotherapy is more effective for acute lymphoblastic leukemia PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare different regimens of combination chemotherapy in treating children who have newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00002744
Run by
Children's Oncology Group
People needed
1970
Starts
1996-05-01
Expected to finish
2007-03-01
Last updated by the study team
2017-02-09

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 9. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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