Chemotherapy and Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With 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. Peripheral stem cell transplantation may be able to replace immune cells that were destroyed by chemotherapy. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of chemotherapy followed by peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating patients who have myelodysplastic syndrome.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00024050

Run by

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Starts

2001-02-01

Expected to finish

2007-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-05-13

Who can join

Age: any, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center — Seattle, Washington, United States

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