Combination Chemotherapy With or Without G-CSF in Treating Older Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Colony-stimulating factors such as G-CSF may increase the number of immune cells found in the bone marrow or peripheral blood and may help a person's immune system recover after chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Combining more than one drug and giving drugs in different ways may kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy with or without G-CSF in treating older patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Timeline

Start

1995-12

Primary completion

2001-11

Completion

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Publications

• Results Thomas X, Suciu S, Rio B, Leone G, Broccia G, Fillet G, Jehn U, Feremans W, Meloni G, Vignetti M, de Witte T, Amadori S. Autologous stem cell transplantation after complete remission and first consolidation in acute myeloid leukemia patients aged 61-70 years: results of the prospective EORTC-GIMEMA AML-13 study. Haematologica. 2007 Mar;92(3):389-96. doi: 10.3324/haematol.10552.
• Results Amadori S, Suciu S, Jehn U, Stasi R, Thomas X, Marie JP, Muus P, Lefrere F, Berneman Z, Fillet G, Denzlinger C, Willemze R, Leoni P, Leone G, Casini M, Ricciuti F, Vignetti M, Beeldens F, Mandelli F, De Witte T; EORTC/GIMEMA Leukemia Group. Use of glycosylated recombinant human G-CSF (lenograstim) during and/or after induction chemotherapy in patients 61 years of age and older with acute myeloid leukemia: final results of AML-13, a randomized phase-3 study. Blood. 2005 Jul 1;106(1):27-34. doi: 10.1182/blood-2004-09-3728. Epub 2005 Mar 10.
• Results Jehn U, Suciu S, Thomas X, Lefrere F, Muus P, Berneman Z, Marie JP, Adamo F, Fillet G, Nobile F, Ricciuti F, Leone G, Rizzoli V, Montanaro M, Beeldens F, Fazi P, Mandelli F, Willemze R, de Witte T, Amadori S. Non-infusional vs intravenous consolidation chemotherapy in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia: final results of the EORTC-GIMEMA AML-13 randomized phase III trial. Leukemia. 2006 Oct;20(10):1723-30. doi: 10.1038/sj.leu.2404356. Epub 2006 Aug 17.

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