Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute or Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Neutropenia

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 may kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of high-dose cytarabine plus idarubicin in treating patients with newly diagnosed acute or chronic myelogenous leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00002800
Run by
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
People needed
60
Starts
1996-07-01
Expected to finish
2003-03-01
Last updated by the study team
2013-07-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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